Robinson Crusoe - The First Growth Power Book Collection (Color·Phonetic Annotation·Illustrated Edition)

Author: Qu Bo
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Robinson Crusoe, as a representative work of Daniel Defoe, is the first novel in the true sense of the word in the history of English and even European literature, holding an important position in the history of world literature. This book not only earned Defoe nearly 500 titles but also inspired nearly 700 translations and imitations. It is one of the most beloved novels for young people in the West, engaging and enjoyable for all readers, and has been widely read around the world for over three hundred years. The French Enlightenment thinker and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau even included it as a required reading for his 15-year-old student émile in his work Emile.
In September 1704, a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721) was abandoned by his captain on the island of Más a Tierra in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America. On this desolate island, he spent four years and four months. In 1970, he was discovered, but he had become a wild man, having forgotten human language. In 1711, he returned to England. The writer Richard Steele (1692–1729) was deeply interested in Selkirk’s experiences and, in 1713, wrote an account of his island adventure in the form of a factual report.
After reading this publicized factual account, Defoe took Selkirk’s legendary story as the basis and poured his own literary imagination into it, infusing the character with his years of maritime experiences and observations. Through literary refinement, he wrote this beloved novel in 1791. Defoe was an Englishman born in London, the son of a butcher. He engaged in various business ventures, participated in political struggles of the time, and even served as a senior advisor to the royal court. He traveled widely, faced bankruptcy, spent time in prison, and founded newspapers. These life experiences brought him honor, fame, wealth, and status. At the age of fifty-nine, he wrote Robinson Crusoe (1719), which achieved immense success and established him as the founder of the English novel, earning him the title of "Father of English and European Fiction."
The protagonist of Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe, comes from a middle-class English family and is driven by a lifelong desire to explore the world. During a voyage to Africa, he encountered a storm and was shipwrecked on a deserted island, where he begins a life of isolation. After twenty-eight years, Crusoe is rescued by a passing English ship and returns to his homeland. This book teaches us: no matter how great the difficulties, one must persevere and survive. Perhaps God will abandon you, but never abandon yourself!
This edition of Robinson Crusoe is rewritten in a concise and vivid style, with Pinyin annotations and beautifully illustrated, creating a colorful and adventurous world for children. It is even more suitable for shared reading between parents and children.