ADVENTURE CLASSICS - Premium Collection: 8 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Robinson Crusoe, Captain Singleton, Memoirs of a Cavalier, Colonel Jack, Moll Flanders, Roxana, The ConsolidatorBy Daniel Defoe
Length102h 11m
About this audiobook
This illustrated omnibus gathers eight of Daniel Defoe's prose fictions, presenting the breadth of his adventure writing: shipwreck, piracy, criminal underworlds, plague, war, commerce, and moral survival. Written in the plain, documentary style that made his narratives seem almost eyewitness testimony, these works stand at the threshold of the English novel, where journalism, spiritual autobiography, travel literature, and picaresque fiction converge. From Robinson Crusoe to Moll Flanders and kindred tales of danger and self-fashioning, Defoe turns adventure into a study of providence, identity, and economic modernity. Defoe was a merchant, political pamphleteer, dissenter, spy, and indefatigable journalist, experiences that deeply shaped his fiction. His familiarity with debt, trade, prisons, religious controversy, and public scandal gave him unusual sympathy for strivers, outcasts, and survivors. He wrote at a time when England was becoming a maritime, commercial empire, and his narratives transform that historical energy into vivid stories of risk, calculation, repentance, and reinvention. This collection is recommended for readers seeking both thrilling narrative and literary history. It offers essential insight into the origins of realistic fiction while remaining remarkably readable, energetic, and morally provocative.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Action and Adventure
Length102 hrs 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
63MOLL FLANDERS
2Introduction
64Preface
3Author Biography
65Volume I (pt. 1)
4Historical Context
66Volume I (pt. 2)
5Synopsis (Selection)
67Volume I (pt. 3)
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6ROBINSON CRUSOE
68Volume II (pt. 1)
7Chapter 1 Start in Life
69Volume II (pt. 2)
8Chapter 2 Slavery and Escape
70Volume II (pt. 3)
9Chapter 3 Wrecked on a Desert Island
71ROXANA: The Fortunate Mistress
10Chapter 4 First Weeks on the Island
72Chapter 1
11Chapter 5 Builds a House — The Journal
73Chapter 2
12Chapter 6 Ill and Conscience–Stricken
74Chapter 3
13Chapter 7 Agricultural Experience
75Chapter 4
14Chapter 8 Surveys His Position
76Chapter 5
15Chapter 9 A Boat
77Chapter 6
16Chapter 10 Tames Goats
78Chapter 7
17Chapter 11 Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand
79Chapter 8
18Chapter 12 A Cave Retreat
80Chapter 9
19Chapter 13 Wreck of a Spanish Ship
81Chapter 10
20Chapter 14 A Dream Realised
82Chapter 11
21Chapter 15 Friday’s Education
83Chapter 12
22Chapter 16 Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals
84Chapter 13
23Chapter 17 Visit of Mutineers
85Chapter 14
24Chapter 18 The Ship Recovered
86Chapter 15
25Chapter 19 Return to England
87Chapter 16
26Chapter 20 Fight Between Friday and a Bear
88Chapter 17
27THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE
89Chapter 18
28CHAPTER I—REVISITS ISLAND
90Chapter 19
29CHAPTER II—INTERVENING HISTORY OF COLONY
91Chapter 20
30CHAPTER III—FIGHT WITH CANNIBALS
92Chapter 21
31CHAPTER IV—RENEWED INVASION OF SAVAGES
93Chapter 22
32CHAPTER V—A GREAT VICTORY
94Chapter 23
33CHAPTER VI—THE FRENCH CLERGYMAN’S COUNSEL
95Chapter 24
34CHAPTER VII—CONVERSATION BETWIXT WILL ATKINS AND HIS WIFE
96Chapter 25
35CHAPTER VIII—SAILS FROM THE ISLAND FOR THE BRAZILS
97Chapter 26
36CHAPTER IX—DREADFUL OCCURRENCES IN MADAGASCAR
98Chapter 27
37CHAPTER X—HE IS LEFT ON SHORE
99Chapter 28
38CHAPTER XI—WARNED OF DANGER BY A COUNTRYMAN
100Chapter 29
39CHAPTER XII—THE CARPENTER’S WHIMSICAL CONTRIVANCE
101Chapter 30
40CHAPTER XIII—ARRIVAL IN CHINA
102THE CONSOLIDATOR: Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon (pt. 1)
41CHAPTER XIV—ATTACKED BY TARTARS
103THE CONSOLIDATOR: Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon (pt. 2)
42CHAPTER XV—DESCRIPTION OF AN IDOL, WHICH THEY DESTROY
104THE CONSOLIDATOR: Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon (pt. 3)
43CHAPTER XVI—SAFE ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND
105Biography
44CAPTAIN SINGLETON (pt. 1)
106THE LIFE OF DANIEL DE FOE by George Chalmer (pt. 1)
45CAPTAIN SINGLETON (pt. 2)
107THE LIFE OF DANIEL DE FOE by George Chalmer (pt. 2)
46CAPTAIN SINGLETON (pt. 3)
108THE LIFE OF DANIEL DE FOE by George Chalmer (pt. 3)
47CAPTAIN SINGLETON (pt. 4)
109DANIEL DEFOEby William Minto
48CAPTAIN SINGLETON (pt. 5)
110Preface.
49MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER
111Chapter 1. Defoe’s Youth and Early Pursuits.
50Preface.
112Chapter 2. King William’s Adjutant.
51Part I. (pt. 1)
113Chapter 3. A Martyr to Dissent?
52Part I. (pt. 2)
114Chapter 4. The Review of the Affairs of France.
53The Second Part (pt. 1)
115Chapter 5. The Advocate of Peace and Union.
54The Second Part (pt. 2)
116Chapter 6. Dr. Sacheverell, and the Change of Government.
55The Second Part (pt. 3)
117Chapter 7. Difficulties in Re-changing Sides.
56COLONEL JACK
118Chapter 8. Later Journalistic Labours.
57PART I. (pt. 1)
119Chapter 9. The Place of Defoe’s Fictions in His Life.
58PART I. (pt. 2)
120Chapter 10. His Mysterious End.
59PART I. (pt. 3)
121Analysis
60PART II. (pt. 1)
122Reflection
61PART II. (pt. 2)
123Memorable Quotes
62PART II. (pt. 3)
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (Illustrated)Daniel Defoe20h 18m$1 · $0.00
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