My favorite writer

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My favorite writer

Anton Kondrashow
form 8 B

Minsk 2003

I'm fond of reading. Usually I borrow books
from the library, but I have a lot of them at home, too. I like to read books
about the history of our country, about famous people and the life of my
contemporaries abroad. Literature means much in my life. It helps to form the
character and the world outlook, to understand life better. My favoririte
English writer is Daniel Defo : he was the
founder of the realistic novel. He was also a brilliant journa-list and in many
ways the father of modern English periodicals. He founded and paved the way for
many magazines ( "The Revue", "The Spectator"). DD was born
in London, his father a butcher, was wealthy enough to give his sone a good
education. D was to become a prist, but it was his cheariched desire to become
wealthy. His wished was never fullfield. D was banckrote several times. He was
always in deep debt. The inly branch of business in which he proved succesful
was journalism and literature. When D was about 23 he started writting
pamphlets on question of the hour. He started writting pamphlets prassing King
William 3, who was supported by the whig party. D wrote a setire in woth. No
matter in whose defends his brilliant pamphlets were written they are irony was
so subtle, that the enemy didn't understand it at first. But as soon as his
enemy realised the real character of the pamphlets D was sentensed to 7 years
inprisonment. It was a cruel punishment, and when the came for him to be set free
people carried him on their shoulders.. This was the climax of his political
career and the end of it. In 1719, he tried his hand at another kind of
literature - fiction, and wrote the novel he is now best known: "Robison
Crusoe". After the book was published, D became famous and rich and was
able to pay his creditors in full. Other novels which D were also very much
talked about during his lifetime, but we do not hear much about them now. For
example "Captain Singleton"(1720), "Moll Flanders"(1722).  My famous book
is Robinson Crusoe : It was about Scotish sailor, who lived quite alone 4 years
and 4 month on a desert island. Defoe's hero, however spend 26 years on a desert
island. The novel was a prase tohuman labour and the triumph the men over the
nature. Labour and fortitude help Robinson to endure hardships. They save him
from dispair. The very process of hardwork gives his satisfaction. R's most
characteristic tract is his optimism. His guiding prencipal in life was:
"never said die" and "in trouble to be troubles is to have your
trouble double." In his book Defo deseccribes adventures of people take risks. His
books tought us to be clever and brave. There are many famous people in our republik. First of all I'd like to mention the name of our outstanding
national writers Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas. They created a new Belarusian
Literature and a Belarusian literatury language. Both are considered to be the
classics of Belorusian literature. These names are followed by a number of
other well-known writers and poets, such as K.Krapiva, Brovka, Tank, Byikov, Korotkevich, Gilevich, Adamovich known both in our country and
abroad. Their names are sure to become history whatever it may be.

I  like to read books very much !!!