| Description |
xvii, 294 pages ; 21 cm |
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Reading group guide included. |
| Summary |
"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants, and constructing a modest home for himself. But his solitary existence is threatened when he discovers - in one of the most memorable moments in literature - another footprint in the sand. Robinson Crusoe is more than a great yarn, it is an allegory rife with moral and religious symbolism and significance, seen through the eyes of an ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Survival -- Fiction.
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Castaways -- Fiction.
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Islands -- Fiction.
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Shipwreck survival -- Fiction.
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Shipwrecks -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Adventure fiction.
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Young adult fiction.
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| Added Author |
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
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| ISBN |
9780375757327 paperback |
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0375757325 paperback |
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