Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

"Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe is an English adventure novel first published in 1719. After ignoring his parents' wishes, young Robinson Crusoe embarks on a sea voyage that ends in catastrophe. Cast away on a remote tropical island, he survives alone for 28 years, building shelter, hunting, and farming. His solitary existence is shattered when he discovers cannibals visiting his island. When a prisoner escapes, Crusoe saves him, naming him Friday. Together, they face arriving dangers and await possible rescue. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Translator Suomalainen, Samuli, 1850-1907
Title Robinson Crusoe
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe
Credits Produced by Johanna Kankaanpää and Tapio Riikonen
Reading Level Reading ease score: 41.1 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Language Finnish
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Shipwreck survival -- Fiction
Subject Islands -- Fiction
Subject Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Subject Atlantic Ocean -- Fiction
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Castaways -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 48387
Release Date
Last Update Oct 24, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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