Robinson Crusoe
1719 • 254 pages
Ratings110
Average rating3.5
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Ratings110
Average rating3.5
The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates.
Series
3 primary booksRobinson Crusoe is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1719 with contributions by Daniel Defoe and George Stade.
Reviews with the most likes.
Meh. It's a product of it's time. Would the audiences in the 1700s enjoy and likely devour this? Yes. Especially the people who have never traveled and wonder how one could possibly survive.
From a modern perspective? Yikes. This is long, drawn out, and with a very unlikeable MC.
Good to read once, but never again.
Really interesting. More enjoyable if you put yourself in the shoes of those in Defoe's time; where blatant racism and colonialism were the order of the day. If you read it with a 21st century prespective you'll find a lot of social problems with the story.
So the Amazon Classics version is definitely the complete Robinson Crusoe narrative. If you've ever wanted to listen/read (Kindle/Audible) and you have prime you can get it for free, so that's good right??
I would say RC #1 was enjoyable and I liked reading his survival. 3.5/4s Then I would say the Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe or RC #2 was mainly about this dude having an issue with sitting home and being practically rich?? And then an absolute ton of information about a French priest and “savage” wives? It was insufferable. 1.5/2s
Best to avoid the second, you're all welcome...
