Robinson Crusoe
- Book Review -

“Robinson Crusoe” has been read as a gripping adventure story, as a myth of economic man, as a political and social allegory, and as a symbolic statement using the conventions of spiritual autobiography. First published in 1719, the account of the seaman who was shipwrecked and spent twenty-eight years on a desert island has become one of the most famous stories in English literature.
The book represents an adventure novel, the main character reflecting the author’s subconscious.
It was written by Daniel Defoe who was born in London in 1660. He was the author of works in many genres, ranging over politics, economics, history, biography and crime. Among his best-known novels are “Robinson Crusoe”(1719), “Moll Flanders”, and “Roxana”(1724).
It was made to prove Defoe’s belief in man’s survival in a different world.
He did it by basing the story on real facts. It is perhaps as complex a book as Defoe is as man and writer. It is to see Defoe as a journalist, as a keen observer of actual life, a merchant and a tradesman, who in writing fiction was a skilled manipulator of middle-class preferences.
I like this book because it is captivating and Defoe’s style is different comparing to other books in the sense that he is in total control of his character, knowing everything about him and his actions.
The book costs £2,99 or $6,97.
I highly recommend it because you can enrich your general knowledge, it is very instructive and in this way you will learn to enjoy novels.