In Robinson Crusoe, Crusoe washes up on an uninhabited island on the North American coast. He lives there for twenty-eight years, documenting his physical and spiritual growth in his journal. Then one day a British ship sails by the island, and he is rescued. In the mid 17th century, Robinson Crusoe begins his career as a sailor, against the wishes of his parents, who would prefer him to go into law. Crusoe survives a deadly shipwreck in the Caribbean and manages to set up a camp for himself on an uninhabited island. Much of the story follows the time Crusoe spent building his shelter and other things to make his life more comfortable. He documents his gardening, goat raising, and hunting, as well as his religious reflections.
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Robinson Crusoe is an Englishman from the town of York in the seventeenth century, the youngest son of a merchant of German origin.
Sám na pustom ostrove uprostred oceánu.
Cast away!
Robinson Crusoe is an Englishman from the town of York in the seventeenth century, the youngest son of a merchant of German origin.
Brings to life Robinson Crusoe's introduction to the sea.
This is an abridged edition of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
In addition to an introduction and helpful notes, this Broadview Edition includes a wide range of appendices that situate Defoe’s 1719 novel amidst castaway narratives, economic treatises, reports of cannibalism, explorations of solitude, ...
Daniel DeFoe (c. 1659-1731) was an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is among the founders of the English novel.