Robinson Crusoe (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- First Published: 1719
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1651-1705
- Setting: An island off the coast of South America and the Several Seas
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Robinsonade
- Subjects: Values, Voyages, Nature, Religion, Friendship, God, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Islands, Servants, Sea or seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Loneliness, Castaways, Separation, South America or South Americans, Cannibalism, Mutiny, Fables, Survival
- Locales: England, Islands, Brazil, Oceans
Characters Discussed
Robinson Crusoe, a self-sufficient Englishman who, after several adventures at sea and on land, is cast away on a small, almost uninhabited island. A practical, farsighted man of talents, he sets about making his island home comfortable, utilizing all his knowledge. His prudence and industry, aided by an imaginative insight, enable him to pass twenty-four years on the island, providing for himself in every way from the resources of the island itself and what he is able to salvage from the shipwreck that puts him in his predicament. A God- fearing man, he...
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