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The Daniel Defoe Library

The Daniel Defoe Library

Di: Daniel Defoe
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Step into an audio-cabinet of curiosities, where the works of Daniel Defoe are read in their full measure, without haste or abridgment. Each episode presents a faithful narration, as though a traveller’s journal opened by candlelight - tales of shipwreck and survival, of commerce, conscience, and the restless spirit of adventure.

Designed for listeners who favour patience over noise, this podcast invites you to keep company with rogues, merchants, and solitary islanders, hearing every page as it might have been spoken in a London coffee-house of old.Public domain Giornaliero
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  • The Storm Chapter 2

    The Storm Chapter 2
    Jul 15 2026
    In which the bold mariner’s ancient tales of tempestuous seas and frightful shores are shown to be but the ignorance of earlier times, as modern art and knowledge have rendered even the fiercest gales navigable and the once dreaded coasts safe harbours. The narrative then turns to a philosophical and meteorological account of a most violent storm, detailing the atmospheric conditions and observations that presaged this unprecedented tempest of November, recorded with an exactness befitting the age’s curiosity and concern.
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    22 min
  • The Storm Chapter 1

    The Storm Chapter 1
    Jul 13 2026
    In which the nature of winds is explored with a philosopher’s curiosity, acknowledging the limits of human understanding and the divine mystery that shrouds their origin and force. The discourse then turns to England’s reputation for storms, pondering ancient beliefs and the country’s geography of marshes and seas that once fostered a climate ripe for tempests, tempered by reflections on the evolution of navigation and human mastery over such fears.
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    25 min
  • The Storm Preface

    The Storm Preface
    Jul 11 2026
    In which the author solemnly reflects upon the vital importance of truth in history and the challenges of faithfully recording extraordinary natural events, cautioning against the mingling of fact and fable that has corrupted many ancient accounts. He then contemplates the mysterious nature of winds, recognising the limits of human reason in explaining their causes and suggesting that such inscrutable phenomena point beyond nature to the handiwork of a divine Creator.
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    21 min
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