Robinson Crusoe

daniel defoe virginia woolf

Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades. An ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances, Robinson Crusoe wrestles with fate and the nature of God. This edition features maps.

Genres fictionclassicsadventureliteraturehistorical fictionnovels18th centuryschoolclassic literaturebritish literature

320 pages, Hardcover

First published April 25,1719

Series

Robinson Crusoe

Places

small island on mouth of orinoco river, caribbean islands, brazil, north africa, hull yorkshire england, lisbon,

This edition

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Published: June 12, 2001 by Modern Library
ISBN
ASIN: B0DSZQ4G7H
Language: English

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Robinson Crusoe

The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shi...
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About the author

daniel defoe

Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.