Round 12: Tossup 14

This author wrote about a trip to the moon on the title winged chariot in The Consolidator. A character created by this author is the subject of the Nobel lecture “He and His Man” by J.M. Coetzee, who wrote a novel in which Susan Barton (15[1])seeks out this author to get him to write her life story. People paint the word “ABRACADABRA” on their doors to ward off the title disease in this author’s (*) Journal of the Plague Year. Alexander Selkirk (10[1])inspired this author to create a character who sells Xury back into slavery and rescues a man he names “Friday” while shipwrecked (10[1])on the “Island of Despair.” For 10 points, name this 18th century British author of Robinson Crusoe. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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