The Life and Strange, Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe or York, Marines, As Related by Himself

by Daniel Defoe

Defoe's immensely popular and influential work, published in 1719, tells the story of an English mariner, the sole survivor of a shipwreck, who manages to survive for 28 years on a deserted island in the South Pacific. Defoe's depiction of the hardships and ingenuities of the castaway are masterly, as is his description of loneliness and isolation. He builds a house, teaches himself to grow corn and barley, and bakes bread. When a band of cannibals invades his island, he drives them away, but rescues one of their prisoners--the faithful Friday--who remains with Crusoe until their eventual rescue and return to England.

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	9781561797431, Paperback, Tyndale House Pub, 1999 $4.95 (Very Good) Other copies of 9781561797431

Publisher Notes

When Robinson Crusoe first set sail, he became so violently ill that he vowed never to return to the sea. But when the sea gave its call, return he did...until the day Crusoe found himself a shipwreck's sole survivor, thus beginning his 24-year exile on a castaway island. Yet when he considered the good and the evil of his situation, Crusoe found he had much to be thankful for. Robinson Crusoe is the incredible story of one man's triumph over crippling fear, doubt, and loneliness, which resulted in an amazing revelation -- God is always with us.

Synopses

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

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