Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe in Paperback

Robinson Crusoe, a novel by Daniel Defoe, was first published on 25 April 1719. In its first edition, the protagonist Robinson Crusoe was listed as the author, leading readers to believe that he was a real person and the book a true account of his travels. The narrative is presented in an epistolary, confessional, and didactic form, as an autobiography of the main character - whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer - who becomes a castaway and spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad. On this island, he encounters cannibals, captives, and mutineers before eventually being rescued. Some speculate that the story is based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra" (now part of Chile) for four years, before the island was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966. Despite its simple structure, Robinson Crus