
The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – 3 Books in One Volume (Illustrated)
Thirty years a castaway, then voyages from Madagascar to China and SiberiaBy Daniel DefoeLength39h 12m
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe relates the story of a man's shipwreck on a desert island and his subsequent adventures. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character —a castaway who spends thirty years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been perceived to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe describes how Crusoe settled in Bedford, married and produced a family, and that when his wife died, he went off on further adventures. Crusoe first returns to his island, and after that, circumstances take him off to Madagascar, then to Southeast Asia and China, and finally to Siberia. The story is speculated to be partially based on Moscow embassy secretary Adam Brand's journal detailing the embassy's journey from Moscow to Peking from 1693 to 1695.
Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe is a collection of essays on spiritual and ethical subjects, written supposedly by Robinson Crusoe in his old years as he contemplates on the story of his life. Though sometimes noticeably dreary, it is quite interesting at some points, as it reveals some Defoe's ideas about morality and religion.
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), was an English writer, journalist, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, and he is considered one of the founders of the English novel.
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GenreLiterary Classics, General Fiction
Length39 hrs 12 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – 3 Books in One Volume (Illustrated)
33CHAPTER XII—THE CARPENTER’S WHIMSICAL CONTRIVANCE
2Chapter 1 Start in Life
34CHAPTER XIII—ARRIVAL IN CHINA
3Chapter 2 Slavery and Escape
35CHAPTER XIV—ATTACKED BY TARTARS
4Chapter 3 Wrecked on a Desert Island
36CHAPTER XV—DESCRIPTION OF AN IDOL, WHICH THEY DESTROY
5Chapter 4 First Weeks on the Island
37CHAPTER XVI—SAFE ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND
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6Chapter 5 Builds a House — The Journal
38ROBINSON CRUSOE’S PREFACE
7Chapter 6 Ill and Conscience–Stricken
39INTRODUCTION
8Chapter 7 Agricultural Experience
40CHAPTER ONE OF SOLITUDE
9Chapter 8 Surveys His Position
41CHAPTER TWO AN ESSAY UPON HONESTY
10Chapter 9 A Boat
42CHAPTER THREE OF THE IMMORALITY OF CONVERSATION, AND THE VULGAR ERRORS OF BEHAVIOUR
11Chapter 10 Tames Goats
43CHAPTER FOUR AN ESSAY ON THE PRESENT STATE OF RELIGION IN THE WORLD (pt. 1)
12Chapter 11 Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand
44CHAPTER FOUR AN ESSAY ON THE PRESENT STATE OF RELIGION IN THE WORLD (pt. 2)
13Chapter 12 A Cave Retreat
45CHAPTER FIVE OF LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF PROVIDENCE
14Chapter 13 Wreck of a Spanish Ship
46CHAPTER SIX OF THE PROPORTION BETWEEN THE CHRISTIAN AND PAGAN WORLD
15Chapter 14 A Dream Realised
47CHAPTER SEVEN A VISION OF THE ANGELIC WORLD (pt. 1)
16Chapter 15 Friday’s Education
48CHAPTER SEVEN A VISION OF THE ANGELIC WORLD (pt. 2)
17Chapter 16 Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals
49Essays
18Chapter 17 Visit of Mutineers
50ROBINSON CRUSOE from Adventures in Criticism by Arthur Quiller-Couch
19Chapter 18 The Ship Recovered
51ROBINSON CRUSOE by W. P. Trent
20Chapter 19 Return to England
52Biography
21Chapter 20 Fight Between Friday and a Bear
53Preface.
22CHAPTER I—REVISITS ISLAND
54Chapter 1. Defoe’s Youth and Early Pursuits.
23CHAPTER II—INTERVENING HISTORY OF COLONY
55Chapter 2. King William’s Adjutant.
24CHAPTER III—FIGHT WITH CANNIBALS
56Chapter 3. A Martyr to Dissent?
25CHAPTER IV—RENEWED INVASION OF SAVAGES
57Chapter 4. The Review of the Affairs of France.
26CHAPTER V—A GREAT VICTORY
58Chapter 5. The Advocate of Peace and Union.
27CHAPTER VI—THE FRENCH CLERGYMAN’S COUNSEL
59Chapter 6. Dr. Sacheverell, and the Change of Government.
28CHAPTER VII—CONVERSATION BETWIXT WILL ATKINS AND HIS WIFE
60Chapter 7. Difficulties in Re-changing Sides.
29CHAPTER VIII—SAILS FROM THE ISLAND FOR THE BRAZILS
61Chapter 8. Later Journalistic Labours.
30CHAPTER IX—DREADFUL OCCURRENCES IN MADAGASCAR
62Chapter 9. The Place of Defoe’s Fictions in His Life.
31CHAPTER X—HE IS LEFT ON SHORE
63Chapter 10. His Mysterious End.
32CHAPTER XI—WARNED OF DANGER BY A COUNTRYMAN