Robinson Crusoe is undoubtedly one of the best-known works of liteature of alltime and is con-sidered to be one of the first evernovels written in English.Daniel Defoe,an English journalist,wrote this inmortal classis nearly 300 years a go .Defoe based his novel on the adventures of Scottishbuccandeer Alesandeer Selkirk.Bobison Crusoe(1719)is the story ofa shipwreeked sailor who is washed ashore on an uninhbited island .There,be begins a long and arduousstrug-glefor survival,tuying to make his lonely existence a little more pleasant.He manages to survive,until a terriying discovery threatens theentire lonely world he hasbuilt for himself .
作者简介
Daniel Defoe(1659-1731)was a pamphletteer,journalist and author.His father hoped that Daniel would become a clergy-man,but the young man defied his father's wishes and became a merchant .A not-so -successful entrepreneur frequently getting intotrouble with cerditors,Defoe found his calling as a journalist.He used his talent with the pen to caricature and infuriate politicians and mem-bers of governmet,landing him in prison on occasion.At the age of 60,he began his novel,Robinson his novel,Robinson Crusoe(1719),The book was published under a false name ,togreat success.Thugh later considerd one of the founders of the English.novel,Defoe died penniless and forgotten.



