Robinson Crusoe Illustrated
Robinson Crusoe Illustrated by Daniel Defoe is a novel first published on April 25, 1719, and is now available in this independently published edition from November 7, 2021. This 448-page work is presented as an autobiography of its protagonist, Robinson Crusoe, who is depicted as a castaway spending 28 years on a remote tropical desert island. The narrative explores his encounters with cannibals, captives, and mutineers, ultimately leading to his rescue.
Readers will find that the book employs an epistolary, confessional, and didactic form, offering insights into Crusoe’s survival and adaptation in isolation. The story has connections to historical figures, particularly Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway whose experiences are thought to have inspired Defoe’s narrative. This edition invites readers to engage with the themes of adventure and survival in a fictional context.
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Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work’s protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents.
Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)–a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called “Más a Tierra”, now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966
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