Robinson crusoe centaur classics the 100 greatest novels of all time. Many readers believed robinson crusoe was a real person and the book full of true events. Robinson crusoe by daniel defoe flashcards quizlet. The book, about a shipwrecked sailor who spends 28 years on a. Daniel defoes fictional work the life and strange adventures of robinson crusoe is published. Apparently there is an island named robinson crusoe island currently, but its in a different location than where the book. Daniel defoes robinson crusoe comes second in our list of the best novels. His name was alexander selkirk, and he was a scottish sailor who was stranded on his own desert island off the coast of chile for four very long years.
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