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Cover of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Author: Daniel Defoe
Year: 2020
Language: en
Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9798628797877
Dewey Decimal: 823.5
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is a novel that presents the life and adventures of an English castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela. Independently published on March 20, 2020, this edition contains 251 pages and is written in English. The narrative follows Crusoe’s experiences after being shipwrecked, detailing his encounters with Native Americans, captives, and mutineers, all framed within a realistic storytelling approach.

Readers will find that the book explores themes of survival and isolation, as Crusoe navigates life alone on the island, reflecting on his circumstances and the challenges he faces. The fictional autobiography format allows for a unique perspective on his adventures, emphasizing the action and adventure elements inherent in the story. This edition of Robinson Crusoe invites readers to engage with a classic tale that has influenced literature since its first publication in 1719.


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The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (of York, Mariner Who lived Eight and Twenty Years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where in all the Men perished but Himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title character, an English castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. This device, presenting an account of supposedly factual events, is known as a “false document” and gives a realistic frame story.

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Publisher: Independently Published. Year: 2020.
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ISBN-13: 9798628797877.
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Language: en. Pages: 251.

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