Language | English |
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No of pages | 286 |
Book Publisher | i-Read Publications |
Published Date | 17 Jun 2019 |
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) was an English writer and journalist who wrote on many topics and is most renowned for his novel Robinson Crusoe. He was often in debt and in trouble with the law, but is remembered as a forthright thinker, for his writings on politics, economics and social issues, as well as a populariser of the novel.
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The Life and Adventures of Robinon Crusoe was first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. The book is presented as an autobiography of the title character, a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.