Robinson Crusoe

🦉Daniel Defoe(c. 1660–1731), a prolific English writer, trader, and pamphleteer, significantly influenced the 🍃Development of the English novel. Navigating a 🍃Life shaped by religious dissent and mercantile pursuits, Defoe lived during a 🍃Time of intense political upheaval, engaging with issues of 🌿Trade, politics, and 🍃Morality. "Robinson Crusoe," published in 1719, emerged in a 🍃Period of colonial expansion and Enlightenment 🍃Thought, quickly captivating readers with its themes of survival and self-reliance. Initially hailed for its 🌿Realism and adventure, the novel faced 🍃Criticism for its imperialist undertones. Over time, it attained classic status, sparking debates on colonialism and 🍃Human nature. Its 🍃Impact spans 🌳Literature to modern 🌳Psychology, influencing thinkers like Rousseau and inspiring adaptations across diverse cultures.

Guiding Question

What does true survival demand from the human soul?

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CHAPTER I Robinson’s Family—His Elopement from His Parents CHAPTER II First Adventures at Sea—Experience of a Maritime Life—Voyage to Guinea CHAPTER III Robinson’s Captivity at Sallee—Escape with Xury—Arrival at the Brazils CHAPTER IV He Settles in the Brazils as a Planter—Makes another Voyage and is Shipwrecked CHAPTER V Robinson Finds Himself on a Desolate Island and Procures a Stock of Articles from the Wreck—He Constructs His Habitation CHAPTER VI Robinson Carries all His Riches, Provisions, etc., into His Habitation—Dreariness of Solitude—Consolatory Reflections CHAPTER VII Robinson’s Mode of Reckoning Time—Difficulties Arising from Want of Tools—He Arranges His Habitation CHAPTER VIII Robinson’s Journal—Details of His Domestic Economy and Contrivances—Shock of an Earthquake CHAPTER IX Robinson Obtains More Articles from the Wreck—His Illness and Affliction CHAPTER X His Recovery—His Comfort in Reading the Scriptures—He Makes an Excursion into the Interior of the Island—Forms His “Bower”CHAPTER XI Robinson Makes a Tour to Explore His Island—Employed in Basket Making CHAPTER XII He Returns to His Cave—His Agricultural Labors and Success CHAPTER XIII His Manufacture of Pottery, and Contrivances for Baking Bread CHAPTER XIV Meditates His Escape from the Island—Builds a Canoe—Failure of His Scheme and Resignation to His Condition—He Makes Himself a New Dress CHAPTER XV He Makes a Smaller Canoe in which He Attempts to Cruise Round the Island—His Perilous Situation at Sea—He Returns Home CHAPTER XVI He Rears a Flock of Goats—His Diary—His Domestic Habits and Style of Living—Increasing Prosperity CHAPTER XVII Unexpected Alarm—Cause for Apprehension—He Fortifies His Abode CHAPTER XVIII Precautions Against Surprise—Robinson Discovers that His Island Has Been Visited by Cannibals CHAPTER XIX Robinson Discovers a Cave, which Serves Him as a Retreat Against the Savages CHAPTER XX Another Visit of the Savages—Robinson Sees Them Dancing—He Perceives the Wreck of a Vessel CHAPTER XXI He Visits the Wreck and Obtains many Stores from it—Again Thinks of Quitting the Island—Has a Remarkable Dream CHAPTER XXII Robinson Rescues One of Their Captives from the Savages, Whom He Names Friday, and Makes His Servant CHAPTER XXIII Robinson Instructs and Civilizes His Man Friday and Endeavors to Give Him an Idea of Christianity CHAPTER XXIV Robinson and Friday Build a Canoe to Carry them to Friday’s Country—Their Scheme Prevented by the Arrival of a Party of Savages CHAPTER XXV Robinson Releases a Spaniard—Friday Discovers His Father—Accommodation Provided for These New Guests, Who Were Afterward Sent to Liberate the Other Spaniards—Arrival of an English Vessel CHAPTER XXVI Robinson Discovers Himself to the English Captain—Assists Him In Reducing His Mutinous Crew, Who Submit to Him CHAPTER XXVII Atkins Entreats the Captain to Spare His Life—The Latter Recovers His Vessel from the Mutineers, and Robinson Leaves the Island