{"product_id":"robinson-crusoe-signet-classics-by-daniel-defoe","title":"Robinson Crusoe (Signet Classics) by Daniel Defoe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Defoe's classic tale of a solitary castaway's survival and triumph, widely considered to be the first English novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked, came on shore on this dismal unfortunate island, all the rest of the ship's company being drowned. In despair of any relief, I saw nothing but death before me...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThus Crusoe begins his journal in Daniel Defoe's classic novel: the vividly realistic account of a solitary castaway's triumph over nature--and over the fears, self-doubt and loneliness that are parts of human nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor almost three centuries, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas remained one of the best known and most read tales in modern literature, a popularity owing as much to the enduring freshness and immediacy of its style as to its widely acknowledged status as the very first English novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeyond the end of \"Robinson Crusoe\" is a new world of fiction. Even though it did not know itself to be a novel, and even though there were books that we might now call novels published before it, \"Robinson Crusoe\" has made itself into a prototype . . . Perhaps because of all the novels that we have read . . . the novelty of Defoe s fiction is the more striking when we return to it. Here it is, at the beginning of things, with its final word reaching out into the future. from the Introduction by John Mullan\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Defoe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1660-1731) is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoll Flanders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Journal of the Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.amb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTarget Age: 18 and up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSignet Book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eMay 06, 2008'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780451530776\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.9\" H x 6.86\" L x 4.12\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e336 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44929760067770,"sku":"9780451530776","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/81Ed5pGLH7L._SL1500.jpg?v=1779679832","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/robinson-crusoe-signet-classics-by-daniel-defoe","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}