Daniel Defoe published his first novel, Robinson Crusoe, in 1719, when he was nearly 60 years old. The novel is about a rebellious son, who is shipwrecked on a deserted island. He is the sole survivor. Through his total isolation, he becomes a kind of "Everyman." Read more about Robinson Crusoe.
The Modern Library edition of
Robinson Crusoe features an introduction by Virginia Woolf, along with maps that help you to follow where Robinson Crusoe finds himself through the course of the adventure. Read the tale of the English sailor, who is stranded on a desert island.
This 2nd edition of
Robinson Crusoe, published here by W.W. Norton & Company, is based on the Shakespeare Head Press reprint of the first edition copy in the British Museum, with annotations, contexts, opinions, criticism, a chronology of Defoe's life and work, and a selected bibliography.
Tom Casaletto tells the tale of Robinson's Crusoe's classic adventures--in this unabridged edition on nine CDs, from Brilliance Audio. Listen to
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe.
This inexpensive Dover edition features the text of
Robinson Crusoe.
Robinson Crusoe is alone and starving on a tropical island, and then he discovers the presence of cannibals. With "wreckage and his wit," Robinson Crusoe survives 29 years. Read more from the Tor edition.
This Signet edition of
Robinson Crusoe features an introduction by Paul Theroux.
John Richetti edits this Penguin edition of
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe.
Joseph Donald Crowley edits this Oxford University Press edition of
Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe.