The original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island, and one of the first novels in English The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, enlists the help of a native islander who he names 'Friday', and fights off cannibals and mutineers. Written in an age of exploration and enterprise, it has been variously interpreted as an embodiment of British imperialist values, as a portrayal of 'natural man', or...
The original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island, and one of the first novels in English The sole survivor ...
"Backgrounds" encourages comparison of 1665 documents with those of the early 1720s, when England feared a new outbreak of the plague Included are official government orders and newspaper accounts as well as writings by Defoe, John Graunt, the College of Physicians, and others "Contexts" includes eight comparative pieces united by the theme of a community in crisis From Thucydides to Boccaccio to modern accounts by Albert Camus, Michel Foucault, and Susan Sontag, this collection represents some of the most celebrated observers and critics in western civilization who have seen what plagues...
"Backgrounds" encourages comparison of 1665 documents with those of the early 1720s, when England feared a new outbreak of the plague Included are off...
"Contexts" helps the reader understand the novel's historical and religious significance. Included are four contemporary accounts of marooned men, Defoe's autobiographical passages on the novel's allegorical foundation, and aspects of the Puritan emblematic tradition essential for understanding the novel's religious aspects "Eighteenth-and Nineteenth-Century Opinions" is a comprehensive study of early estimations by prominent literary and political figures, including Alexander Pope, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas...
"Contexts" helps the reader understand the novel's historical and religious significance. Included are four contemporary accounts of marooned men, Def...
With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury.
From its first publication in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been printed in over 700 editions. It has inspired almost every conceivable kind of imitation and variation, and been the subject of plays, opera, cartoons, and computer games. The character of Crusoe has entered the consciousness of each succeeding generation as readers add their own interpretation to the adventures so thrillingly 'recorded' by Defoe.
Praised by eminent figures such as...
With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury.
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'It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore.'
Shipwrecked in a storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a remote and desolate island. As he struggles to piece together a life for himself, Crusoe's physical, moral and spiritual values are tested to the limit. For 24 years he remains in solitude and learns to tame and master the island, until he finally comes across another human being. Considered a...
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'It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I w...
Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to join the navy. After a series of adventures at sea, he is shipwrecked in a devastating storm, and finds himself alone on a remote desert island. He remains there many years, building a life for himself in solitude, until the day he discovers another man s footprint in the sand . . ."
Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to join the navy. After a series of adventures at sea, he is shipwrecked in a devastating storm, and finds himself...
The original salacious story of a bad girl who makes goodThese are the fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders: born in Newgate Prison, 12 years a prostitute, five times a wife (once to her own brother), 12 years a thief, and eight years a transported felon in Her Majesty's colony of Virginia. Daniel Defoe's rollicking tale presents life in the prisons, alleyways, and underworlds of 18th-century London, and gives us Mollscandalous, unscrupulous and utterly irresistible."
The original salacious story of a bad girl who makes goodThese are the fortunes and misfortunes of Moll Flanders: born in Newgate Prison, 12 years a p...
'I grew as impudent a Thief, and as dexterous as ever Moll Cut-Purse was'
Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pick-pocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. One of the earliest and most vivid female narrators in the history of the English novel, Moll recounts her adventures with irresistible wit and candour--and enough guile that the reader is left uncertain whether she is ultimately a redeemed sinner or a successful...
'I grew as impudent a Thief, and as dexterous as ever Moll Cut-Purse was'
Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to ma...
