On April 25, 1719, The Life and Travels of Robinson Crusoe was first printed. Many readers mistakenly believed Robinson Crusoe was a real person and the book was a travelogue based on genuine events after the book's main character, Robinson Crusoe, was listed as the author of the first edition. The novel is framed as the autobiography of the title character, a castaway who spends 28 years on a desolate tropical desert island close to Trinidad, where he comes into contact with cannibals, hostages, and mutineers before finally being rescued. The narrative is allegedly based on Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who spent four years living on the Pacific island "Más a Tierra," which is now a territory of Chile and was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.
Language
English
Pages
371
Format
Paperback
Release
February 09, 2024
ISBN 13
9798878664288
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Annotated
On April 25, 1719, The Life and Travels of Robinson Crusoe was first printed. Many readers mistakenly believed Robinson Crusoe was a real person and the book was a travelogue based on genuine events after the book's main character, Robinson Crusoe, was listed as the author of the first edition. The novel is framed as the autobiography of the title character, a castaway who spends 28 years on a desolate tropical desert island close to Trinidad, where he comes into contact with cannibals, hostages, and mutineers before finally being rescued. The narrative is allegedly based on Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who spent four years living on the Pacific island "Más a Tierra," which is now a territory of Chile and was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.