Robinson Crusoe (World Literature Library)

Author: Daniel Defoe
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: In the 17th century, an English sailor named Robinson Crusoe was dissatisfied with the dull and comfortable life of the middle class and went to sea multiple times for business. During a voyage to Africa to transport black slaves, he was shipwrecked at sea and stranded on a deserted island. Overcoming feelings of despair, he showed indomitable will and relied on his own wisdom and hard work to find food, build shelter, make tools, raise livestock, and cultivate land. He also rescued a native from cannibals, took him in as a servant, named him "Friday," and put him to work. After long-term hard work and overcoming difficulties, he defeated nature, improved living conditions, and finally returned to England by helping a captain suppress a mutiny and taking the ship back.