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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

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Shipwreck survival -- FictionIslands -- FictionCrusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) -- FictionAtlantic Ocean -- FictionAdventure stories

Inside this work

  1. 01Front matter~1 min
  2. 02CHAPTER I. START IN LIFE — part 1~25 min
  3. 03CHAPTER I. START IN LIFE — part 2~9 min
  4. 04CHAPTER II. SLAVERY AND ESCAPE — part 1~25 min
  5. 05CHAPTER II. SLAVERY AND ESCAPE — part 2~8 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III. WRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND — part 1~25 min
  7. 07CHAPTER III. WRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND — part 2~23 min
  8. 08CHAPTER IV. FIRST WEEKS ON THE ISLAND — part 1~25 min
  9. 09CHAPTER IV. FIRST WEEKS ON THE ISLAND — part 2~25 min
  10. 10CHAPTER IV. FIRST WEEKS ON THE ISLAND — part 3~7 min
  11. 11CHAPTER V. BUILDS A HOUSE—THE JOURNAL — part 1~25 min
  12. 12CHAPTER V. BUILDS A HOUSE—THE JOURNAL — part 2~10 min
  13. 13CHAPTER VI. ILL AND CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN — part 1~24 min
  14. 14CHAPTER VI. ILL AND CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN — part 2~12 min
  15. 15CHAPTER VII. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE~25 min
  16. 16CHAPTER VIII. SURVEYS HIS POSITION — part 1~25 min
  17. 17CHAPTER VIII. SURVEYS HIS POSITION — part 2~3 min
  18. 18CHAPTER IX. A BOAT — part 1~25 min
  19. 19CHAPTER IX. A BOAT — part 2~19 min
  20. 20CHAPTER X. TAMES GOATS — part 1~25 min
  21. 21CHAPTER X. TAMES GOATS — part 2~7 min
  22. 22CHAPTER XI. FINDS PRINT OF MAN’S FOOT ON THE SAND — part 1~25 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XI. FINDS PRINT OF MAN’S FOOT ON THE SAND — part 2~11 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XII. A CAVE RETREAT — part 1~25 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XII. A CAVE RETREAT — part 2~20 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XIII. WRECK OF A SPANISH SHIP — part 1~24 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XIII. WRECK OF A SPANISH SHIP — part 2~12 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XIV. A DREAM REALISED — part 1~21 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XIV. A DREAM REALISED — part 2~22 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XV. FRIDAY’S EDUCATION — part 1~24 min

A few words to begin

I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called—nay, we call ourselves and write our name—Crusoe; and so my companions always called me. I had two elder brothers, one of whom was lieutenant-colonel to an English regiment of foot in Flanders, formerly commanded by the famous Colonel Lockhart, and was killed at the battle near Dunkirk against the Spaniards. What became of my second brother I never knew, any more than my father or mother knew what became of me.

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