The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe
Cover: Robinson Crusoe (1920), illustration by N. C. Wyeth (1882-1945) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1945; published 1920)
Robinson Crusoe (KROO-soh, zoh) is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. It is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre, and has been described as the first novel, or at least the first English novel – although these labels are disputed.
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Table of contents
- 1: Start in Life
- 2: Slavery and Escape
- 3: Wrecked on a Desert Island
- 4: First Weeks on the Island
- 5: Builds a House—the Journal
- 6: Ill and Conscience-Stricken
- 7: Agricultural Experience
- 8: Surveys His Position
- 9: A Boat
- 10: Tames Goats
- 11: Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand
- 12: A Cave Retreat
- 13: Wreck of a Spanish Ship
- 14: A Dream Realised
- 15: Friday’s Education
- 16: Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals
- 17: Visit of Mutineers
- 18: The Ship Recovered
- 19: Return to England
- 20: Fight Between Friday and a Bear