The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Golden Classics, #18) (Classic Books) (Core Classics)

by Daniel Defoe

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This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand... Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal. The first important English novel, "Robinson Crusoe" has taken its rightful place among the great myths of Western civilization.
  • ISBN10 1435390199
  • ISBN13 9781435390195
  • Publish Date 1 January 2008 (first published 25 April 1974)
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint IndyPublish.com
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 448
  • Language English