Robinson Crusoe

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
Other Authors: Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945 (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, [1983?]
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Summary:During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.
Physical Description:368 p., [13] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0684179466 (alk. paper) :
0684179474 (deluxe ed.)
Author Notes:Daniel Defoe was born Daniel Foe in London, England on September 13, 1660. He changed his surname in 1703, adding the more genteel "De" before his own name to suggest a higher social standing. He was a novelist, journalist, and political agent.

His writings covered a wide range of topics. His novels include Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Roxana, Captain Singleton, and Colonel Jack. He wrote A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, which is an important source of English economic life, and ghost stories including A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal. He also wrote satirical poems and pamphlets and edited a newspaper. He was imprisoned and pilloried for his controversial work, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, which suggested that all non-Conformist ministers be hanged. He died on April 24, 1731.

(Bowker Author Biography)