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You. read the following excerpt and answer the question that follows. abridged from robinson crusoe, by daniel defoei was born in the year 1632, in the city of york, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of bremen, who settled first at hull. he got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at york, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom i was called robinson kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in england, we are now called - nay we call ourselves and write our name - crusoe; and so my companions always called me. what does the historical context of the writing demonstrate or tell you? in that time, it was important to know where a person's family was from. in that time, it was important to lie about the true spelling of your name. in that time, it was important to avoid using a woman's family name. in that time, it was important to write novels about genealogy and history. a thorough explanation would be !

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