The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
(Book)
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Published
New York : Grollier, Inc., date of publication not identified.
ISBN
0717200000, 9780717200009
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Published
New York : Grollier, Inc., date of publication not identified.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
0717200000, 9780717200009
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 12.3, 27 Points
Level 12.3, 27 Points
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Description
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)-a castaway who spends years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. The story is widely perceived to have been influenced by the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on the Pacific island called "Más a Tierra" (in 1966 its name was changed to Robinson Crusoe Island), Chile. However, other possible sources have been put forward for the text. It is possible, for example, that Defoe was inspired by the Latin or English translations of Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, an earlier novel also set on a desert island. Another source for Defoe's novel may have been Robert Knox's account of his abduction by the King of Ceylon in 1659 in "An Historical Account of the Island Ceylon," Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons (Publishers to the University), 1911.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Defoe, D. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe . Grollier, Inc..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Grollier, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Grollier, Inc.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Defoe, Daniel. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Grollier, Inc.,
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