This is, hands down, my favorite novel of all time. A book with only action would be boring to me (not to mention corny, e.g.

And the action is much more exciting when it comes after the calm. People who think this book is boring probably think hikes through majestic mountains or quiet afternoons in a beautiful garden are boring. I'm repulsed by Homer's beliefs but I know his works deserve to be classics. You don't have to agree with Defoe's worldview and religious beliefs to like the book. It's really sad that people judge books from the 17th century from their 21st century politically-correct perspective. 'Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence'. First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been praised by such writers as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe.

reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self.' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the power and originality of Defoe's famous book. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design 'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance. Daniel Defoe's great masterpiece, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

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