Classic Starts (R): Robinson Crusoe: Retold from the Daniel Defoe Original - Hardcover

Defoe, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402726643 ISBN 13: 9781402726644

Publisher: Sterling Juvenile, 2006

Synopsis

A shipwreck, a sole survivor, a deserted island - What could be more appealing to children than Robinson Crusoe's amazing adventure? Set in the 17th century and unfolding over a 30-year period, it offers plenty of adventure and suspense while painting a fascinating portrait of the age - including references to slavery and Europe's view of the "New World." Abridged for easier reading and carefully rewritten, with "Classic Starts[trademark]," young readers can experience the wonder of timeless stories from an early age.

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Review

"Beyond the end of "Robinson Crusoe" is a new world of fiction. Even though it did not know itself to be a 'novel, ' and even though there were books that we might now call 'novels' published before it, "Robinson Crusoe" has made itself into a prototype . . . Perhaps because of all the novels that we have read . . . the novelty of Defoe's fiction is the more striking when we return to it. Here it is, at the beginning of things, with its final word reaching out into the future." -from the Introduction by John Mullan

Beyond the end of "Robinson Crusoe" is a new world of fiction. Even though it did not know itself to be a novel, and even though there were books that we might now call novels published before it, "Robinson Crusoe" has made itself into a prototype . . . Perhaps because of all the novels that we have read . . . the novelty of Defoe s fiction is the more striking when we return to it. Here it is, at the beginning of things, with its final word reaching out into the future. from the Introduction by John Mullan"

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling Juvenile
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1402726643
• ISBN 13: 9781402726644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160
• Editor: McFadden Deanna
• Illustrator: Akib Jamel