This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand... Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal. The first important English novel, "Robinson Crusoe" has taken its rightful place among the great myths of Western civilization.

One of the great adventure novels in English literature．Robinson Crusoe is the remarkable story of a man shipwrecked and marooned on an uninhabited island for 24 years．This newlv condensed version retains al!the excitement and vivid detail of the original as it recounts Crusoe’S efforts to survive as a castaway：his struggle to build a shelter，his attempts to grow crops and tame wild animals，his dramatic eneounter with Friday--a native he saves from being cannibalized by other savages--and the pair"s eventual escape and return to civilization．

Daniel Defoe(1660—1731)was a journalist with an eye for detail and a simple，descriptive style that would be the model for realistic adventure stories for generations to come.He put his skills to excellent use in Robinson Crusoe．Filled with unforget—table scenes and enhanced with six new full—page illustrations bv John Green，this care,fully edited version will captivate new generations and rekindle exciting memories among older readers as well.

1.I Go to Sea

2.I Arrive on the Desert!slar

3.I Build My Fortress

4.The Journal

5.I Am VerySeldom Idle

6.I Travel Around the Island

7.I Find the Print of a Man’S Naked Foot

8.I Meet Friday

9.We Stop a Mutiny

But our voyage brought us into another storm

I discovered there were goats on the island

At the latter end of December, I reaped my crop

I was very surprised with the print of a man"s

naked foot on the shore

I gave him a pair of linen pants, which, with a

little alteration, fitted him very well

I resolved to go to them and learn something

of their condition