Robinson Crusoe Contributor(s): Defoe, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1613821271 ISBN-13: 9781613821275 Publisher: Simon & Brown OUR PRICE: $13.71 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1360 |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 338 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Robinson Crusoe is among the first novels written in English. Thanks to its extraordinary realism and drama, it is easily the longest-enduring work of popular fiction in the language. The story, probably based on the Pacific-island ordeal of castaway Alexander Selkirk, was presented by Daniel Defoe as a true account, and is utterly convincing in its topography, action, and character, even three hundred years after its first publication. Robinson Crusoe is a true page-turner: Dr. Samuel Johnson said it was one of only three books he had read that would have been better for being longer. |