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Daniel Defoe's classic tale of the adventures of Robinson Crusoe.One of the first novels written in English--and one of the most popular novels ever written--Defoe uses the perspective of a fictional biography to tell the tale of the novel's hero, Robinson Crusoe. Living a life... Read Full Overview

Daniel Defoe's enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the most famous stories in English literature. On one level a simple adventure story, the novel also raises profound questions about... Read Full Overview

Nearly four centuries after it was written, Robinson Crusoe remains the quintessential story of a man shipwrecked and forced to rely on his own wits. Against his parents' wishes, Crusoe sets off for adventure on the high seas-until a storm leaves him stranded on a seemingly deserted... Read Full Overview

The original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island, and one of the first novels in English

A full-color illustrated edition of one of
the world's best loved stories, Robinson Crusoe, illustrated
by world-renowned illustrator Robert Ingpen.

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For more than 270 years, readers of all ages have been fascinated by the story of a young fool who ran away from wealth, security, and family for a rough life at sea--and came to his senses too late, alone on a tropical island. Alone, except for cannibals and God. Robinson Crusoe's... Read Full Overview

As the sole survivor of a shipwreck, an Englishman lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.

From its first publication in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been printed in over 700 editions. It has inspired almost every conceivable kind of imitation and variation, and been the subject of plays, opera, cartoons, and computer games. The character of Crusoe has entered the... Read Full Overview

The Second Edition of the Norton Critical Edition of Robinson Crusoe is based on the Shakespeare Head Press reprint of the first edition copy in the British Museum, with the "errata" listed by Defoe’s publisher, William Taylor, incorporated into the text.

Daniel Defoe's great masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design 'I walk'd about... Read Full Overview

Daniel Defoe's enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the most famous stories in English literature. On one level a simple adventure story, the novel also raises profound questions about... Read Full Overview

This novel narrates the adventures and dangers of the sailor Robinson Crusoe. He finds himself shipwrecked on a desert island where he ends up spending more than two decades of absolute solitude. He only has one tool to survive and build a new world from scratch: his own two... Read Full Overview

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. This first edition credited the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. It was published... Read Full Overview

Escape the Island of Despair with Robinson Crusoe