Robinson Crusoe : Om Illustrated Classics

Daniel Defoe · Om Books International

Sep 2018 · Om Books International

About this ebook

  Cast away!
When young Robinson Crusoe refuted his father’s wishes, choosing
to be an adventurer at sea rather than studying Law, little did he
realise that life as he knew it, would change forever. Washed up on a
deserted island after a violent storm at sea, Robinson is left all alone
with the ship’s dog and a few supplies.
Will Robinson Crusoe be able to survive on the Island? Were all
these years of toil and caution in vain? Who is the savage, Friday?
Will he help Crusoe or finish him? Read it all in the fascinating
pages of this eternal classic.

About the author

Daniel Defoe was born Daniel Foe in London, England on September 13, 1660. He changed his surname in 1703, adding the more genteel "De" before his own name to suggest a higher social standing. He was a novelist, journalist, and political agent. His writings covered a wide range of topics. His novels include Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, Roxana, Captain Singleton, and Colonel Jack. He wrote A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, which is an important source of English economic life, and ghost stories including A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal. He also wrote satirical poems and pamphlets and edited a newspaper. He was imprisoned and pilloried for his controversial work, The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, which suggested that all non-Conformist ministers be hanged. He died on April 24, 1731.