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A review by seanquistador
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
5.0
A book I read many, many, many times as a boy, now I have read to my boys. The first book I've read of any length not written by Roald Dahl. An abridged version that excises Defoe's exhaustive sermonizing and attempts to squeeze praise into every paper-thin crevice in the story, and skips straight to the adventure.
This story is the 300-year-old precursor to Cast Away. A human marooned on an abandoned island with nothing but wits and a few odds and ends salvaged from a wrecked vessel, though Crusoe benefited from a wider variety of wildlife than Tom Hanks.
It made me very happy to hear the boys enthusiastic response each time I asked if they wanted to keep reading. It brought back something of the boy in me, for which I am very grateful.
This story is the 300-year-old precursor to Cast Away. A human marooned on an abandoned island with nothing but wits and a few odds and ends salvaged from a wrecked vessel, though Crusoe benefited from a wider variety of wildlife than Tom Hanks.
It made me very happy to hear the boys enthusiastic response each time I asked if they wanted to keep reading. It brought back something of the boy in me, for which I am very grateful.