“daniel defoe”

This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone:... More

Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. He was the only survivor. The ship was grounded on a rock. Crusoe managed to salvage as much as possible from the ship. With great perseverance and industry he made for himself a secure & comfortable habitation. It was twenty five years later... More

On the evening of November 26, 1703, a hurricane from the north Atlantic hammered into Britain: it remains the worst storm the nation has ever experienced. Eyewitnesses saw cows thrown into trees and windmills ablaze from the friction of their whirling sailsaand some 8,000 people lost their lives. F... More

The solitary survivor on a deserted island, Robinson Crusoe gradually creates a life for himself, building a house and cultivating the land, and making a companion of the native whose life he saves. Daniel Defoe's enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that hi... More