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Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe ; edited with an introduction by Thomas Keymer and notes by Thomas Keymer and James Kelly

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Includes bibliographical references (pages xlii-xlvi)

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no index present

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Robinson Crusoe

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Daniel Defoe ; edited with an introduction by Thomas Keymer and notes by Thomas Keymer and James Kelly

"Robinson Crusoe's seafaring adventures are abruptly ended when he is shipwrecked, the solitary survivor on a deserted island. He gradually creates a life for himself, building a house and cultivating the land, and making a companion from the native whose life he saves." "Daniel Defoe's story-telling and detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the most famous stories in English literature. On one level a simple adventure tale, the novel also raises questions about moral and spiritual values, society, and man's abiding acquisitiveness. This new edition includes an introduction and notes that illuminate the historical context."--Jacket

Oxford world's classics

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Note on the text -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Daniel Defoe -- A map of the world -- The life and strange surprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner -- Appendix 1 : frontispiece and preface to Serious reflections during the life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1720) -- Appendix 2 : a chronology of Robinson Crusoe -- Textual notes -- Explanatory notes -- Glossary