by Daniel Defoe ยท 2025
Book is in your Library
ISBN: 9791173237935
Category: Literary Collections / American / General
Page count: 287
Robinson Crusoe defies his parents' wishes and embarks on a life at sea, encountering early hardships, including shipwrecks and captivity in Sallee. After escaping with Xury, he arrives in Brazil and becomes a plantation owner. On another voyage, he is shipwrecked on a deserted island, where he salvages supplies from the wreck. Alone, he constructs a shelter and struggles with solitude while adapting to island life. He records time, learns to hunt, and develops essential survival skills. Over time, he establishes a sustainable lifestyle, domesticating goats and cultivating crops. Attempting to escape, he builds a canoe but fails, resigning himself to his fate. His life on the island gradually improves as he refines his tools, builds pottery, and learns to bake bread.