The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by t…
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- AuthorDaniel Defoe
- SourceProject Gutenberg #521
- Length120,779 words · 8h 03m of reading
- Chapters21
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
21 chapters
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- 01Daniel Defoe
- 02CHAPTER I. START IN LIFE
- 03CHAPTER II. SLAVERY AND ESCAPE
- 04CHAPTER III. WRECKED ON A DESERT ISLAND
- 05CHAPTER IV. FIRST WEEKS ON THE ISLAND
- 06CHAPTER V. BUILDS A HOUSE—THE JOURNAL
- 07CHAPTER VI. ILL AND CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN
- 08CHAPTER VII. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE
- 09CHAPTER VIII. SURVEYS HIS POSITION
- 10CHAPTER IX. A BOAT
- 11CHAPTER X. TAMES GOATS
- 12CHAPTER XI. FINDS PRINT OF MAN’S FOOT ON THE SAND
- 13CHAPTER XII. A CAVE RETREAT
- 14CHAPTER XIII. WRECK OF A SPANISH SHIP
- 15CHAPTER XIV. A DREAM REALISED
- 16CHAPTER XV. FRIDAY’S EDUCATION
- 17CHAPTER XVI. RESCUE OF PRISONERS FROM CANNIBALS
- 18CHAPTER XVII. VISIT OF MUTINEERS
- 19CHAPTER XVIII. THE SHIP RECOVERED
- 20CHAPTER XIX. RETURN TO ENGLAND
- 21CHAPTER XX. FIGHT BETWEEN FRIDAY AND A BEAR
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