Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. It follows the story of Crusoe, who sets sail against his parents' wishes and survives a shipwreck, leading to a life of adventures on a deserted island. The novel has been immensely popular since its release, inspiring numerous adaptations and interpretations across various forms of media. It is celebrated for its themes of survival and human perseverance, and has been recognized by notable figures and cited in significant works such as Karl Marx's Das Kapital. This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand. Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal. The first important English novel, 'Robinson Crusoe' has taken its rightful place among the great myths of Western civilization.