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The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Annotated)
By Daniel DefoeLength10h 8m
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This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Daniel Defoe beyond Robinson Crusoe
First published in 1719, “The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” is a novel by English writer Daniel Defoe that saw the light of day under the considerably longer original title: “The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe.”
Like its significantly more popular predecessor published also in 1719, “Robinson Crusoe” (AKA “The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe”), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author.
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.
“The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” starts with the statement about Crusoe's marriage in England. He bought a little farm in Bedford and had three children: two sons and one daughter. Our hero suffered a distemper and a desire to see "his island." He could talk of nothing else, and one can imagine that no one took his stories seriously, except his wife. She told him, in tears, "I will go with you, but I won't leave you." But in the middle of this felicity, Providence unhinged him at once, with the loss of his wife...
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Children's Literature, Action and Adventure
Length10 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Daniel Defoe beyond Robinson Crusoe
2Chapter 1. Revisits Island
3Chapter 2. Intervening History Of Colony
4Chapter 3. Fight With Cannibals
5Chapter 4. Renewed Invasion Of Savages
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6Chapter 5. A Great Victory
7Chapter 6. The French Clergyman’s Counsel
8Chapter 7. Conversation Betwixt Will Atkins And His Wife
9Chapter 8. Sails From The Island For The Brazils
10Chapter 9. Dreadful Occurrences In Madagascar
11Chapter 10. He Is Left On Shore
12Chapter 11. Warned Of Danger By A Countryman
13Chapter 12. The Carpenter’s Whimsical Contrivance
14Chapter 13. Arrival In China
15Chapter 14. Attacked By Tartars
16Chapter 15. Description Of An Idol, Which They Destroy
17Chapter 16. Safe Arrival In England