Robinson Crusoe (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
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
- Principal Characters: Robinson Crusoe, Friday
- 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 Story:
Robinson Crusoe was the son of a middle-class English family. Although his father desired that he go into business and live a quiet life, Robinson had such longing for the sea that he found it impossible to remain at home. He took his first voyage without his parents’ knowledge. The ship was caught in a great storm, and Robinson was so violently ill and so greatly afraid that he vowed never to leave land again should he be so fortunate as to escape death.
When he landed safely, however, he found his old longing still unsatisfied, and he engaged as a trader,...
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