Collation:
256 pgs (hbk.)
Summary:
In one of the world's most famous storied, Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked on an island somewhere in the Pacific and wrestles with loneliness and despair as he struggles to stay alive. With ingenious use of some supplies and utensils salvaged from the ship, he manages to build a house and then a boat, and forage enough food to live by. One day, several years later, he finds a footprint in the sand and realises he is not as alone as he had thought.
Defoe based his novel on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who was put ashore on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez in 1704 and lived there till 1709. His extraordinary first-person narrative is a convincing psychological study on a individual in extreme circumstances, and Defoe's great talent is to make you feel as if you are there, experiencing it alongside Crusoe.
ISBN:
8497891627
8497890574 (collection)
Bookmark Link:
https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/KIDS/BIBENQ?BRN=2773584
