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Megroz’s The Real Robinson Crusoe. The past four years have seen the publication of three distinct and well-researched books ... in a rebound brown cover about 13 inches long and 8 inches ...
The tale of the ‘lost’ Gutenberg Bible and other books about. . .books Anyone who reads “Robinson Crusoe” as an adult will note Defoe’s penchant for paragraph-long sentences that are ...
Defoe was a versatile writer, publishing more than 500 books, journals ... the original title of Robinson Crusoe was The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York ...
ON this day, 300 years ago, Daniel Defoe's book Robinson Crusoe was first published – and his gripping story about a sailor marooned on a desert island has since captivated generations of fans.
The proposed candidates for the "real Robinson Crusoe" would have crowded him off his island, but in her intelligent and surprising new book, "Crusoe," biographer Katherine Frank focuses on Robert ...
Dickens hated Robinson Crusoe. He said it had never made anyone laugh or cry. Well, I suppose we know what he meant. Fashion changed. Defoe came to be thought of as a journeyman, the book unsubtle ...