THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER; with a Biographical Account of Defoe. Illustrated with Forty-Six Characteristic Wood-Engravings Finely Executed from Drawings By HARVEY
by Defoe, Daniel
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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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.
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013161
- Title
- THE LIFE AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER; with a Biographical Account of Defoe. Illustrated with Forty-Six Characteristic Wood-Engravings Finely Executed from Drawings By HARVEY
- Author
- Defoe, Daniel
- Illustrator
- Harvey
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Baldwin and Cradock
- Place of Publication
- Paternoster Row, London
- Date Published
- 1831
- Keywords
- FICTION/CLASSICS/ACTION & ADVENTURE/ROBINSON CRUSOE/ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS
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