The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner

Overview

'It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceeding surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore, which was very plain to be seen in the Sand: I stood like one Thunder-struck ...' Robinson Crusoe (1719) is one of the most famous adventure stories ever written. The account of a sailor shipwrecked on a desert island for twenty-eight years, it is also a tale of mythic proportions, an allegory, and a spiritual autobiography. J. M. Coetzee is Professor of General Literature at the University of Cape Town. His books include Waiting for the Barbarians (1980), Life and Times of Michael K (winner of the Booker Prize, 1983), and White Writing (1988).

Details

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

1999

Pages

306

Language

EN

Categories

Fiction / Literary, Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

ISBN-13

9780192100337