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Against his father's wishes, Robinson Crusoe sets out to sea, where a shipwreck leaves him stranded on a deserted island. He musters all his resourcefulness and ingenuity, mastering all manner of skills in a bid to survive. The pressures of isolation are relieved when he befriends a native who has escaped the clutches of voracious cannibals, their bond central to Defoe's classic adventure tale.


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Daniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations.