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Robinson Crusoe (Bantam Classic)
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Robinson Crusoe (Bantam Classic) Unknown - 1999

by Daniel Defoe


About this book

Robinson Crusoe was first published in April 1719, in London. In the beginning, the story was published as an autobiography, but it was later established that the author was Daniel Defoe. The novel became an instant classic, with four editions printed in the first year of publication. Often called the first English novel, it follows the story of Robinson Crusoe, a man marooned on an island. Crusoe’s adventure-packed story of survival started the genre of realistic fiction and inspired a slew of other survival novels. Over the course of its publication history, Robinson Crusoe has become the second-most translated book in the world.

First Edition Identification

True first editions of Robinson Crusoe are exceedingly rare and valuable. When the book was first published in April 1719, people read it so often that most copies have since fallen to pieces. The first edition was published by William Taylor at the Ship, a place of publication on Paternoster Row, a street in London home to the city’s publishing trade. The octavo book is bound in crushed red morocco.

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  • Title Robinson Crusoe (Bantam Classic)
  • Author Daniel Defoe
  • Binding unknown
  • Pages 304
  • Publisher Tandem Library, New York
  • Date October 1999
  • ISBN 9780881033632
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Robinson Crusoe (Bantam Classic)
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