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Robinson Crusoe: The Complete Story of Robinson Crusoe » (REV)

Book cover image of Robinson Crusoe: The Complete Story of Robinson Crusoe by D. H. Howe

Authors: D. H. Howe
ISBN-13: 9780195853360, ISBN-10: 0195853369
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: February 1993
Edition: REV

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Author Biography: D. H. Howe

Thomas Keymer has edited Richardson's Pamela and Fielding's Joseph Andrews and Shamela for OWC, and Tom Jones for Penguin. His books include Sterne, the Moderns, and the Novel (OUP, 2002) and The Cambridge Companion to English Literature 1740-1830 (2004), co-edited with Jon Mee.

Book Synopsis

The only survivor of a shipwreck endures 28 years of solitude on a Caribbean island and masters both his strange new world and himself. Brilliant, evocative details of Crusoe's struggles and exploits.

Table of Contents

1.The Family Left Behind7
2.First Adventures at Sea11
3.In and Out of Slavery17
4.From Brazil to a Shipwreck23
5.Looting the Wrecked Ship31
6.Making a Home39
7.Getting Organized43
8.Diary of a Castaway47
9.A Turning Point57
10.Finding Comfort63
11.Exploring the Island75
12.A New Pet79
13.Baking Bread85
14.Great Improvements91
15.Ocean Danger99
16.A Dairy Farm105
17.The Footprint111
18.Cannibals117
19.A Secret Cave121
20.Another Shipwreck125
21.Wonderful Dream129
22.Finding Friday137
23.Friendship145
24.Arrival of Savages151
25.Rescuing Captives157
26.The Mutineers167
27.Heading Home177

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