Robinson Crusoe

<p><b>Daniel Defoe's classic tale of a solitary castaway's survival and triumph, widely considered to be the first English novel.</b></p><p>&quot;I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked, came on shore on this dismal unfortunate island, all the rest of the ship's company being drowned. In despair of any relief, I saw nothing but death before me ... &quot;<br> <br> Thus Crusoe begins his journal in Daniel Defoe's classic novel: the vividly realistic account of a solitary castaway's triumph over nature - and over the fears, self-doubt and loneliness that are parts of human nature.<br> <br> For almost three centuries, <i>Robinson Crusoe </i>has remained one of the best known and most read tales in modern literature, a popularity owing as much to the enduring freshness and immediacy of its style as to its widely acknowledged status as the very first English novel. <br></p>