ROBINSON CRUSOE

DANIEL DEFOE

ROBINSON CRUSOE and THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE by Daniel Defoe chronicle the survival story of Robinson Crusoe, stranded on a deserted island. These timeless classics are a testament to human resilience, ingenuity, and the quest for understanding.

Table of contents

• CHAPTER I ROBINSON’S FAMILY — HIS ELOPEMENT FROM HIS PARENTS
• CHAPTER II FIRST ADVENTURES AT SEA — EXPERIENCE OF A MARITIME LIFE — VOYAGE TO GUINEA
• CHAPTER III ROBINSON’S CAPTIVITY AT SALLEE — ESCAPE WITH XURY — ARRIVAL AT THE BRAZILS
• CHAPTER IV HE SETTLES IN THE BRAZILS AS A PLANTER — MAKES ANOTHER VOYAGE AND IS SHIPWRECKED
• CHAPTER V ROBINSON FINDS HIMSELF ON A DESOLATE ISLAND AND PROCURES A STOCK OF ARTICLES FROM THE WRECK — HE CONSTRUCTS HIS HABITATION
• CHAPTER VI ROBINSON CARRIES ALL HIS RICHES, PROVISIONS, ETC., INTO HIS HABITATION — DREARINESS OF SOLITUDE — CONSOLATORY REFLECTIONS
• CHAPTER VII ROBINSON’S MODE OF RECKONING TIME — DIFFICULTIES ARISING FROM WANT OF TOOLS — HE ARRANGES HIS HABITATION
• CHAPTER VIII ROBINSON’S JOURNAL — DETAILS OF HIS DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND CONTRIVANCES — SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE
• CHAPTER IX ROBINSON OBTAINS MORE ARTICLES FROM THE WRECK — HIS ILLNESS AND AFFLICTION
• CHAPTER X HIS RECOVERY — HIS COMFORT IN READING THE SCRIPTURES — HE MAKES AN EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND — FORMS HIS “BOWER”
• CHAPTER XI ROBINSON MAKES A TOUR TO EXPLORE HIS ISLAND — EMPLOYED IN BASKET MAKING
• CHAPTER XII HE RETURNS TO HIS CAVE — HIS AGRICULTURAL LABORS AND SUCCESS
• CHAPTER XIII HIS MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY, AND CONTRIVANCES FOR BAKING BREAD
• CHAPTER XIV MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE FROM THE ISLAND — BUILDS A CANOE — FAILURE OF HIS SCHEME AND RESIGNATION TO HIS CONDITION — HE MAKES HIMSELF A NEW DRESS
• CHAPTER XV HE MAKES A SMALLER CANOE IN WHICH HE ATTEMPTS TO CRUISE ROUND THE ISLAND — HIS PERILOUS SITUATION AT SEA — HE RETURNS HOME
• CHAPTER XVI HE REARS A FLOCK OF GOATS — HIS DIARY — HIS DOMESTIC HABITS AND STYLE OF LIVING — INCREASING PROSPERITY
• CHAPTER XVII UNEXPECTED ALARM — CAUSE FOR APPREHENSION — HE FORTIFIES HIS ABODE
• CHAPTER XVIII PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SURPRISE — ROBINSON DISCOVERS THAT HIS ISLAND HAS BEEN VISITED BY CANNIBALS
• CHAPTER XIX ROBINSON DISCOVERS A CAVE, WHICH SERVES HIM AS A RETREAT AGAINST THE SAVAGES
• CHAPTER XX ANOTHER VISIT OF THE SAVAGES — ROBINSON SEES THEM DANCING — HE PERCEIVES THE WRECK OF A VESSEL
• CHAPTER XXI HE VISITS THE WRECK AND OBTAINS MANY STORES FROM IT — AGAIN THINKS OF QUITTING THE ISLAND — HAS A REMARKABLE DREAM
• CHAPTER XXII ROBINSON RESCUES ONE OF THEIR CAPTIVES FROM THE SAVAGES, WHOM HE NAMES FRIDAY, AND MAKES HIS SERVANT
• CHAPTER XXIII ROBINSON INSTRUCTS AND CIVILIZES HIS MAN FRIDAY AND ENDEAVORS TO GIVE HIM AN IDEA OF CHRISTIANITY
• CHAPTER XXIV ROBINSON AND FRIDAY BUILD A CANOE TO CARRY THEM TO FRIDAY’S COUNTRY — THEIR SCHEME PREVENTED BY THE ARRIVAL OF A PARTY OF SAVAGES
• CHAPTER XXV ROBINSON RELEASES A SPANIARD — FRIDAY DISCOVERS HIS FATHER — ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED FOR THESE NEW GUESTS, WHO WERE AFTERWARD SENT TO LIBERATE THE OTHER SPANIARDS — ARRIVAL OF AN ENGLISH VESSEL
• CHAPTER XXVI ROBINSON DISCOVERS HIMSELF TO THE ENGLISH CAPTAIN — ASSISTS HIM IN REDUCING HIS MUTINOUS CREW, WHO SUBMIT TO HIM
• CHAPTER XXVII ATKINS ENTREATS THE CAPTAIN TO SPARE HIS LIFE — THE LATTER RECOVERS HIS VESSEL FROM THE MUTINEERS, AND ROBINSON LEAVES THE ISLAND