Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
This classic story of a sailor who has been shipwrecked on a desert island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe lands on shore in a storm, possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe, and a will to survive. This is a human epic: a man who overcame self-pity and despair to rebuild his life; who diligently teaches how to change a pot, bake bread, make a canoe; and after twenty-four painful years of loneliness, who discovered a human trail in the sand...
