Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

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Includes an introduction by Tom Keymer, full notes and useful appendices that illuminate the historical context, covering a chronology of the action of the story and the author's commentary on it. This work raises questions about moral and spiritual values, society, and man's abiding acquisitiveness.

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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

'I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I sav'd his Life...I likewise taught him to say Master' Robinson Crusoe's seafaring adventures are abruptly ended when he is shipwrecked, the solitary survivor on a deserted island. He gradually creates a life for himself, building a in English literature. land, and making a companion from the native whose life he saves. Daniel Defoe's enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the most famous stories in English literature. On one level a simple adventure story, the novel also raises profound questions about moral and spiritual values, society, and man's abiding acquisitiveness. This new edition includes a scintillating Introduction and notes that illuminate the historical context.
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ISBN 13 9780192833426
ISBN 10 0192833421
Title Robinson Crusoe
Author Daniel Defoe
Series Oxford World's Classics Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2007-06-01
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.