Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe appeared in April, 1719 and was the first novel to appear in English. It is a fictional autobiography that tells the story of an English plantation owner in Brazil who is shipwrecked in a storm off the coast of South America near the Orinoco River and marooned on an island for 28 years. He manages to salvage tools and supplies sufficient to build a dwelling and slowly becomes religious as he reads the Bible. He encounters native cannibals that visit the island for sacrificial rituals and manages to free and adopt one of the captives as a companion, dubbed Friday for the day of the week of the event. He and Friday eventually defeat the natives, and Crusoe returns to England by way of Portugal and Spain.
Robinson Crusoe was based in part on a memoir by Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish seaman who had been marooned for a number of years. The first edition named Robinson Crusoe as its author, which led readers to believe it was a true story. Defoe used the plot as a framework and added fantastic and humorous events that give the story much of its appeal. Told in a straightforward journalistic style laced with wit and irony, it dug deep into the mind of the character, which was highly original at the time. The book became an instant hit, going through four editions in the first year, and has remained a bestseller ever since. and has become one of the most widely published books in history, spawning numerous sequels and adaptations for stage, film, and television.
Wyss’ son Johann Rudolf Wyss played a large role in editing the book, which was first published in 1812. An early French adaptation by Isabelle du Montlieu in 1813, which was followed by a “continuation" in 1824 that grew the total to five volumes, led the way for the emergence of many versions of the original story, with episodes added, changed and deleted. The best-known English version was based on the French and published in 1849, abridged and edited by William H.G. Kingston. This reading is based on that version.
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Product Details
| Read by: | Mark F. Smith |
| Length: | 11 hours 20 minutes |
| Type: | Solo reading |
| Media: | MP3 CD |
| Package: | DVD box |
| Item No.: | DB-1018 |
| EAN: | 0684758936011 |
| List Price: | $11.99 |
Credits
Production
Book Coordinator: Mark F. Smith
Meta Coordinator: Diana Maglinger
Proof Listener: Ans Wink
Artwork
Cover: Illustration (Plate 08) by Alexander Frank Lydon from1865 Groombridge and Sons edition of Robinson Crusoe.
DVD Inset: Frontispiece and title page from the first edition 1719.
DVD Inset: Portrait of Daniel Defoe by Michael Van der Gucht (1660-1725).
DVD Insert background image: Illustration (Plate 05) by Alexander Frank Lydon from1865 Groombridge and Sons edition of Robinson Crusoe.
The Recordings
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The Recordings
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Table of Contents
| Track | Chapter | Length |
| 01 | Chapter 1: Start in Life | 30:54 |
| 02 | Chapter 2: Slavery & Escape | 28:27 |
| 03 | Chapter 3a: Wrecked On a Desert Island Part 1 | 21:55 |
| 04 | Chapter 3b Part 2 | 20:52 |
| 05 | Chapter 4a: First Weeks On the Island Part 1 | 19:49 |
| 06 | Chapter 4b Part 2 | 30:14 |
| 07 | Chapter 5: Builds a House - The Journal | 30:57 |
| 08 | Chapter 6: Ill and Conscience-Stricken | 32:45 |
| 09 | Chapter 7: Agricultural Experience | 21:21 |
| 10 | Chapter 8: Surveys His Position | 24:24 |
| 11 | Chapter 9: A Boat | 38:29 |
| 12 | Chapter 10: Tames Goats | 27:06 |
| 13 | Chapter 11: Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand | 31:34 |
| 14 | Chapter 12: A Cave Retreat | 40:36 |
| 15 | Chapter 13: Wreck of a Spanish Ship | 31:09 |
| 16 | Chapter 14: A Dream Realized | 38:03 |
| 17 | Chapter 15: Friday's Education | 35:59 |
| 18 | Chapter 16: Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals | 38:31 |
| 19 | Chapter 17: Visit of Mutineers | 35:53 |
| 20 | Chapter 18: The Ship Recovered | 37:48 |
| 21 | Chapter 19: Return to England | 34:18 |
| 22 | Chapter 20: Fight Between Friday and a Bear | 28:15 |
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