Robinson Crusoe (Annotated, Large Print) - Defoe, Daniel
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Read the classic that started the castaway genre.The definitive editionFeatures an uplifting extended biography of the life and experiences of Daniel Defoe Large Print edition Remastered for premium quality print and easy reading Robinson Crusoe was first published by Daniel Defoe in 1719. This book became immensely popular due to its realism and vivid storytelling. Defoe's works helped spur the birth of literary realism. In this novel, we read the autobiography of Robinson Crusoe who longed for the sea. He became a sailor and embarked on numerous boat journeys against his parents' wishes…mehr

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Read the classic that started the castaway genre.The definitive editionFeatures an uplifting extended biography of the life and experiences of Daniel Defoe Large Print edition Remastered for premium quality print and easy reading Robinson Crusoe was first published by Daniel Defoe in 1719. This book became immensely popular due to its realism and vivid storytelling. Defoe's works helped spur the birth of literary realism. In this novel, we read the autobiography of Robinson Crusoe who longed for the sea. He became a sailor and embarked on numerous boat journeys against his parents' wishes until his last sea voyage left him washed ashore on an isolated island. Crusoe spends 28 years living on a remote tropical island near Trinidad in the Caribbean as a castaway."Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself." Alone and afraid, Crusoe has to make do with what he has to survive on. He encounters numerous dangers during his adventures where his spirit, will, and self-determination will be tested to the limit. Crusoe will be forced to rely only on himself for survival. How will Crusoe fare? What will he discover about himself, and what adventures is he about to live? Will he ever be rescued and sail back to England? Join him in his thrilling story and find out. Get your copy of this timeless classic today!
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Daniel Defoe was born in 1660, in london, and became initially christened daniel foe, converting his name across the age of thirty-five to sound greater aristocratic. Like his man or woman robinson crusoe, Defoe become a third child. His mother and father, james and mary foe, had been presbyterian dissenters. James foe was wax and candle merchant. As a boy, daniel witnessed two of the greatest disasters of the seventeenth century: a recurrence of the plague and the extremely good fireplace of london in 1666. Those events may additionally have shaped his fascination with catastrophes and survival in his writing.