Robinson Crusoe n/e (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Defoe, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199553971 ISBN 13: 9780199553976

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

Daniel Defoe's enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the most famous stories in English literature. On one level a simple adventure story, the novel also raises profound questions about moral and spiritual values, society, and man's abiding acquisitiveness. This new edition includes a scintillating Introduction and notes that illuminate the historical context.

About this title

Review:

Thomas Keymer provides a splendid introduction and richly explanatory endnotes (co-written with James Kelly (Adam Potkay, Recent Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century)

From the Publisher:

Contains an 8-page plate section with long-unavailable pictures and drawings relating to Daniel Defoe and Robinson Crusoe. Thoroughly edited and extensively annotated. Includes a 10,000-word section on Daniel Defoe's life and works, with a longer chapter on Robinson Crusoe, anecdotes, critical perspectives, adaptations and spin-offs. Lavishly produced on natural, high-quality paper, and affordably priced.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199553971
• ISBN 13: 9780199553976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Keymer Thomas