| Robinson Crusoe Contributor(s): Defoe, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553213733 ISBN-13: 9780553213737 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: June 1982 Annotation: 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: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand... Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal. The first important English novel, "Robinson Crusoe has taken its rightful place among the great myths of Western civilization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1360 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.2" W x 6.9" (0.35 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 520 Reading Level: 12.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 27.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand... Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal. The first important English novel, Robinson Crusoe has taken its rightful place among the great myths of Western civilization. |