Defoe, Daniel

An abridged version of the experiences of an Englishman stranded by shipwreck on a desert island where he survived for some thirty years.

Presents an annotated text of Daniel Defoe'searly eighteenth-century novel about an adventurous Englishman who becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a desert island before being rescued, and includes a selection of contextual and critical essays.

"A minutely circumstantial account of the hero's shipwreck and escape to an uninhabitated island, and the methodical industry whereby he makes himself a comfortable home. The story is founded on the actual experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who spent four years on the island of Juan Fernandez in the early 18th century." Lenrow.

An Englishman who is the sole survivor of a seventeenth century shipwreck lives for almost thirty years on a deserted island before being rescued.