β Daniel Defoe
π Fiction
π
2000
π Electronic Text Center. University of Virginia Lib
π English
β 156 KB
fiction , prose
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The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
β Scribed by Daniel Defoe
- Publisher
- Arc Manor
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Daniel Defoe (c.1659 -1731) was a fiction writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy. He was one of the first authors to write a novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. Robinson Crusoe is a fictional novel about an English castaway first published in 1719 is considered to be the first English novel. Crusoe spent 28 years on a tropical island encountering mutineers, cannibals, natives and captives. The novel is loosely based on Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway, who survived for four years on a deserted island. After he returned to England Crusoe married and had three children. He settled on a farm in Bedford. He soon expressed the desire to see his island again. When his wife died he decided to make the trip. Crusoe takes various steps to consolidate leadership on the island and assure the civility of the inhabitants
Library : Science Fiction
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781604506228
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
β Defoe, Daniel
π Fiction
π
2007
π IndyPublish
π English
β 165 KB
Short excerpt: the desire of seeing my new plantation in the island, and the colony I left there, ran in my head continually. I dreamed of it all night, and my imagination ran upon it all day: it was uppermost in all my thoughts, and my fancy worked so steadily and strongly upon it that I talked of
The Further Adventures of Robinson Cruso
β Daniel Defoe
π Fiction
π
2004
π Wildside Press
π English
β 154 KB
That homely proverb, used on so many occasions in England, viz. βThat what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh,β was never more verified than in the story of my Life. Any one would think that after thirty-five yearsβ affliction, and a variety of unhappy circumstances, which few men, if
β Daniel Defoe
π Fiction
π
2006
π BiblioBazaar, LLC
π UND
β 156 KB
SUMMARY: Short excerpt: the desire of seeing my new plantation in the island, and the colony I left there, ran in my head continually. I dreamed of it all night, and my imagination ran upon it all day: it was uppermost in all my thoughts, and my fancy worked so steadily and strongly upon it that I
β Daniel Defoe
π Fiction
π
2009;2015
π Arc Manor LLC;Start Classics
π English
β 161 KB
Having returned safely home, Crusoe marries and starts a family. But despite his prosperous life, he finds nothing to challenge him and suffers from a burning desire to return to sea. Although his wife begs him not to go, Crusoe and his man Friday set sail. When they reach the island, they are surpr
β Daniel Defoe
π Fiction
π
2009;2015
π Arc Manor LLC;Start Classics
π English
β 173 KB
Having returned safely home, Crusoe marries and starts a family. But despite his prosperous life, he finds nothing to challenge him and suffers from a burning desire to return to sea. Although his wife begs him not to go, Crusoe and his man Friday set sail. When they reach the island, they are surpr