Robinson crusoe (original unabridged 1719 version)

A novel by daniel defoe

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Robinson Crusoe is an Englishman from the town of York in the seventeenth century, the youngest son of a merchant of German origin. Encouraged by his father to study law, Crusoe expresses his wish to go to sea instead. His family is against Crusoe going out to sea, and his father explains that it is better to seek a modest, secure life for oneself. Initially, Robinson is committed to obeying his father, but he eventually succumbs to temptation and embarks on a ship bound for London with a friend. When a storm causes the near deaths of Crusoe and his friend, the friend is dissuaded from sea travel, but Crusoe still goes on to set himself up as merchant on a ship leaving London. This trip is financially successful, and Crusoe plans another, leaving his early profits in the care of a friendly widow. The second voyage does not prove as fortunate: the ship is seized by Moorish pirates, and Crusoe is enslaved to a potentate in the North African town of Sallee. While on a fishing expedition, he and a slave boy break free and sail down the African coast. A kindly Portuguese captain picks them up, buys the slave boy from Crusoe, and takes Crusoe to Brazil. In Brazil, Crusoe establishes himself as a plantation owner and soon becomes successful. Eager for slave labor and its economic advantages, he embarks on a slave-gathering expedition to West Africa but ends up shipwrecked off of the coast of Trinidad...

L'auteur - Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe est né en 1660 près de Londres et mort en 1731. Il consacre la première partie de sa vie à des engagements politiques anti-conformistes et écrit de nombreux pamphlets dans ce sens.
Sa position lui vaut les faveurs du gouvernement de Guillaume d'Orange et il devient alors espion pour l'Angleterre. Ses nombreuses missions accomplies avec succès l'amènent à beaucoup voyager mais le font aussi retomber en disgrâce. Defoe se voue alors à la littérature. Son ouvrage le plus connu est Robinson Crusoé, publié en 1719, et que certains considèrent comme le premier roman de langue anglaise.

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Books on demand
Auteur(s)	Daniel Defoe
Collection	Books on demand
Parution	11/02/2019
Nb. de pages	320
Format	14.8 x 21
Couverture	Broché
Poids	466g
EAN13	9782322134090