Robinson Crusoe Paperback - 1998
by Daniel Defoe
For more than two centuries, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe has delighted readers with its delicate portrayal of physical and emotional survival. Shipwrecked upon a deserted island, a sailor most somehow build a new life.
About this book
From the rear cover
Thought to have been inspired by the true-life experiences of a marooned sailor, Robinson Crusoe tells the story of the sole survivor of a shipwreck, stranded on a Caribbean island, who prevails against all odds, enduring three decades of solitude while mastering both himself and his strange new world. First published in 1719, the novel has long been one of the English language's great adventure stories.
In the journal he shares with us, the endearing, goatskin-clad castaway recounts the details of his lonely existence and his many adventures, including a fierce battle with cannibals and a daring rescue of Friday, the man who becomes his trusted servant and companion. Defoe's brilliant and imaginative use of detail renders Crusoe's island world utterly convincing. In reclaiming his humanity from the savagery of his circumstances, the hero humbly acquires the qualities of courage, patience, ingenuity, and industry.
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.
Details
- Title Robinson Crusoe
- Author Daniel Defoe
- Binding Paperback
- Edition INTERNATIONAL ED
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-06-10
- ISBN 9780486404271 / 0486404277
- Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 5.18 x 0.62 in (21.03 x 13.16 x 1.57 cm)
- Reading level 1360
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character), Shipwrecks
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99228041
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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