笛福原是一个小商人,很小就开始经商。他做过内衣制造业的中间商,经营过烟酒,1692年破产,只好做些零散的活。后来他开了砖瓦厂。同时,他也写些政治小册子,议论时政,为此先后四次被捕。笛福在五十九岁才写了《鲁滨孙漂流记》,一举成名。该书受到了读者的热烈欢迎,四个月内,印行了四版。 Defoe was originally a small businessman who started his business as a young man. He has been a middleman in the underwear manufacturing business, operating tobacco and alcohol, bankruptcy in 1692, had to do some scattered work. Later he opened the brick factory. At the same time, he also wrote some political brochures and talked about current affairs. He was arrested four times for this purpose. Defoe at the age of fifty-nine wrote “Robinson Crusoe”, fame. The book received a warm welcome from readers, printed in four months, four editions.