Chinese New Curriculum Standard Required Reading: Robinson Crusoe

Author: Daniel Defoe (English)
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This is a truly magical book that tells the extraordinary adventures of a man. Robinson had a good life and estate, but he was not content with his current situation and decided to venture out to explore new horizons. His ship encountered a storm, and everyone on board drowned, except him, who survived and arrived on an uninhabited desert island. He salvaged everything from the wrecked ship and built his own new home. On the island, he hunted pigs, fed goats, grew rice and wheat, and became the true master of the island. In just a few decades, he had transformed it. People came to the island, and even cannibals, but he rescued those who were to be eaten, thus gaining his first servant—Friday, the man he saved on the day of the week. Cannibals continued to arrive, and he rescued another white man, making his island increasingly prosperous. When he finally rescued the captain, he took the ship and left the island, returning to England after thirty-two years away. The story is bizarre, vivid, thrilling, and filled with endless wonders.