Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe | Part #01 | Love Life | Love Facts | short stories Robinson Crusoe (1719) by Daniel Defoe | Action & Adventure Fiction. Part #01: Part #02: Robinson Crusoe is the story of a shipwrecked sailor who is stranded on a desert island for 28 years. The novel is a classic of adventure and survival, and it explores themes of isolation, self-reliance, and the human spirit. Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner (1719) is considered by many the first English novel. Based on the real-life experiences of the castaway Alexander Selkirk, the book has had a perennial appeal among readers of all ages-–especially the young adult reading public–-who continue to find inspiration in the inventive resourcefulness of its hero, sole survivor of a shipwreck who is marooned on an uninhabited island. Especially poignant, after more than two decades of unbroken sol
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