The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe - Books - Createspace Independent Publishing Platf - 9781546396321 - April 30, 2017
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719. The book is a unique fictional blending of the traditions of Puritan spiritual autobiography with an insistent scrutiny of the nature of men and women as social creatures, and it reveals an extraordinary ability to invent a sustaining modern myth. The title character leaves his comfortable middle-class home in England to go to sea. Surviving shipwreck, he lives on an island for 28 years, alone for most of the time until he saves the life of a "savage," whom he names Friday. The two men eventually leave the island for England. Defoe probably based part of Crusoe's tale on the real-life experiences of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor who at his own request was put ashore on an uninhabited island in 1704 after a quarrel with his captain. He stayed there until 1709.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released April 30, 2017
ISBN13 9781546396321
Publishers Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages 340
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 18 mm   ·   453 g
Language English  

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