Shipwrecked in a storm with only his knife, a pipe, and a box of tobacco, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on the shores of a tropical island in the Caribbean Sea. Over the course of his 28 years alone on the island, the intrepid Englishman creates a one-man colony by raising goats, growing crops and even adopting a parrot. When Crusoe rescues a young Spaniard from the clutches of a cannibal tribe, he is presented with a chance to return home to his family -- but has he spent too much time away from civilization to be able to fit in again?
One of the most widely published books of all time, Daniel Defoe's tale survival at all costs was published in 1719. The writer's simple and direct style made Robinson Crusoe a hit with the middle class and helped create a new genre of popular fiction.
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