Robinson Crusoe

This Daniel Defoe masterpiece tells the story of a castaway's triumph over nature itself--and over the fears, doubts, and loneliness that are ingrained in the human psyche. Robinson Crusoe is stranded on a seemingly deserted island, eventually creating a comfortable environment from his primitive surroundings. His solitude is broken when he saves the life one of the island natives, a man whom Crusoe dubs Friday. Two centuries later, this extraordinary novel remains one of the best-loved and most widely read works of English literature.