num_pages: 240
description: Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to join the navy. After a series of adventures at sea, he is shipwrecked in a devastating storm, and finds himself alone on a remote desert island. He remains there many years, building a life for himself in solitude, until the day he discovers another manâ€s footprint in the sand.
language: English
title: Robinson Crusoe
titlecomplete: Robinson Crusoe
characters: Robinson Crusoe, Friday
genres: Literature, British Literature, Classics, School, Adventure, Novels, 18th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 296847
places: Caribbean Islands, Brazil, North Africa, small island on mouth of Orinoco river
series: Robinson Crusoe
publisher: Puffin