num_pages: 306
description: Robinson Crusoe (1719) is one of the most famous adventure stories ever written. The account of a sailor shipwrecked on a desert island for twenty-eight years, it is also a tale of mythic proportions, an allegory, and a spiritual autobiography.
language: English
title: Robinson Crusoe
titlecomplete: Robinson Crusoe
characters: Robinson Crusoe, Friday
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, School, 18th Century, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, British Literature, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 296810
places: Brazil, Caribbean Islands, small island on mouth of Orinoco river, North Africa
series: Robinson Crusoe
publisher: Oxford University Press