escaped the King's soldiers. (Moor 1)
             To the outside world, Defoe seemed to continue to prosper after the Monmouth Rebellion, but by 1692, Daniel had gone bankrupt and "ended up owing over 17,000 pounds because of eight separate lawsuits between 1688 and 1692, and though he paid off all but 5,000 pounds within ten years, he was never truly free of debt" (Moore 1). Then, writing started to become a larger part of his life. "In 1701, he wrote a satyrical poem called The True-Born Englishman which became the best-selling poem ever at that time." (Moore 1) "In 1706, he returned to Scotland and started up a newspaper in Edinburgh called the Post-Man" (Moore 2), where he earned the title of 'The Father of Journalism'. However, the following year "The Act of Union was made official" (Moore 2) and as a result Defoe lost his job. In 1719, the first volume of Robinson Crusoe was published and became and instant hit, especially with the middle and lower class citizens. After his success with Robinson Crusoe, he published Moll Flanders in 1722, using "his experiences in Newgate prison to add realism". "Daniel used to go to prison cells and even the scaffold to receive manuscripts for these lives of criminals themselves". Finally, he died on April 24, 1731 in Cripplegate of lethargy (Moore 2).
             His first successful novel, Robinson Crusoe, was a very huge hit. It was about a man named Robinson who, even against his father's wishes, became a sailor. On one of his voyages he became shipwrecked on a deserted island and was the sole survivor, much the way defoe saw himself. Then, he realized that he wasn't the only one on the island, much like the Monmouth rebellion. He found a group of cannibals and rescued one of them who, in turn, became his servant. He named him Friday and taught him the ways of Christianity. Then, twenty-eight years later, there was quite a rustle on a ship near by. The crew of the ship had mutin...