Robinson Crusoe

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  • The
  • timeless
  • tale
  • of
  • survival
  • and
  • adventure
  • that
  • set
  • the
  • standard
  • for
  • the
  • English
  • novelRobinson
  • Crusoe
  • is
  • the
  • only
  • man
  • still
  • alive
  • when
  • his
  • ship
  • is
  • destroyed
  • in
  • a
  • terrible
  • storm.
  • Washing
  • up
  • on
  • a
  • deserted
  • island,
  • he
  • realizes
  • that
  • he
  • is
  • stranded,
  • with
  • no
  • immediate
  • hope
  • of
  • rescue.
  • Displaying
  • remarkable
  • ingenuity,
  • Crusoe
  • builds
  • a
  • crude
  • home,
  • raises
  • crops,
  • and
  • keeps
  • track
  • of
  • the
  • passing
  • days
  • with
  • a
  • rudimentary
  • calendar.
  • Loneliness
  • is
  • his
  • greatest
  • adversary
  • until
  • a
  • tribe
  • of
  • cannibals
  • arrives
  • with
  • their
  • intended
  • victims.
  • When
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • prisoners
  • escapes,
  • Crusoe
  • rescues
  • him.
  • The
  • shipwrecked
  • sailor
  • and
  • his
  • newfound
  • companion,
  • Friday—named
  • for
  • the
  • day
  • of
  • the
  • week
  • on
  • which
  • Crusoe
  • first
  • meets
  • him—band
  • together
  • to
  • vanquish
  • the
  • cannibals
  • and
  • leave
  • the
  • Island
  • of
  • Despair
  • forever.Based
  • on
  • the
  • true
  • accounts
  • of
  • eighteenth-century
  • castaways,
  • Robinson
  • Crusoe
  • popularized
  • the
  • then-new
  • art
  • form
  • known
  • as
  • the
  • novel.
  • Nearly
  • three
  • hundred
  • years
  • after
  • it
  • was
  • first
  • published,
  • it
  • is
  • still
  • the
  • rare
  • classic
  • with
  • the
  • power
  • to
  • thrill
  • and
  • edify
  • in
  • equal
  • measure.This
  • ebook
  • has
  • been
  • professionally
  • proofread
  • to
  • ensure
  • accuracy
  • and
  • readability
  • on
  • all devices.
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