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Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Classics)
Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Classics) | Daniel Defoe
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The original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island, and one of the first novels in English The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, enlists the help of a native islander who he names 'Friday', and fights off cannibals and mutineers. Written in an age of exploration and enterprise, it has been variously interpreted as an embodiment of British imperialist values, as a portrayal of 'natural man', or as a moral fable. But above all is a brilliant narrative, depicting Crusoe's transformation from terrified survivor to self-sufficient master of an island. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times, explanatory notes, glossary and a critical introduction discussing Robinson Crusoe as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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All these things, with some very surprising incidents in some new adventures of my own, for ten years more, I may perhaps give a farther account of hereafter.
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Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 3mo
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A wild ride. First a lot of things happen in very little time, before he reaches the island; then nothing really happens for ages, is basically Bear Grylls telling you how he survives in the wild, but I'm not sure that Defoe had any experience (this is actually a compliment, I enjoyed this part). When Friday comes in there's a bit more happening, some good reflections but overall too much religion. Then suddenly the amount of people coming ⬇️

nanuska_153 to the island. There are not too many characters in the book, but they are: Robinson Crusoe,Friday (Robinson never bothers to learn his real name),two unnamed dogs,A PARROT CALLED POLL,Friday's dad (unnamed),the Spaniard,the Captain,and then the only British man with a name is also ROBINSON. I found this so funny. The fact that he has a full ship under his control and not only abandons the other Spaniards but he leaves them with some criminals xD 4mo
nanuska_153 The last 20 pages that make no sense, but they are there to provide more evidence about why women are right to choose a bear over a man. I give it a So-So because I was more happy to finish it than I was to read it, but I'm happy I did #RandomClassics @TheAromaofBooks 4mo
TheAromaofBooks What even was that ending!? 😂 Thank you for reading with me!! 4mo
nanuska_153 @TheAromaofBooks I think he was trying to introduce the cliffhanger, but then he just hung himself... Also it killed me that because he can't shut up, he basically tells you all that happens in the second book in a single paragraph? He does it during all the book, spoils stories because he tells you what's going to happen later. "You'll see how funny when the parrot talks and scares me" People must have visited Defoe's house to get all the tea ? 4mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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This book was honestly just peculiar. I enjoyed it - mostly - but some parts of it just left me scratching my head a bit. I really enjoyed the parts on the island and reading about him creating a life there. But then it felt like the ending went a bit off the rails, and then it was almost like he was like, “you know what, never mind, I'll just write a second volume“ and that's the end! 😂 Still, as a book widely acclaimed as “the first novel“ ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) it's pretty good. But I'm not sure I'll be reading volume two haha

What did you all think? I couldn't believe he just left the Spaniards behind after all that?! And what was with the mountain crossing and the wolves?!? How does Friday know how to kill a bear?! The whole last like two or three chapters I was just going !?!?!? the whole time 😂
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Cuilin I completely agree. It‘s like it came off the rails right at the end. Wolves, bears and snow, oh my! I know this is colonial propaganda, and Defoe was a special agent for the British government, but the first 2/3 were an enjoyable read. (edited) 4mo
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Read4life I agree with what you and @Cuilin have said. Enjoyable despite the 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 ending. 4mo
Lcsmcat Yes! The bear and wolves were a bit over the top. And no @TheAromaofBooks , I won‘t be reading volume 2 either. 4mo
nanuska_153 I agree it was a wild ride, I think I enjoyed Moll Flanders more. Definitely won't be reading the second one cause many parts left me like WTF, and there were parts that really dragged. Overall I am happy I read it, but I don't think I'll ever read it again 4mo
CogsOfEncouragement I'm glad I read this classic, and now know the origin of “My man Friday“ but I will not tell my friends they need to read it. lol 4mo
jenniferw88 I should have probably joined in with this one—sorry! I studied it at University, so I could have provided background information on Defoe and the religion/politics of the time. Have you read Gulliver's Travels as a buddy read yet? Let me know if you haven't done it for #randomclassics, and I'll join you. It's a good contrast book to Crusoe. 4mo
TheAromaofBooks @jenniferw88 - Definitely would love to have you along any time you want to jump in for a readalong!! Gulliver's Travels is on my list, but I don't know when I'll get to it, since I use a random number generator to decide what is coming next haha 4mo
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Lcsmcat
Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Dafoe
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You think you know this story, but there are still surprises along the way. If you accept the time in which it was written it‘s a fun adventure story, and Defoe carries the reader along for the ride. Thanks to @TheAromaofBooks and #randomclassics for getting me to read this. I‘m going on an outing with my mother and my granddaughter tomorrow, but I‘ll chime in to the discussion when I can.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I have to read the final section today so I'll try to post a final discussion spot tomorrow. It's been a wild ride 😂 You can definitely see how it went on to spawn other book ideas for other authors. 4mo
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I'm trying to catch up with this, just have to say that if I had a dog, that's all I'd write about in my diary. I WOULD NOT write about building a table instead.

(Picture of detector dog Jack that I saw the other day on the news and fell in love with cause he's obviously such a good boy)

#RandomClassics @TheAromaofBooks

Ruthiella Cute pup! 🐶❤️ 5mo
TheAromaofBooks He doesn't even tell us the dog's name!! Probably just called it Dog 🙄 5mo
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(thru ch 14) Well, ol' Robby has really been through it! Over 20 years!!!! I had no idea this book covered so much time. I'm still enjoying this one although he does get quite long-winded sometimes with his philosophizing, and the writing can be repetitive as he tells you what's going to happen and then tells what happened lol Obviously his desire to “get a servant“ instead of “get a companion“ is troublesome. But I thought his conclusions about ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) whether or not he had the “right“ to judge the cannibals and kill them were quite interesting. I couldn't believe that he had been on the island for years and years and still hadn't gone all the way around it?? That feels like it would be high on my priority list haha It also seems a bit unlikely that another ship would wreck in the same spot and STILL no survivors!

Any thoughts? Are you enjoying this one or no?
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Cuilin I am absolutely enjoying it. I was also surprised at how long he was on the island. His introspection regarding anxiety after discovering the footprint, I thought was really interesting. “What ridiculous resolutions men take, when possessed with fear! “ When he said to Man Friday you can call me master though 🤨 5mo
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CogsOfEncouragement I am enjoying it. I have been surprised by how much he talks about his relationship with God. Though that would be natural in the circumstances, I just wasn‘t expecting it. When he said “all our discontents about what we want, appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have” got me thinking about all sorts of things, and it is a good lesson for children to grasp. 5mo
Lcsmcat @CogsOfEncouragement A good lesson for all of us to grasp, I think. 5mo
Lcsmcat @Cuilin I had no idea he was there so long either. I was expecting maybe 5 years. 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement @Lcsmcat - Both great quotes from the book - his struggles with fear, faith, and gratitude are very interesting to me and much of what he says can be applied to not-deserted-island life 😂 Defoe was a Puritan and very involved in both church and politics during his lifetime, so it's not surprising that he gets a little on the preachy side from time to time, but I feel like overall it fits within the story. I suppose ⬇ 5mo
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) being stranded for a couple decades with just yourself means you'd have plenty of time for introspective contemplation 😂 5mo
Lcsmcat @TheAromaofBooks Yet as 2020 showed us, it doesn‘t always make one a better person. 😂 So, given his era, I suppose we ought to grant him a little grace on the racism. 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat - There is such a thing as too much contemplation time😂 I do think Defoe's reflections are interesting. He obviously believes Europeans to be superior to the “savages“ & only thinks of Friday as a potential servant, not as a friend - despite going on about his intelligence, kindness, & overall good qualities. But he's also very critical of the Spaniards & their treatment of native people. Definitely have to keep 1719 values in mind! 5mo
Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks @Lcsmcat @CogsOfEncouragement I realized that if he got to the island at the age of 20 and was there for 20 years, though he would technically be 40 would he be thinking like a 20-year-old? Development would be stunted in someways without society influencing it, perhaps? I‘m wondering about why I like him, yet there are many reasons not to. 🤷‍♀️ 5mo
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(thru ch7) I'm actually really enjoying this one, even if our narrator is somewhat repetitive. I had no idea so many adventures happened to him before he even got shipwrecked!! It kind of fascinated me that he was a slave for a couple of years himself, but seemed to think nothing of heading to Africa to get some slaves of his own. Crazy.

So many random things that he just says casually and then moves on. “I had two elder brothers, one of which ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) was Lieutenant Collonel ... What became of my second brother I never knew“ ?!?!?! I mean, seriously??? You never knew?! At all?? 😂

This all feels rather dramatic and unlikely, but I'm finding it engaging reading for the most part. I liked when he wrote out his pros/cons list - he was way ahead of his time working on his mental health 😆

He got SO MUCH STUFF off the ship! It kind of felt like cheating, especially getting guns/ammo. ⬇
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TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) And all that crap, but not a single bucket!? That seemed unlikely haha

I could ramble on about parts I like and parts I find a bit ridiculous, but overall I'm enjoying this one (and definitely more than Pook's Hill!). Any thoughts any of you would like to share?

#RandomClassics @BarkingMadRead @CoffeeNBooks @CogsOfEncouragement @Cuilin @Lcsmcat @nanuska_153 @Read4life
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BarkingMadRead So much has happened to him already! It‘s so nuts. I‘m loving all the shipwrecked stuff, seeing how he made things etc although our boy is a little paranoid! Dude. Build a door 🤷🏻‍♀️ 5mo
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Lcsmcat I feel like the definition of “adventure story” is “man makes many poor decisions, but manages to live through them, and declares himself a hero.” And yes, getting stuff off the ship, (but not getting anything that holds water!) feels very contrived. 5mo
CogsOfEncouragement @BarkingMadRead When he sets up to have to use the rope ladder rather than chance a door, I immediately thought but what if he gets sick or injured, HE will either be stuck outside or stuck inside. lol 5mo
CogsOfEncouragement I thought it odd to mention the dog and cats so much later, and not as part of the narrative. Especially since the dog is “a trusty servant for many years”. The dog would make a huge difference in all of this imo. 5mo
CogsOfEncouragement @Lcsma I hadn‘t thought of that. But considering how he thought he had taken every good thing off the ship only to realize he hadn‘t even properly looked in this area or that, and then the ship is gone kinda seems like the jokes we sometimes make that men can‘t find ketchup in the fridge. Like the author admits men suck at this. A woman would have done a much better job at getting necessities off that ship quickly and efficiently lol 5mo
Cuilin I also thought getting so much from the ship was a bit convenient. I‘m enjoying the read. The writing is great viz it‘s descriptive though somewhat repetitive. 5mo
Cuilin @CogsOfEncouragement right. I think I would mention furry companions before anything else. Like that would make a huge difference to your mental health. 5mo
Cuilin @Lcsmcat so many poor decisions. What‘s wrong with living a comfortable life? Lol 5mo
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CogsOfEncouragement
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dabbe Boy, I'll say! 🤩🤩🤩 5mo
ShyBookOwl 😅 5mo
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nanuska_153
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Robinson is rescued by a Portuguese ship,with the help of the captain he sells all his possessions(which apparently includes his friend xD)and settles in Brazil where he has a prosperous plantation.After his first trip almost ended in death;and the second captured and made a slave; he makes the OBVIOUS decision of going for a third trip to buy slaves for other people. I'm happy he is now in the Island cause I can't cope with his decision making

Lcsmcat 😂 I had similar opinions - especially as to his selling the guy who helped him escape slavery! 5mo
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This chapter with the weird unidentifiable beasts, and the lion swimming to the boat to attack them got me so confused 😂 It made me think about that theory that says that unicorns were just badly described rhinos

#RandomClassics @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks I'm also confused because there is a LOT of action and we haven't even gotten to the part where he's stranded on the desert island 😂 5mo
nanuska_153 @TheAromaofBooks so much going on...and so much omitted, he says in a sentence that he was a slave for 2 years, but whatever... nothing worth mentioning, this is not what I came to tell you guys 😌😂 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Also in the first chapter when he's like “I had two brothers. One died at sea. I don't know what happened to the other one.“ WHAT!?!?!? 😂 5mo
nanuska_153 @TheAromaofBooks 😂😂😂 the other one must have been a middle child 🥲 5mo
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Starting this today for #randomclassics

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#RandomClassics @TheAromaofBooks

I planned on reading a Kindle version but found this Penguin Classics edition for $4, at a secondhand bookstore in Providence, RI. Yesterday!!! Coincidence? I think not. Serendipitous, perhaps. 🤔

Ruthiella Clearly it was meant to be! 5mo
Cuilin @Ruthiella agreed. 5mo
Tamra I love it when that happens! 5mo
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Cuilin @Tamra me too!!! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Oooo nice!!! Love it when the book stars align! 5mo
Cuilin @TheAromaofBooks ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ me too, though not sure my husband understands this as he gives my TBR the side eye. 5mo
TheAromaofBooks Mine just builds more shelves 😂 😂 😂 5mo
Lcsmcat I‘m reading the Kindle version so would LOVE it if you share any insights the Penguin edition provides. 5mo
Cuilin @Lcsmcat sure. Unfortunately it doesn‘t have any chapters. I‘m loving the writing so far. 5mo
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nanuska_153
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Honestly, I already feel that Robinson Crusoe and I are kindred spirits

#RandomClassics @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks For real 😂 I love how he's like, “hmmm, it seems like the Powers Above are saying this is A Bad Idea... nahhhh“ 5mo
nanuska_153 @TheAromaofBooks Yes! "I could listen to my dad, the Universe, people more experienced than me...OR, hear me out, do whatever I want. I think I'll choose the latter" ? Honestly, that's basically how I do adulting most of the time xD 5mo
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I bought this some of years ago in a second hand bookshop, I'm not going to lie, I just got it because it's pretty, but excited to give it a chance with @TheAromaofBooks and her #RandomClassics
My edition has an index dividing it on 24 chapters but with the help of Sparknotes I managed to find the 20 chapters division.

This is basically what I did with my first hour in the office cause it's Monday and I couldn't be arsed xD

TheAromaofBooks Oooo such a pretty edition!!! 5mo
nanuska_153 @TheAromaofBooks thanks! 🥰 The paper is nice and thick too giving you the false illusion that you read more pages than you really did 😅 5mo
CogsOfEncouragement Thanks for tip on using sparks for chapter divisions. Very handy. My version has no chapters. 5mo
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @TheAromaofBooks

Okay friends, here is the #BuddyRead schedule for Robinson Crusoe!! Basically, I will try to check in about 1/3 and then 2/3 through the book, i.e. chapters 7 and 14. I've included the final sentence of each of those chapters for those whose books are not divided into 20 chapters.

original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2747541

TheAromaofBooks Thank you for the repost!! Anyone is welcome to join!! 😁 5mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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Okay friends, here is the schedule for Robinson Crusoe!! Basically, I will try to check in about 1/3 and then 2/3 through the book, i.e. chapters 7 and 14. I've included the final sentence of each of those chapters for those whose books are not divided into 20 chapters. We'll do our best to keep on track together/avoid spoilers, but I realize no promises can be made when we're all reading different editions with different divisions!! ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) You may have noticed that the book ends with him saying “now for part 2!“ and then there is no part 2!! I thought I was missing part of the book, but apparently it's actually a teaser for the second book, which I've never read and may or may not pick up after finishing this one haha

So we'll start July 1 with a chapter (ish) a day. I'm excited to read with you all!!

@BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @Lcsmcat @nanuska_153 @Read4life
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Lcsmcat Looking forward to it! 5mo
BarkingMadRead Woohoo!! 5mo
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CoffeeNBooks I'm looking forward to finally reading this- it's been on my bookshelf for years! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @CoffeeNBooks - Yay!! I didn't have you on my list for this one, but I added you!! I'm looking forward to it, too!! 5mo
CoffeeNBooks @TheAromaofBooks Awesome- thanks! 5mo
Read4life I‘m looking forward to it! 5mo
CogsOfEncouragement Count me in. I‘ve been curious about this classic for awhile. A BR makes it more fun. 5mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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Oh my word, we are already more than halfway through June!! So it's time to see who would like to read along for July's #RandomClassic - Robinson Crusoe!! I've been wanting to reread this one for years.

In a trick move, I have two editions of this book. They seem to be the same text, but one is divided into 20 chapters, and the other isn't! So if you are planning to read along, let me know whether or not your book has chapters and we will see ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) what kind of schedule we can draw up haha

Originally published in 1719, some people consider this the first English novel. Defoe was a Puritan, so while there is plenty of adventure in this story, you can also expect some moralistic preaching, along with thoughts and themes that may not jive with our modern sensibilities.

Tagging my master list, and you can let me know if you'd like to join me in July!!
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BarkingMadRead I‘m in! 6mo
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Lcsmcat I‘m in, and my version has 20 chapters. 6mo
BarkingMadRead I will check my version later and let you know how many chapters are in it! 6mo
Cuilin Have my copy!! I‘m in. 6mo
Read4life Mine has 20 chapters. 6mo
wanderinglynn I tried Robinson Crusoe but just couldn‘t finish it. I DNF‘d it. But I‘d like to join in August for Fahrenheit 451. 6mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I can't join for July but would love to be tagged in this group if possible? I love 451 and would join in August! 6mo
CatLass007 I‘ll be listening to the audio version. The version I‘ll be using is broken up into 39 chapters. 6mo
Librarybelle I won‘t be able to join for July, but I‘ll be back for August!! 6mo
TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @Lcsmcat @Read4life - Woohoo!! I have you all down for this one. I think we're going to read a chapter a day based on the 20-chapter division, but I'll draw up a schedule that gives us a sentence or two to show where we should be each week, so we can hopefully stay together 😂 6mo
TheAromaofBooks @wanderinglynn - I feel you!! I'm hoping the slower pace makes it easier to read haha But I'll see you in August - I haven't ever read Fahrenheit 451 and am weirdly looking forward to it. 6mo
TheAromaofBooks @ChaoticMissAdventures - Yay!! I'll add you to the master list - I tag everyone each month, and you can opt in or out for that month's book. In general, we read a chapter a day until we finish the book, so sometimes a book will carry over into a new month - for instance, right now I'm still finishing May's book (East of Eden) while also reading June's book (Puck of Pook's Hill). 6mo
TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - Sounds good!!! 6mo
nanuska_153 Can you add me too? I bought this one in a second hand shop years ago and I haven't read it yet. Pretty sure I read it as a child but I just have a very faint memory of some images 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @nanuska_153 - Definitely!!! Would you like to be added to the master list (if you're interested in any of the future books) or just for Robinson Crusoe? 5mo
nanuska_153 @TheAromaofBooks add me to the master list in case I'm tempted to join other books please! 5mo
TheAromaofBooks @nanuska_153 - Yay!! I tag everyone each month and then everyone decides if they want to opt in or out for that book. Then as we're reading, I try to post every Monday to check in. It's suuuper chill and mostly a way to keep myself accountable so I actually read these books 😂 5mo
nanuska_153 @TheAromaofBooks just checked the "chapters", mine is an old edition that I got in a second hand shop, it has no chapters but at the beginning it kind of divides the story in 24 brief sinopsis (?) Like the first one is: "My birth and parentage- early education- desire to go to sea..." Also the preface says it's an edition of the First Part of Robinson Crusoe (it has almost 300 pages) but I might need to find the rest ???‍♀️ 5mo
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dabbe #word 🖤🩶🖤 10mo
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Been reading it for my thesis, so I can't say I have enjoyed it.

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I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull.
#RobinsonCrusoe #DanielDefoe #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookdeal #bookdeals #bookdealer #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #Classics #Fiction #Adventure #Literature #HistoricalFiction #Novels #18thCentury #ClassicLiterature

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Robinson Crusoe, as a young and impulsive wanderer, defied his parents and went to sea. He was involved in a series of violent storms at sea and was warned by the captain that he should not be a seafaring man. Ashamed to go home, Crusoe boarded another ship and returned from a successful trip to Africa.
#RobinsonCrusoe #DanielDefoe #book #books #bookgeek #Classics #Fiction #Adventure #Literature #HistoricalFiction #Novels #18thCentury ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🤎

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📖 Started working on my MA thesis (for real this time)! I have to delve further and further into this novel and read a pile of journals/articles related to it.

julesG Best of luck! 1y
Ak_Kh @julesG Thank you! 1y
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(1719) Awkward pacing, religious moralizing, and pervasive racism, combined with ethics that rank disobeying one's parents as the deadliest of sins but enslaving one's neighbor as God's divine plan, make this very difficult to read except as an interesting piece of literary history. But it is interesting.

Graywacke Cool that you read it. But i guess it‘s not a very good life guide. 🙂 2y
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What makes a classic? Not sure but Robinson Crusoe qualifies for me. I used to teach it, and each time, it gave me something new to think about and/or appreciate about it.
That said, I can understand never wanting to read this book. 🤣
#LetterR @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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All these things, with some very surprising incidents in some new adventures of my own, for ten years more, I may perhaps give a farther account of hereafter.
#RobinsonCrusoe #DanielDefoe #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookdeal #bookdeals #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfever #bookfanatic #bookfrenzy #bookgeek #Classics #Fiction #Adventure #Literature ❤️‍🔥

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This was between a Pick and a So-So. A grand adventure tale, written in the early 1700s.

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This is my final completed book of the 24 hour readathon. While I love my illustrated copy of Robinson Crusoe, this book was not as entertaining/adventurous as I thought it would be.
#readathon @DeweysReadathon

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#Haunted #freakyFRIDAY
#Movie2BookRecs #LetterC #CastAway

This book is hitting a lot of the themes for today: having Friday as a character, a C in the title for Crusoe, and an all around great book to read about a cast away.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻📚🙌🏻 3y
Eggs 👏🏻📚👌🏼 3y
Klou 😊📚👍 3y
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I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull.
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Gertjan10
Pickpick

Loved it

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Whalien99
Mehso-so

Liked it

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jenniferw88
Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Dafoe
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#bestbuddyread #galsandpals #galentinesbuddyread @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Survivor by Destiny's Child was playing from the playlist & that song reminds me of the tagged book, and my notetaker friends from uni.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4RGl8MWxN1sCmnjvpvReMj?si=ppAVVBD4Q6mrQ1c0iukp...

Cinfhen I‘m so excited to jump into your playlist, Jenny!! I see lots of Britney/ my daughter‘s FAVORITE artist in the world 💕💕💕💕 4y
BarbaraBB What a cool list! 4y
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Auntynanny
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Pickpick

I borrowed this as an audiobook from the library, and it ended up being a heavily abridged radio drama. I enjoyed the dramatization, but I don't really feel the need to read the full version of the novel.

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Schwifty
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Mehso-so

While a classic, being the first English novel and such, and with all due respect to Defoe‘s creativity, the story is awkward at times especially when the journal as narrative device fails to keep the reader compelled. Defoe makes up for this somewhat with the psychological thriller of the latter half of the story when Crusoe finds the lone footprint in the sand on his “deserted” island and later frets and plots against the threat of cannibals.

jenniferw88 Haha! Great review. You got past the 50 pages on how to make bread! 4y
Schwifty @jenniferw88 Lol. And the detailed specs on the fences and the rice and barley harvests and the failed attempts at pottery... 4y
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julesG
Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Dafoe
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#BookMail

#RaisingReaders

DD wants to read Robinson Crusoe first. ❤️❤️❤️

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Ooh - you‘ve got two of my faves here - Jackaby and Nimona! 4y
julesG This was basically all requested by my daughter. She caught a glimpse of Nimona at the library some months ago but due to Covid we haven't been able to check it out. So I was happy when I could, eventually, get a used copy. It's not used though, neither are any of the others. 😁 I'm looking forward to reading Jackaby with my daughter. 4y
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suffisaunce
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This has many aspects we might find problematic, most specifically from a postcolonial aspect, and it has 'early novel features'--a final travelogue in Europe--where we would expect narrative unity and closure. However, it is a fascinating read for all of those reasons; I am still inclined to think that it is better to study the past than to suppress it. Maybe not if you love animals, mind you 😏 ...

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jenniferw88
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Just some of the books I studied with Chris, aka the Lion!

#back2school #bunnyread @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Billypar I think Lunar Park and Bunny might be kindred spirits. 4y
Cinfhen You‘re parents got their money‘s worth!!!! I can‘t remember any books I read in college 🙄 4y
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thepostman96
Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Dafoe
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I‘m not sure if it‘s the dry, wordy prose or my Jigglypuff bookmark that keeps making me 😴

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CrowCAH
Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Dafoe
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#ItsASmallWorld Day 31: #SwissFamilyRobinson
#Disney #MagicKingdom

I went in the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse while in my Disney trip; here‘s a picture of the kitchen room; it was decorated in ship/nautical style!

I read Robinson Crusoe, inspired by a real maroon. It wasn‘t as epic as movies or TV shows portray it, but the takeaway is there was a lot of goats on the island.

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keepingupwiththepenguins
Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Dafoe
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Mehso-so

I didn't hate Robinson Crusoe, but I just couldn't get on board with the colonialist BS it espoused (even in context). The “englightened“ Englishman “redeeming“ the “savage“, ugh. It did convince me that I would never survive a shipwreck on a deserted island though. I'd just drink whatever booze I could salvage and meet my maker shortly thereafter 🥂 Full review here: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/robinson-crusoe-daniel-defoe/ #ClassicBooks

Scochrane26 😂😂😂 5y
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ju.ca.no
Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Dafoe
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Well I‘m not very good at cutting straight lines, but I didn‘t want to just throw this old bookcover calendar away. They may be a bit crooked but I still think they are nice enough postcards. So if you ever receive one of these- keep in mind that I gave my best😂😂😂

LittleBug They‘re gorgeous!!💕 5y
Tamra Terrific idea! 5y
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wanderinglynn What a neat idea! 5y
Soubhiville So cute! 5y
sudi They look great and very vintage 😍 5y
LeahBergen They‘re lovely! 5y
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Come-read-with-me
Robinson Crusoe | Daniel Dafoe
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🌴. Robinson Cruso 🧦 Socks always socks. ✈️ Highest elevation was a plane. 🤢Liver and onions. 🎃Absolutely! #friyayintro

Sace But... Liver and onions are tasty 😢 (I'm weird.) 5y
Come-read-with-me @Sace As I grew up, liver and onions were a monthly thing in our house. My Mum loved them. In fact she belonged to a club called the ‘Liver Lovers Luncheons” - they loved this stuff so much they even had a theme song “We love liver yes we do. We love liver how ‘bout you? “ It‘s much longer than this first line - I‘ve repressed it! So if you are weird you are in great company! 5y
Sace @Come-read-with-me My mother made the best liver and onions. I could never make it as well as she did. 5y
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serllolo
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#7days7covers #7covers7days #day2
A late night (at least in #Spain) 🙃
My favorite adventures book from my favorite editor 👌

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