ROBINSON CRUSOE

'I MADE HIM KNOW HIS NAME SHOULD BE FRIDAY, WHICH WAS THE DAY I SAV'D HIS LIFE...I LIKEWISE TAUGHT HIM TO SAY MASTER' 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, CULTIVATING THE LAND, AND MAKING A COMPANION FROM THE NATIVE WHOSE LIFE HE SAVES. DANIEL DEFOE'S ENTHRALLING STORY-TELLING AND IMAGINATIVELY 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 STORY, THE NOVEL ALSO RAISES PROFOUND QUESTIONS ABOUT MORAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES, SOCIETY, AND MAN'S ABIDING ACQUISITIVENESS. THIS NEW EDITION INCLUDES A SCINTILLATING INTRODUCTION AND NOTES THAT ILLUMINATE THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT.