While authors such as Tim Severin have made the case for various models for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, Frank’s well-researched if overly detailed account makes the case that his primary model was ...
L ast spring I served as an expert witness in a lawsuit involving Daniel Defoe, the 18th-century English novelist and author of Robinson Crusoe. The case concerned a nightclub in Miami called Crusoe ...
Daniel Defoe published Robinson Crusoe in 1719. The work ranks as the first novel in the English language, and it has stood the test of time. It is a great piece of literary art. Why should we read ...
Little things bother some people. Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace wonders why little things failed to bother Robinson Crusoe, the hero of Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel, who spent 28 years documenting his ...
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island.