Robinson Crusoe (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- First Published: 1719
- Type of Work: Novel
- 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
The third son of an English merchant family from York, Robinson Crusoe rejects the comfort and security of his home and against his father’s advice embarks on a life of adventure. “Bent upon seeing the world,” he sets sail from London aboard a ship bound for Africa. En route, he is captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery. After managing to escape, he sails to Brazil aboard a Portuguese trader. There he buys a small plantation, but, once again feeling restless, he sails to Africa for slaves. On this voyage he is shipwrecked and finds himself marooned on a small island off...
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