Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

This story is written by Daniel Defoe who was born in 1660.Working as a merchant,economist,journalist,and spy before writing his first novel at the age of sixty.Daniel Defoe is thought by many to be the first true novelist in the English language.He wrote over five hundred books including politics,crime,religion,geography,psychology...Defoe turned to fiction relatively late in life.His first novel ROBINSON CRUSOE.Defoe's other main works,Moll Flanders,A journal of the plague and Roxana.Daniel Defoe died in 1731.
ROBINSON CRUSOE is a youth of about eighteen years old who resides in Hull,England.Although his father wishes him to become a lawyer,Crusoe dreams of going on sea voyages.He disregards the fact that his two older brothers are gone because of their need for adventure.His father cautions that a middle class existence is the most stable.Robinson ignores him.When his parents refuse to let him take at least one journey,he runs away with a friend and secures free passage to London.For two years,Robinson plans an escape.An opportunity is presented when he is sent out with two Moorish youths to go fishing.Crusoe throws one overboard and tells the other one,called XURY,that he may stay if he is faithful.Robinson remains on the Island for twenty seven years.He is able to take many provisions from the ship.One time ,he tries to use a boat to explore the rest of Island,but he is almost swept away.Robinson sees a footprint,and later observes cannibalistic savages eating prisoners.They don't live on Island.Robinson is filled with outrage.Some years later return using his guns,Crusoe scares them away and saves a young savage whom he names FRIDAY.FRIDAY is extremely grateful and becomes Robinsos's devoted servant.Together CRUSOE and FRIDAY are able to save two of them.One is a spaniard,the other is FRIDAY's father.FRIDAY and ROBINSON are taken to England.Even though Crusoe has been gone thirty- five years,he finds his plantations have done well and he is very welthy.He gives money to the portuguese captain and the widow who were so kind to him.He returns to the English countryside and settles there,marrying and having three children,when his wife died,he once more goes to the sea.