The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - 1888 Arundel Edition Daniel Defoe

Description: The Life and Adventures of Robinson CrusoeBY DANIEL DEFOE, ED. BY E. O. CHAPMANUSEDHARDCOVER New York: Wm L. Allison Company, 1888. Nearly 200 illustrations by Dalziel, Grisei, J. D.Watson and others. Hard Cover. Vintage Book “The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” – Author Daniel DefoeCopyright 1888 “Arundel Series”Published by Wm. L. Allison Company PublishersPrinted in the USA Book Description: Hardback, – cloth cover with black accent and gold coloured lettering. Book Condition: Fair Vintage Condition. Book has repairs to cover, spine and pages. Cover is worn as shown in the photos. Page paper is very delicate, with some smudges and small tears. Hinges and binding may be repaired. Illustrations: Nearly 200 black pen drawing illustrations by Dalziel, Griset, J.D. Watson and others. About: Adventure Novel – Crusoe is the novel’s narrator. He describes how, as a headstrong young man, he ignored his family’s advice and left his comfortable middle-class home in England to go to sea. His first experience on a ship nearly kills him, but he perseveres, and a voyage to Guinea “made me both a Sailor and a Merchant,” Crusoe explains. Now several hundred pounds richer, he sails again for Africa but is captured by pirates and sold into slavery. He escapes and ends up in Brazil, where he acquires a plantation and prospers. Ambitious for more wealth, Crusoe makes a deal with merchants and other plantation owners to sail to Guinea, buy slaves, and return with them to Brazil. But he encounters a storm in the Caribbean, and his ship is nearly destroyed. Crusoe is the only survivor, washed up onto a desolate shore. He salvages what he can from the wreck and establishes a life on the island that consists of spiritual reflection and practical measures to survive. He carefully documents in a journal everything he does and experiences.

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