
Length21h 45m
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Disregarding his family’s wise counsel, young Robinson Crusoe is driven by a reckless desire to seek his fortune at sea. His fateful decision catapults him into a world of adventure, danger, and unparalleled solitude. After a series of misadventures—including capture and enslavement—a violent shipwreck leaves him as the sole survivor, cast away on a remote and seemingly deserted tropical island.
Armed with little more than his wits, determination, and salvaged tools from the wreck, Crusoe must confront the ultimate test of human resilience. For twenty-eight years, he meticulously forges a solitary existence, building a shelter, securing food, and crafting a civilization from sheer necessity. His quiet order is shattered by a single, terrifying discovery: a human footprint in the sand.
Widely regarded as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe’s masterpiece is more than a thrilling tale of survival. It is a profound exploration of isolation, faith, and the human capacity for ingenuity in the face of overwhelming odds. Robinson Crusoe is the foundational adventure story that has inspired countless adaptations and continues to captivate readers with its timeless meditation on what it means to be truly alone—and what it means to be human.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, General Fiction, Literary Classics
Length21 hrs 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
20CHAPTER XIX—RETURN TO ENGLAND
2CHAPTER I—START IN LIFE
21CHAPTER XX—FIGHT BETWEEN FRIDAY AND A BEAR
3CHAPTER II—SLAVERY AND ESCAPE
22CHAPTER I—REVISITS ISLAND
4CHAPTER III—WRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND
23CHAPTER II—INTERVENING HISTORY OF COLONY
5CHAPTER IV—FIRST WEEKS ON THE ISLAND
24CHAPTER III—FIGHT WITH CANNIBALS
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6CHAPTER V—BUILDS A HOUSE—THE JOURNAL
25CHAPTER IV—RENEWED INVASION OF SAVAGES
7CHAPTER VI—ILL AND CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN
26CHAPTER V—A GREAT VICTORY
8CHAPTER VII—AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE
27CHAPTER VI—THE FRENCH CLERGYMAN'S COUNSEL
9CHAPTER VIII—SURVEYS HIS POSITION
28CHAPTER VII—CONVERSATION BETWIXT WILL ATKINS AND HIS WIFE
10CHAPTER IX—A BOAT
29CHAPTER VIII—SAILS FROM THE ISLAND FOR THE BRAZILS
11CHAPTER X—TAMES GOATS
30CHAPTER IX—DREADFUL OCCURRENCES IN MADAGASCAR
12CHAPTER XI—FINDS PRINT OF MAN'S FOOT ON THE SAND
31CHAPTER X—HE IS LEFT ON SHORE
13CHAPTER XII—A CAVE RETREAT
32CHAPTER XI—WARNED OF DANGER BY A COUNTRYMAN
14CHAPTER XIII—WRECK OF A SPANISH SHIP
33CHAPTER XII—THE CARPENTER'S WHIMSICAL CONTRIVANCE
15CHAPTER XIV—A DREAM REALISED
34CHAPTER XIII—ARRIVAL IN CHINA
16CHAPTER XV—FRIDAY'S EDUCATION
35CHAPTER XIV—ATTACKED BY TARTARS
17CHAPTER XVI—RESCUE OF PRISONERS FROM CANNIBALS
36CHAPTER XV—DESCRIPTION OF AN IDOL, WHICH THEY DESTROY
18CHAPTER XVII—VISIT OF MUTINEERS
37CHAPTER XVI—SAFE ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND
19CHAPTER XVIII—THE SHIP RECOVERED