Robinson Crusoe (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) - Softcover

Defoe, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593080115 ISBN 13: 9781593080112

Publisher: Fine Communications,US, 2003

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date: 2003 Pages: 352 Publisher: Barnes & Noble Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader . including new scholarship. thoughtful design. and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & ; Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical. historical. and literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Widely regarded as the first English novel. Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe is one of the most popular and influential adventure stories of all time. This classic tale of shipwreck and survival on...

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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"

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: Fine Communications,US
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1593080115
• ISBN 13: 9781593080112
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 352