“Robinson Crusoe” Daniel Defoe (1719) Review | Classic of classics
Robinson Crusoe The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe, 1719 384 pages Read in 2024.6 check synopsis and details on amazon.com
✔ Classic story for children and grownups ✔ Victorian Englishman's sentiments ✔ Adventures on a remote island
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★★★★☆ Classic of classics. Mr. Crusoe is so English. He's tidy, proud and concerned, and determined to make this barbarian land his home (English style home, of course)
🔽 Book review and notes 🔽 This was a period I was reading as many "classics" as possible, and here it is.
It's amazing how English the protagonist is. He's so well organised and no compromise to make the island his (English style) home, and he doesn't hide to show how proud he is.
This is supposed to be one of the first story written as if it was a biography in spoken English, and indeed many thought it was a biography, a diary. Because of the historical background you cannot get away from the discriminations but within the boundary he made a sincere friend of Friday. Today's reader would be uncomfortable, and when recommended to kids I hope there's a note mentioning it.
Whether you like it or not, you'd have to conclude that it is a great story, written 300 years ago, and still read today.
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