| Robinson Crusoe: His Life and Strange Surprising Adventures Contributor(s): Defoe, Daniel (Author), Lines, Kathleen (Foreword by), Linton, W. J. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0679428194 ISBN-13: 9780679428190 Publisher: Everyman's Library OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1993 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. "From the Paperback edition. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 93011263 |
| Lexile Measure: 1360 |
| Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.49" W x 8.29" (1.53 lbs) 464 pages |
| 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. |