Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (c.1660 – 1731)
by LibriVox
January 1, 1970 10:00 am
Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner (1719) is considered by many the first English novel. Based on the real-life experiences of the castaway Alexander Selkirk, the book has had a perennial appeal among readers of all ages-–especially the young adult reading public–-who continue to find inspiration in the inventive resourcefulness of its hero, sole survivor of a shipwreck who is marooned on an uninhabited island.
Especially poignant, after more than two decades of unbroken solitude, is the affection that Robinson develops for Friday, another survivor fleeing certain death at the hands of enemy tribesmen from the South American continent. (Summary by Denny Sayers)
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Chapter 1 – Start in Life
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56 years agoChapter 3 – Wrecked on a Desert Island
56 years agoChapter 4 – First Weeks on the Island
56 years agoChapter 5 – Builds a House
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56 years agoChapter 7 – Agricultural Experience
56 years agoChapter 8 – Surveys his Position
56 years agoChapter 9 – A Boat
56 years agoChapter 10 – Tames Goats
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