Adventure · Classics
Robinson Crusoe
A young Englishman defies his father to go to sea and is eventually shipwrecked alone on a remote island. He spends decades there making tools, growing food and thinking about his own life.
- First published
- 1719
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- medium
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like survival stories centred on practical detail, planning and solitude.
Skip this if you want fast action or modern attitudes; it is an early novel with colonial and slave-trading views.
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