Unreadable prose (37 semicolons in a single sentence!) and a self-satisfied narrator make for a very unlikeable book. Defoe was a sexist, racist, colonialist pig, and this book reflects little more than his own crazed view of the world. It's a useful historical document, of course.
In this classic, Robinson Crusoe is marooned on a deserted island for 28 years. Only in the last 3 years does he have a companion on the island named Friday. Crusoe makes a paradise for himself on the island with 2 fortified homes, vineyards, rice and barley fields, and a pen of goats. He also someh...
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