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THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE.
by Defoe Daniel
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: George Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1889. Early Edition with these illustrations. With fifty-two vivid colour and black and white illustrations by J.D. Watson throughout. 8vo, original green cloth beautifully decorated in Victorian style, with gilt lettering and pictorial designs on the spine and covers, . xxvi, 566, [10] ads. A handsome copy, with some aging to the back cover, front and rear inner hinges shaken, light wear to the extremities. A LOVELY VICTORIAN EDITION. A great work of English literature and one of the supreme accomplishments of the writer Daniel Defoe.
“Defoe...disclosed a genius for devising a tale of adventure...(the influence of which has) not yet dissipated, for much of science fiction is basically Crusoe’s island changed to a planet.
At least equally relevant...is the figure of the lonely human being subduing the pitiless forces of nature; going back to nature, indeed, and portraying the ‘noble savage’ in a way that made the book required reading for Rousseau’s Emile.
ROBINSON CRUSOE has long since been more widely read...in versions...for young people...(there is) the footprint in the sand, Man Friday, the threatening savages, and the endless ingenuity and contrivance that make the hero’s island life tolerable.” PMM
“It breathes throughout a spirit of piety and benevolence; it sets in a very striking light the importance of the mechanic arts...it fixes in the mind a lively idea of the horrors of solitude, and, consequently, of the sweets of social life, and of the blessings we derive from conversation and mutual aid; and it shows how by labouring with one’ s own hands, one may secure independence...” Beattie
“Defoe...disclosed a genius for devising a tale of adventure...(the influence of which has) not yet dissipated, for much of science fiction is basically Crusoe’s island changed to a planet.
At least equally relevant...is the figure of the lonely human being subduing the pitiless forces of nature; going back to nature, indeed, and portraying the ‘noble savage’ in a way that made the book required reading for Rousseau’s Emile.
ROBINSON CRUSOE has long since been more widely read...in versions...for young people...(there is) the footprint in the sand, Man Friday, the threatening savages, and the endless ingenuity and contrivance that make the hero’s island life tolerable.” PMM
“It breathes throughout a spirit of piety and benevolence; it sets in a very striking light the importance of the mechanic arts...it fixes in the mind a lively idea of the horrors of solitude, and, consequently, of the sweets of social life, and of the blessings we derive from conversation and mutual aid; and it shows how by labouring with one’ s own hands, one may secure independence...” Beattie
Synopsis
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
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33215
- Title
- THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE.
- Author
- Defoe Daniel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
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