About the book
Against his father's advice, young Robinson Crusoe goes to sea. After storms, a shipwreck and slavery, he is cast up alone on an island off South America, where he will live for twenty-eight years. With what he can save from the wreck he builds a home, grows grain, tames goats, and keeps a journal, until the day he finds the print of a man's bare foot in the sand. Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel is the original castaway story.
Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
Choose a chapter
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Chapter 1: Start in Life
About 25 min
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Chapter 2: Slavery and Escape
About 20 min
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Chapter 3: Wrecked on a Desert Island
About 35 min
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Chapter 4: First Weeks on the Island
About 40 min
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Chapter 5: Builds a House—The Journal
About 25 min
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Chapter 6: Ill and Conscience-Stricken
About 25 min
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Chapter 7: Agricultural Experience
About 15 min
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Chapter 8: Surveys His Position
About 20 min
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Chapter 9: A Boat
About 30 min
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Chapter 10: Tames Goats
About 20 min
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Chapter 11: Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand
About 25 min
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Chapter 12: A Cave Retreat
About 30 min
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Chapter 13: Wreck of a Spanish Ship
About 25 min
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Chapter 14: A Dream Realised
About 30 min
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Chapter 15: Friday’s Education
About 25 min
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Chapter 16: Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals
About 30 min
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Chapter 17: Visit of Mutineers
About 30 min
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Chapter 18: The Ship Recovered
About 30 min
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Chapter 19: Return to England
About 25 min
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Chapter 20: Fight Between Friday and a Bear
About 20 min