Robinson Crusoe

This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Robinson Crusoe includes:

• 28 beautiful color plates by N.C. Wyeth, Elenore Plaisted Abbott, and others

• 17 black-and-white illustrations by artists from editions published from the 18th to the early 20th century

• An informative introduction

• A detailed author bio

Considered by many to be the first true English novel, Robinson Crusoe is the original castaway story—one man shipwrecked on a desert island with little but his wits and the available resources to sustain him. Written in 1719 by Daniel Defoe and based in part on the true-life accounts of actual marooned sailors of his day, the book was an immediate success and spawned a new form of storytelling.