“Many things seem to us to have always existed. Since childhood, we have become so accustomed to Defoe that it is difficult for us to realize that before him there simply were no English novels. And even before him, there were no magazines in England. He founded the first weekly newspaper, The Review, which was published for ten years. For ten years, once a week, Defoe had a crazy day, and besides, he also wrote most of the articles himself...”