Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. This first edition credited the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. It was published under the considerably longer original title The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)-a castaway who spends years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. The story is widely perceived to have been influenced by the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on the Pacific island called "M s a Tierra" (in 1966 its name was changed to Robinson Crusoe Island), Chile. However, other possible sources have been put forward for the text. It is possible, for example, that Defoe was inspired by the Latin or English translations of Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, an earlier novel also set on a desert island. Another source for Defoe's novel may have been Robert Knox's account of his abduction by the King of Ceylon in 1659 in "An Historical Account of the Island Ceylon," Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons (Publishers to the University), 1911.

Geroinja romana klassika anglijskoj literatury Danielja Defo (1660-1731) rodilas v tjurme, i obstojatelstva s detstva tolkali ee na put poroka. Lovkaja moshennitsa, ona na protjazhenii dovolno dolgoj zhizni sovershila nemalo prestuplenij i edva izbezhala kazni. Posle dlitelnoj ssylki na sklone let ona vernulas v Angliju i, raskajavshis, provela ostatok dnej v mire s soboj. Vse podvigi etoj interesnoj damy sluzhat prekrasnym predosterezheniem chestnym ljudjam, pokazyvaja, kak zamanivajut prostakov, kak ikh obirajut i grabjat i, znachit, kakim obrazom izbezhat vsego etogo. Ograblenie devochki, kotoruju tscheslavnaja mat razrjadila, otpravljaja v tantsevalnuju shkolu, javljaetsja khoroshim urokom na buduschee dlja podobnykh ljudej, kak i pokhischenie zolotykh chasov u malenkoj baryshni v Sent-Dzhejmskom parke... Daniel Defo

Trudno predstavit bolee "domashnego", vsem izvestnogo s rannego detstva pisatelja dlja semejnogo chtenija, chem Daniel Defo - sozdatel legendarnogo Robinzona Kruzo! Ob etom literaturnom geroe i ego "neobyknovennykh i udivitelnykh prikljuchenijakh" ljuboj iz nas uznaet edva li ne ranshe, chem nauchaetsja chitat. Peru Danielja Defo prinadlezhit ne odna sotnja sochinenij razlichnykh zhanrov, odnako naibolee tochno ego vklad v mirovuju literaturu i kulturu kharakterizuet lakonichnaja nadpis, vysechennaja na ego mogilnoj plite: "Daniel Defo, sozdatel "Robinzona Kruzo". Odnako pri vsej svoej kazhuschejsja prostote eto proizvedenie udivitelno mnogogranno: eto i kniga puteshestvij, i obraztsovyj avantjurnyj roman, i osobyj tip ostrovnoj utopii, poluchivshij nazvanie "robinzonada", i "traktat o estestvennom vospitanii", i proniknovennaja ispoved zaglavnogo geroja, i filosofskaja pritcha o smysle chelovecheskoj zhizni... V nastojaschem izdanii vpervye v Rossii predstavlen polnyj komplekt illjustratsij cheshskogo khudozhnika Zdeneka Buriana, odnogo iz samykh izvestnykh v mire khudozhnikov-illjustratorov. Eto unikalnoe izdanie "Robinzona Kruzo" stanet prekrasnym podarkom dlja vsekh ljubitelej bessmertnoj literatury!

V odnoj knige publikujutsja dva romana odnogo iz jarkikh predstavitelej mirovoj klassiki - Danielja Defo (1660-1731) - "Prikljuchenija Robinzona Kruzo" i "Dalnejshie prikljuchenija Robinzona Kruzo", interes k kotorym u chitatelej ne ugasaet uzhe v techenie pochti trekh stoletij. Samyj znamenityj roman Defo - "Prikljuchenija Robinzona Kruzo", pechataetsja v polnoj versii perevoda M. Shishmarevoj, vypolnennom v 1902 godu. Izdanie vkljuchaet v sebja 135 risunkov anglijskikh khudozhnikov, sredi kotorykh vosproizveden polnyj komplekt iz 120 illjustratsij Uoltera Pejdzheta. Perevodchik: Shishmareva Marija Andreevna, Zhuravskaja Z. N. Khudozhnik: Pedzhet Uolter, Vatson Dzhon Kh., Finnimor D.

"Och sålunda lämnade jag ön, enligt loggboken den 19 december år 1686, sedan jag hade vistas där i tjugosju år, två månader och nitton dagar. Jag befriades ur denna andra fångenskap samma dag i månaden som jag flydde i storbåten från morerna i Salé. Med detta fartyg anlände jag efter en lång resa till England den 11 juni 1687 och hade då varit borta i trettiofem år." I "Robinson Crusoe" möter vi en av litteraturhistoriens mest kända karaktärer. Som ensam överlevare efter ett svårt skeppsbrott lyckas Crusoe ta sig i land på en öde ö. Här försöker han bygga sig ett nytt liv, först ensam och senare med kumpanen som han döpte till Fredag. I detta klassiska verk lyser upplysningstiden tankar tydligt igenom. Berättelsen är ett därmed intressant tidsdokument, och framförallt ett fantastiskt äventyr. -

Defoe’s The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was almost always published together with The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Only after 1950 was the first volume printed alone—a shorter work for some classes. But in addition to fulfilling the promise of the first volume, The Farther Adventures is an exciting adventure novel by itself. Crusoe returns to his island to learn about his colony, and then travels to Madagascar, India, and China before returning to England after some exciting encounters. Complete with an introduction, line notes, and full bibliographical notes, this is an edition like no other. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

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The perfect gift for a young adventurer. Share your beloved childhood stories with the next generation! Young and impulsive, Robinson Crusoe defies the advice of his parents and runs away to sea. He is plagued by misfortune at every turn; his first ship sinks in a violent storm, his friend and mentor dies, then he is captured by pirates and made a slave in the port of Sallee. Through all these hardships, Crusoe's determination and resourcefulness fills him with hope for a better life, and fate delivers him the opportunity for freedom, friendship and riches. But it is when he is shipwrecked on a deserted island that he faces his greatest test: not simply to survive but to thrive. A full-colour illustrated edition of one of the world's best loved stories. 'Ingpen's drawings are utterly compelling' – Michael Morpurgo

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Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. After a dramatic shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is a castaway on a tropical island for 28 years. Defoe's classic tale features a series of events involving mutineers and prisoners, while Crusoe wrestles with his own solitude. Probably the first true novel in the English language.