oz617 's review for:

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

3.0

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I’m a little disappointed in my teachers for describing this as the first novel, when it’s not even the first European novel, let alone the first in general. But nevertheless it’s a very interesting read, being a historic novel that is itself a historical novel. I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would (the English classics and I have an uneasy relationship), and was especially struck by descriptions of the natural world, human ingenuity, and social issues of the time period (many of which are still relevant today).