Robinson Crusoe
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4.0 • 73 Ratings
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- $0.99
Publisher Description
Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe's hard-luck character is still the standard for "growing where you're planted." Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to civilization. But Crusoe proves willing to chance his luck a second time when, after sweating his way to prosperity as a planter in Brazil, he undertakes a voyage that isn't needful… and is marooned on a small island off South America.
Customer Reviews
Couldn’t stop listening
Such a great book, gripping until the last word. Travels,adventure,fighting and human survival.
Don’t buy it
Narration is terrible. Sounds like a robot.
Audio is Perfect, Story is Meh
The audio is perfect although it’s broken up into chapters (v helpful) and the original novel is not, so it can be a bit confusing to track where you are. Glad to have the chapter markers though!
My rating is for the story. The classism and racism is rife. Defoe describes natives as “savages” and despite never having used guns before, somehow Friday is a master of them. We can imagine that this is because at this time in history, folks viewed indigenous folks as being more violent, more able to lack humanity. He also depicts Friday and the other two people who find their way to his encampment as being SO happy to finally have this Christian religion and discovering this culture. As if he would wouldn’t have cared about maintiaining his own culture? As if he didn’t care for his own ‘way of life’? It’s v ‘boot-strappy,’ too. And full of religion, which is common in lit from this era. It’s a fascinating slice of history when we consider this as part of a larger web of cultural foundations. With books like these being shoved into the hands of adults and children, it’s easy to see why America is the way that it is.