Name: Robinson Crusoe
SKU: 60516168
Author: Daniel Defoe
ISBN: 9781984147813

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Defoe

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

396

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3x12.7x2.2 cm

Weight

0.43 kg.

ISBN13

9781984147813

Synopsis "Robinson Crusoe"

Daniel Defoe's classic novel details the experiences of a young man who ignores his father's advice and takes to the sea. A number of tragedies ensue, including Crusoe being captured by Moorish sailors off the African coast. Finally, Crusoe is ship-wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of central America. The lone survivor of the ship, Crusoe despairs his enforced exile; however, while there he discovers a Bible amongst the ship's luggage and over the course of many years, comes to see God's blessing on his life. Defoe's most famous novel gives the reader time to reflect on why God allows tragedy to befall us, as well as suggesting reasons why people are discontent and the solution for this. Now published as a Cameron Collectible, Robinson Crusoe joins a number of other Great British classics. Other titles may be read at: www.Cameron-Collectibles.blogspot.com

Daniel Defoe

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English writer and journalist, Daniel Defoe is mainly known for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), though he also stood out for his role in the development of the press and for his political and social essays

Defoe left his studies to become a discreet businessman, whose activities were not entirely profitable, even receiving prison time for his debts

From 1695, after several years of exile due to his political ideology, he starts a new business dedicated to tiles and bricks which begins to work, providing his family—he was married and had six children—with greater economic stability

However, his political activism leads him to publish several essays or pamphlets that cost him days of imprisonment and the pillory. After returning to jail, Defoe begins working from a magazine supporting political factions of the government, participating in the English secret services

In 1719 he publishes his great novel, Robinson Crusoe, which allows him to launch into a literary career marked by successes such as The Adventures of Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, or Moll Flanders. His popularity grew and his influence on subsequent generations of writers by enhancing the novelistic genre is notable

Despite all his success and his connections with the government, Defoe never achieved stable economic solvency for long. His death in 1731 occurred while fleeing from new creditors

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