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Robinson Crusoe

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The Penguin English Library Edition ofRobinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe

'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance ... reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self ... '

Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the power and originality of Defoe's famous book. Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being. First published in 1719,Robinson Crusoehas been praised by such writers as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language.

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Penguin
0141974230 / 9780141974231
eBook (EPUB)
823.5
06/12/2012
English
232 pages
129. x 198. mm
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Quiz No: 200092, Points 27.00, Book Level 12.30,
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