Daniel Defoe had followed Robinson Crusoe with…

Daniel Defoe had followed Robinson Crusoe with two sequels, Crusoe's Farther Adventures and Serious Reflections, published in 1719 and 1720, respectively.

His next novel was 1720’s Captain Singleton, a bipartite adventure story whose first half covers a traversal of Africa, and whose second half taps into the contemporary fascination with piracy.

It has been commended for its depiction of the homo-social relationship between the eponymous hero and his religious mentor, the Quaker William Walters.