{"title":"Daniel Defoe","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"robinson-crusoe-daniel-defoe-paperback","title":"Robinson Crusoe -- Daniel Defoe, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island, and one of the first novels in English\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, enlists the help of a native islander who he names 'Friday', and fights off cannibals and mutineers. Written in an age of exploration and enterprise, it has been variously interpreted as an embodiment of British imperialist values, as a portrayal of 'natural man', or as a moral fable. But above all is a brilliant narrative, depicting Crusoe's transformation from terrified survivor to self-sufficient master of an island. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times, explanatory notes, glossary and a critical introduction discussing Robinson Crusoe as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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He was a well-known novelist, merchant, pamphleteer, political radical, and journalist. As a young boy, Defoe experienced two of the greatest tragedies Britain had ever seen: the Great Plague of London in 1665 and the Great Fire of London in 1666. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Strange Surprising Adventure of Robinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1719 to critical acclaim. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeanna McFadden\u003c\/b\u003e is the Executive Publishing Director of Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group. She is the author of several titles in the Classic Starts(R) series, including \u003ci\u003eClassic Starts(R) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClassic Starts(R) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClassic Starts(R) \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGrimm's Fairy Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. 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