Robinson Crusoe (Courage Classics)

Defoe, Daniel,Woolf, Virginia,Sutherland, James Runcieman

ISBN 10: 1561386529 / ISBN 13: 9781561386529

Published by Courage Books, 1995

Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Seller Inventory # S_437064279

Synopsis:

Struggling for survival after being shipwrecked on an uncharted island, Robinson Crusoe must rely on his own ingenuity for food, shelter, and safety from cannibals, and his friendship with a native rekindles his hope for rescue.

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"

Bibliographic Details

Title: Robinson Crusoe (Courage Classics)
Publisher: Courage Books
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good