Daniel Defoe
Author
Language
English
Description
Robinson Crusoe tells how a terrible storm drowned his shipmates and left him marooned on a deserted island. Forced to overcome despair, doubt, and self-pity, he struggles to create a life for himself in the wilderness. From practically nothing, Crusoe painstakingly learns how to make pottery, grow crops, domesticate livestock, and build a house. His many adventures include a fierce battle with cannibals and his rescue of Friday, the man who becomes...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Captured by pirates, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to civilization. But Crusoe proves willing to chance his luck a second time when, after sweating his way to prosperity as a planter in Brazil, he undertakes another voyage and is marooned on a small island off South America. With the supplies he's able to salvage from the wrecked ship, Crusoe eventually
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Series
Espasa juvenil volume 73
Publisher
Espasa-Calpe
Pub. Date
1999.
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
Español
Description
An Englishman who is the sole survivor of a seventeenth century shipwreck lives for almost thirty years on a deserted island before being rescued.