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Robinson Crusoe /

Defoe, Daniel,

Robinson Crusoe / Daniel Defoe ; an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism, edited by Michael Shinagel - 1st ed - New York : Norton, [1975] - x, 399 pages ; 22 cm - A Norton critical edition . - Norton critical edition .

Robinson Crusoe /ˌrɒbɪnsən ˈkruːsoʊ/ is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents

Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-399)

The text of Robinson Crusoe -- Backgrounds and sources -- Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century options of Defoe and Robinson Crusoe -- Twentieth-century criticism of Robinson Crusoe

ISBN: 0393044076 9780393044072 0393092313 9780393092318

LCCN: 74034116

Subjects--Personal Names:
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character)--Fiction
Shipwreck survival--Fiction
Castaways--Fiction
Islands--Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fiction.
Adventure fiction.

LC Class. No.: PR3403 / .A1 1975

Dewey Class. No.: 823.8