Robinson Crusoe

Resumen del libro

This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand... Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal. The first important English novel, "Robinson Crusoe" has taken its rightful place among the great myths of Western civilization.

Biografía del autor

Daniel Defoe (Londres, 1660-1731). Fue un pésimo negociante, un polémico escritor y un espía de lealtades cambiantes. Abandonó la carrera eclesiástica para dedicarse al comercio y viajar por Europa. Tras fracasar en los negocios, estuvo a cargo de su propio periódico. A los sesenta años publicó Robinson Crusoe, escrito en apenas dos meses.