The Writers Edition 2014 is paying tribute to Daniel Defoe, an English novelist, pamphleteer, and journalist who is most famous for being the author of Robinson Crusoe (1719) – a story of a man shipwrecked alone on an island.
Daniel Defoe, who was born in London (around 1660-1731), began his training as a minister before deciding to become a merchant. Throughout his life he criticised the social and political evils of England and published numerous pamphlets which railed against the privileges enjoyed by the king and the church. In 1719, Defoe penned his first book, perhaps the most famous adventure story of all time, Robinson Crusoe, a literary epic that has captivated generations of readers throughout the world and that has seen Daniel Defoe described as the founder of the modern English novel.
An article about the lonely island life of the sailor Alexander Selkirk may have inspired Daniel Defoe to write the story of Robinson Crusoe, the son of a merchant from York who sailed the seas of the world many times before he saved himself from a shipwreck off an uninhabited Caribbean island. His adventures ranged from a sheer battle for survival to saving Man Friday held prisoner by a tribe of cannibals. Robinson Crusoe was accompanied throughout by his loyal parrot “Poll”, who is found as a fine engraving on the ruthenium-plated 750 gold nib.
Crusoe‘s unsuccessful attempts to escape the island on a raft, the shape of the Limited Edition Daniel Defoe is modelled on his paddle. Inspired by the colour and structure of wood, the precious resin of the cap and barrel symbolises Robinson Crusoe‘s island life reduced to the simplest of things. The signature of his inventor, Daniel Defoe, is immortalised as a fine engraving on the cap. Delicate designs of typical 18th century ornaments, that decorated book covers at the time, adorn the cap ring and cone. The elaborately decorated clip in the shape of a feather is reminiscent of Crusoe’s plumed friend and the filigree engravings on the rings recall the stitching of Robinson’s clothing which he had to make himself after being shipwrecked.
Launch 2014
Limitation:
Fountain Pen 10,000
Ballpoint Pen 13,000
Rollerball 8,000
3-piece Sets 1,800 – comprising a fountain pen, a ballpoint pen or a rollerball and a mechanical pencil
Fountain Pen
Ballpoint Pen
Rollerball
Sets
