Robinsonade Collection vol 1: A Selection Of Classic Castaway Narratives (Golden Deer Classics): Robinson Crusoe, The Mysterious Island, Swiss Family Robinson, The Coral Island...

by Daniel Defoe, Johann David Wyss, Robert Michael Ballantyne, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells

Overview

Robinsonade is a literary genre that takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned so many imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a "desert island story"or a "castaway narrative." This compilation, edited by Golden Deer Classics, comprises the following stories: Robinson Crusoe (1719) Swiss Family Robinson (1812) The Coral Island (1858) The Mysterious Island (1874) Godfrey Morgan (1882) The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782956006718
Publisher:	Oregan Publishing
Publication date:	02/16/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	150
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) was an English author best known for his adventure novel, Robinson Crusoe, that he wrote later in life. A prolific writer, Defoe authored several books on economics, history, biography and crime. He pursued a variety of careers including merchant, soldier, secret agent and political pamphleteer, but is best remembered for his fiction. Daniel Defoe's other widely read books include Roxana, Moll Flanders and A Journal of the Plague Year. The name of the Robinson Crusoe Island, located in the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, was inspired by Defoe's famous story.