Escape the Island of Despair with Robinson Crusoe!Pirates, shipwrecks, and being stranded on an island doesn't stop Robinson Crusoe in his quest for adventure on the high seas. Daniel Defoe's novel made quite a stir in 1719 and became one of the most widely published books in history."I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked, came on shore on this dismal unfortunate island, all the rest of the ship's company being drowned. In despair of any relief, I saw nothing but death before me..." For three centuries, The ...
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Escape the Island of Despair with Robinson Crusoe!Pirates, shipwrecks, and being stranded on an island doesn't stop Robinson Crusoe in his quest for adventure on the high seas. Daniel Defoe's novel made quite a stir in 1719 and became one of the most widely published books in history."I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked, came on shore on this dismal unfortunate island, all the rest of the ship's company being drowned. In despair of any relief, I saw nothing but death before me..." For three centuries, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe has remained one of the most read tales in modern literature, a popularity owing as much to the enduring freshness and immediacy of its style as to its widely acknowledged status as the very first English novel.
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