The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

Credits: Daniel Defoe (author)

Summary

Robinson Crusoe (KROO-soh, zoh) is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. It is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre, and has been described as the first novel, or at least the first English novel – although these labels are disputed. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur. This book contains scenes of violence as its author wrote them.

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Chapters (20)

  1. 1. Start in Life
  2. 2. Slavery and Escape
  3. 3. Wrecked on a Desert Island
  4. 4. First Weeks on the Island
  5. 5. Builds a House—the Journal
  6. 6. Ill and Conscience-Stricken
  7. 7. Agricultural Experience
  8. 8. Surveys His Position
  9. 9. A Boat
  10. 10. Tames Goats
  11. 11. Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand
  12. 12. A Cave Retreat
  13. 13. Wreck of a Spanish Ship
  14. 14. A Dream Realised
  15. 15. Friday’s Education
  16. 16. Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals
  17. 17. Visit of Mutineers
  18. 18. The Ship Recovered
  19. 19. Return to England
  20. 20. Fight Between Friday and a Bear

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