| Robinson Crusoe Contributor(s): Defoe, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1732190313 ISBN-13: 9781732190313 Publisher: Coyote Canyon Press OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Native American & Aboriginal - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 823.5 |
| LCCN: 2018016148 |
| Lexile Measure: 1360 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.61 lbs) 260 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With its fast-moving narrative and resourceful, sympathetic hero, Robinson Crusoe is a book of universal appeal. When his ship capsizes in a violent storm, Robinson rescues himself as the sole survivor on an apparently uninhabited island. With the simplest of means, he builds a new life for himself and for many years lives completely on his own until one day he saves the life of a young native. . . Robinson Crusoe is also a work of considerable moral and religious significance, a fine tension set up between God's purpose and Crusoe's very human impulses, which Defoe depicts with vibrant and haunting realism. Published in 1719, towards the end of Daniel Defoe's distinguished career as a man of letters, Robinson Crusoe can be regarded as one of the first English novels. It is the product of a powerful imagination: vivid and profound. |
Contributor Bio(s): Defoe, Daniel: - "Daniel Defoe (c. 1660 - 1731) was an English writer, journalist, and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel, Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest practitioners of the novel and helped popularize the genre in Britain. In some texts he is even referred to as one of the founders, if not the founder, of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism." |