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DANIEL DEFOE

"Robinson Crusoe"

SAMUEL RICHARDSON

"Pamela"

HENRY FIELDING

"Tom Jones"

STORYLINE

This is a picaresque novel.

Daniel Defoe presents us an exotic place, where a man can survive thanks to himself.

Day by day, the man must face an unknown nature: not all men can do this.

Defoe gives us the effect of the true.

An important argument of the story is the comparison of two different cultures.

This is an epistolary novel.

The reader imagines the story just by Pamela's point of view, so he is limited.

The story is about a virtuous girl called Pamela.

This is a picaresque novel.

The story is about the adventures of a man called Tom Jones.

CHARACTERS

The protagonist  of the novel is a survivor called Robinson Crusoe.

The secondary character is an aborigine called Friday.

Robinson is described by his actions; Friday is described by his body.

The protagonist of the novel is Pamela, a poor and modest girl.

The secondary character is her young master, Mr. B.

The protagonist of the novel is Tom Jones, a foundling who was adopted by a rich man.

The secondary character is Sofia, an obedient and respectful girl that fall in love with Tom Jones.

SETTING

It is sets in an island, during the XVIII Century.

It is sets in country.