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Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades. An ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances, Robinson Crusoe wrestles with fate and the nature of God. This edition features maps.
320 pages, Hardcover
First published April 25, 1719
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Daniel Defoe
4,938听books1,901听followersDaniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works鈥攂ooks, pamphlets, and journals鈥攐n diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works鈥攂ooks, pamphlets, and journals鈥攐n diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.
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November 25, 2021
This is one of those books that really serves to remind a modern audience of why we should kill [censored to protect sensitive Republican ears]. Robinson Crusoe is the story of a young man with atrociously bad luck who, unfortunately for any shipmates he ever has, suffers from an extreme case of wanderlust. Every ship he gets onto sinks, but he just keeps getting onto them. Even after he's got a nice, successful plantation of his own, he decides he's just GOT to get on ANOTHER ship to -- get this -- procure himself some slaves. It crashes of course, and he gets stranded alone on an island.
Not to worry, though -- he's got a bible, and he successfully becomes a religious zealot while alone with nothing better to do. It's too bad that his only book couldn't have been a copy of Don Quixote or something because maybe then he'd have become a more interesting storyteller. But no, like so many people who have terrible luck, he turns to "god" and starts counting his "blessings," more-or-less out of a lack of anything better to do.
Then, after he's been alone for 24 years, he sees a footprint in the sand, and he totally freaks, and he becomes convinced it must belong to the devil. Ummm, ok. So I'm sitting there thinking, "Maybe it's your own footprint." But it takes this genius a whole day of scaring himself before he comes up with that explanation. Anyway, it turns out not to be his footprint at all, it actually belongs to the "savages" (Carribean Indians) who apparently visit the island sometimes in order to cook and eat their prisoners, which, for the record, was not actually a common practice among Indians in the Americas. And here's the part where you really hate white people. He then saves one of the prisoners from being eaten and makes him into his slave, who he renames "Friday," teaches English, and converts to Christianity. Friday, instead of kicking this pompous jerk's posterior from here to next Friday after repaying whatever debt he owed Robinson for saving his life, is a faithful slave in every way for the remainder of the book. Friday speaks in a pidgin English, which is probably realistic enough for a man who learned English late in life from one solitary individual, but Robinson has an offensive habit of translating easy-enough-to-understand things that Friday says to us, the idiot readers ("At which he smiled, and said - 'Yes, yes, we always fight the better;' that is, he meant always get the better in fight"). Also, during Friday's religious education, he asks Robinson why god doesn't just kill the devil and end evil, and because there is actually no good answer to such a question for a religious person, Robinson simply pretends not to hear him and wanders away. What a jack*ss! Luckily, Robinson Crusoe's religious conversion doesn't last forever. As soon as he's back in civilization and making money hand over fist, he pretty much gives it up.
Speaking of which, what was with the end of this book? He gets rescued, he goes home, but there's no emotional payoff, and instead he goes on about his European adventures with Friday. We don't care about the wolves and dancing bear! We want to know, did you learn anything from your years away? Do you feel like you missed out? Was anyone happy to see you? Did they have a funeral for you while you were missing? What did your mother do when she saw you again? Robinson Crusoe is a man without any of the human characteristics that make people interesting to read about when they get into difficult situations. He has no regrets, no personal longings, and he never reflects on his life before he was on the island during his decades on the island. I understand that this is just an "adventure novel" but people actually still read this tripe and consider it a classic!
Not to worry, though -- he's got a bible, and he successfully becomes a religious zealot while alone with nothing better to do. It's too bad that his only book couldn't have been a copy of Don Quixote or something because maybe then he'd have become a more interesting storyteller. But no, like so many people who have terrible luck, he turns to "god" and starts counting his "blessings," more-or-less out of a lack of anything better to do.
Then, after he's been alone for 24 years, he sees a footprint in the sand, and he totally freaks, and he becomes convinced it must belong to the devil. Ummm, ok. So I'm sitting there thinking, "Maybe it's your own footprint." But it takes this genius a whole day of scaring himself before he comes up with that explanation. Anyway, it turns out not to be his footprint at all, it actually belongs to the "savages" (Carribean Indians) who apparently visit the island sometimes in order to cook and eat their prisoners, which, for the record, was not actually a common practice among Indians in the Americas. And here's the part where you really hate white people. He then saves one of the prisoners from being eaten and makes him into his slave, who he renames "Friday," teaches English, and converts to Christianity. Friday, instead of kicking this pompous jerk's posterior from here to next Friday after repaying whatever debt he owed Robinson for saving his life, is a faithful slave in every way for the remainder of the book. Friday speaks in a pidgin English, which is probably realistic enough for a man who learned English late in life from one solitary individual, but Robinson has an offensive habit of translating easy-enough-to-understand things that Friday says to us, the idiot readers ("At which he smiled, and said - 'Yes, yes, we always fight the better;' that is, he meant always get the better in fight"). Also, during Friday's religious education, he asks Robinson why god doesn't just kill the devil and end evil, and because there is actually no good answer to such a question for a religious person, Robinson simply pretends not to hear him and wanders away. What a jack*ss! Luckily, Robinson Crusoe's religious conversion doesn't last forever. As soon as he's back in civilization and making money hand over fist, he pretty much gives it up.
Speaking of which, what was with the end of this book? He gets rescued, he goes home, but there's no emotional payoff, and instead he goes on about his European adventures with Friday. We don't care about the wolves and dancing bear! We want to know, did you learn anything from your years away? Do you feel like you missed out? Was anyone happy to see you? Did they have a funeral for you while you were missing? What did your mother do when she saw you again? Robinson Crusoe is a man without any of the human characteristics that make people interesting to read about when they get into difficult situations. He has no regrets, no personal longings, and he never reflects on his life before he was on the island during his decades on the island. I understand that this is just an "adventure novel" but people actually still read this tripe and consider it a classic!
January 28, 2009
It's really sad that people judge books from the 17th century from their 21st century politically-correct perspective. You don't have to agree with Defoe's worldview and religious beliefs to like the book. I'm repulsed by Homer's beliefs but I know his works deserve to be classics.
People who think this book is boring probably think hikes through majestic mountains or quiet afternoons in a beautiful garden are boring. This book is slow at times. But the slowest parts are the best. Defoe is a master of detail. And the action is much more exciting when it comes after the calm. A book with only action would be boring to me (not to mention corny, e.g. Treasure Island).
This is, hands down, my favorite novel of all time. Rich detail, gripping plot, profound character development, insightful meditations, and the meeting of two radically different worlds in Robinson and the cannibals. I never stop reading this book. When I finish I start again. I love Robinson and Friday as if they were a real life father and brother.
BTW - There is an audio recording by Ron Keith that is spectacular. The publisher is Recorded Books.
People who think this book is boring probably think hikes through majestic mountains or quiet afternoons in a beautiful garden are boring. This book is slow at times. But the slowest parts are the best. Defoe is a master of detail. And the action is much more exciting when it comes after the calm. A book with only action would be boring to me (not to mention corny, e.g. Treasure Island).
This is, hands down, my favorite novel of all time. Rich detail, gripping plot, profound character development, insightful meditations, and the meeting of two radically different worlds in Robinson and the cannibals. I never stop reading this book. When I finish I start again. I love Robinson and Friday as if they were a real life father and brother.
BTW - There is an audio recording by Ron Keith that is spectacular. The publisher is Recorded Books.
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March 5, 2022Reading Robinson Crusoe is like reading a grocery list scribbled in the margins of a postcard from Fiji: "Weather's fine! Wish you could be here! Need fruit, veg, meat..."
October 22, 2023
THE survival epic of all times.
Robinson Crusoe is a young English man trying to escape the unbearable pressure of his loving but over demanding parents. On board on a sailing expedition, due to a terrible storm the vessel crashes and sinks somewhere near the Venezuelan coast. Crusoe the only remaining survivor, stranded on a nearby deserted island where he remained marooned for the next twenty-eight years.
The epic of one solitary man trying to survive despite overwhelming odds against nature. A fantastic adventure of survival and personal development. What he accomplished, his ideas, the constructions and improvements he made, were beyond admirable. So amazing. I mean, I think I would鈥檝e barely managed to build a pitiful hut made of palm leaves, that wouldn鈥檛 have lasted a second against a whisper of a wind!
I specially loved the arrival of Friday and everything he brought to the story In a way reminded me of Karana and Rontu from Island of the Blue Dolphins. . Utterly unforgettable.
An all-time classic worthy of its fame, that spanned countless imitations and adaptations through time, and even dawned a new literary genre, the Robinsonade. Recommendable.
I wasn鈥檛 even aware there was a sequel until today, that I鈥檓 writing the review, more than a decade later. Great. More homework. I mean. Great! More homework!
It鈥檚 public domain, you can find it
*** Robinson Crusoe (1997) is a lovely movie, yet you can barely call it an adaptation, or at the least, not a very faithful one. The film seriously deviates from the original work and adds many, way too many, important changes which as a movie I enjoyed very much, but as an adaptation did not. Pierce Brosnan made a good Crusoe, and so did William Takaku as Friday; and they are, like the book, what I enjoyed most. Very nice artistic scenery and filmography. Great movie, with a lot of heart. But questionable adaptation.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1719] [320p] [Classics] [Recommendable]
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LA 茅pica de supervivencia de todos los tiempos.
Robinson Crusoe es un joven ingl茅s tratando de escapar de la insoportable presi贸n de sus afectuosos pero sobre demandantes padres. A bordo de una expedici贸n naval, debido a una terrible tormenta la nave choca y se hunde en alg煤n lugar cerca de las costas de Venezuela. Crusoe el 煤nico sobreviviente, varado en una cercana isla desierta donde permaneci贸 abandonado por los siguientes veintiocho a帽os.
La 茅pica de un hombre solitario tratando de sobrevivir en la naturaleza a pesar de extraordinarias chances en su contra. Una fant谩stica aventura de supervivencia y desarrollo personal. Lo que logr贸, sus ideas, sus construcciones y las mejoras que hizo, fueron m谩s all谩 de admirables. Tan asombroso. O sea, yo creo que apenas si hubiera logrado construir una lamentable choza hecha de hojas de palmera, 隆que no hubiera soportado un segundo contra un susurro del viento!
Especialmente am茅 la llegada de Viernes y todo lo que 茅l trajo a la historia En cierta forma me hizo recordar a Karana y Rontu de La Isla del Delfines Azules. . Completamente inolvidable.
Un cl谩sico de todos los tiempos que hace honor a su fama, que dio lugar a incontables imitaciones y adaptaciones a lo largo del tiempo, y que incluso dio nacimiento a un nuevo g茅nero literario, la Robinsonada. Recomendable.
Ni siquiera estaba al tanto de que exist铆a una secuela hasta hoy, que escribo esta rese帽a, m谩s de una d茅cada despu茅s. Genial. M谩s tarea. Quiero decir. 隆Genial! 隆M谩s tarea!
Es dominio p煤blico, lo pueden encontrar
*** Robinson Crusoe (1997) es una hermosa pel铆cula, pero apenas si puede llamarse una adaptaci贸n, o al menos, no una muy fiel. El filme se desv铆a seriamente de la obra original y a帽ade much铆simos, demasiados, importantes cambios que como una pel铆cula apreci茅 mucho, pero no como adaptaci贸n. Pierce Brosnan hace un muy buen Crusoe, al igual que William Takaku como Viernes; y son, como el libro, lo que m谩s disfrute. Una escenograf铆a y filmograf铆a art铆stica muy bonita. Excelente pel铆cula, con mucho coraz贸n. Pero cuestionable adaptaci贸n.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1719] [320p] [Cl谩sicos] [Recomendable] ["Cuantas veces, el mal que m谩s evitamos llega a ser, si caemos en 茅l, la puerta de nuestra liberaci贸n"]
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Robinson Crusoe is a young English man trying to escape the unbearable pressure of his loving but over demanding parents. On board on a sailing expedition, due to a terrible storm the vessel crashes and sinks somewhere near the Venezuelan coast. Crusoe the only remaining survivor, stranded on a nearby deserted island where he remained marooned for the next twenty-eight years.
The epic of one solitary man trying to survive despite overwhelming odds against nature. A fantastic adventure of survival and personal development. What he accomplished, his ideas, the constructions and improvements he made, were beyond admirable. So amazing. I mean, I think I would鈥檝e barely managed to build a pitiful hut made of palm leaves, that wouldn鈥檛 have lasted a second against a whisper of a wind!
I specially loved the arrival of Friday and everything he brought to the story In a way reminded me of Karana and Rontu from Island of the Blue Dolphins. . Utterly unforgettable.
An all-time classic worthy of its fame, that spanned countless imitations and adaptations through time, and even dawned a new literary genre, the Robinsonade. Recommendable.
I wasn鈥檛 even aware there was a sequel until today, that I鈥檓 writing the review, more than a decade later. Great. More homework. I mean. Great! More homework!
It鈥檚 public domain, you can find it
*** Robinson Crusoe (1997) is a lovely movie, yet you can barely call it an adaptation, or at the least, not a very faithful one. The film seriously deviates from the original work and adds many, way too many, important changes which as a movie I enjoyed very much, but as an adaptation did not. Pierce Brosnan made a good Crusoe, and so did William Takaku as Friday; and they are, like the book, what I enjoyed most. Very nice artistic scenery and filmography. Great movie, with a lot of heart. But questionable adaptation.
-----------------------------------------------
PERSONAL NOTE :
[1719] [320p] [Classics] [Recommendable]
-----------------------------------------------
LA 茅pica de supervivencia de todos los tiempos.
Robinson Crusoe es un joven ingl茅s tratando de escapar de la insoportable presi贸n de sus afectuosos pero sobre demandantes padres. A bordo de una expedici贸n naval, debido a una terrible tormenta la nave choca y se hunde en alg煤n lugar cerca de las costas de Venezuela. Crusoe el 煤nico sobreviviente, varado en una cercana isla desierta donde permaneci贸 abandonado por los siguientes veintiocho a帽os.
La 茅pica de un hombre solitario tratando de sobrevivir en la naturaleza a pesar de extraordinarias chances en su contra. Una fant谩stica aventura de supervivencia y desarrollo personal. Lo que logr贸, sus ideas, sus construcciones y las mejoras que hizo, fueron m谩s all谩 de admirables. Tan asombroso. O sea, yo creo que apenas si hubiera logrado construir una lamentable choza hecha de hojas de palmera, 隆que no hubiera soportado un segundo contra un susurro del viento!
Especialmente am茅 la llegada de Viernes y todo lo que 茅l trajo a la historia En cierta forma me hizo recordar a Karana y Rontu de La Isla del Delfines Azules. . Completamente inolvidable.
Un cl谩sico de todos los tiempos que hace honor a su fama, que dio lugar a incontables imitaciones y adaptaciones a lo largo del tiempo, y que incluso dio nacimiento a un nuevo g茅nero literario, la Robinsonada. Recomendable.
Ni siquiera estaba al tanto de que exist铆a una secuela hasta hoy, que escribo esta rese帽a, m谩s de una d茅cada despu茅s. Genial. M谩s tarea. Quiero decir. 隆Genial! 隆M谩s tarea!
Es dominio p煤blico, lo pueden encontrar
*** Robinson Crusoe (1997) es una hermosa pel铆cula, pero apenas si puede llamarse una adaptaci贸n, o al menos, no una muy fiel. El filme se desv铆a seriamente de la obra original y a帽ade much铆simos, demasiados, importantes cambios que como una pel铆cula apreci茅 mucho, pero no como adaptaci贸n. Pierce Brosnan hace un muy buen Crusoe, al igual que William Takaku como Viernes; y son, como el libro, lo que m谩s disfrute. Una escenograf铆a y filmograf铆a art铆stica muy bonita. Excelente pel铆cula, con mucho coraz贸n. Pero cuestionable adaptaci贸n.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1719] [320p] [Cl谩sicos] [Recomendable] ["Cuantas veces, el mal que m谩s evitamos llega a ser, si caemos en 茅l, la puerta de nuestra liberaci贸n"]
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August 18, 2021
(Book 987 From 1001 books) - Robinson Crusoe = The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719.
The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person, and the book a travelogue of true incidents.
Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name was Robinson Kreutznaer)鈥攁 castaway who spends twenty-eight years, on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued.
The story has since been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway, who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "M谩s a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island, in 1966.
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乇丕亘蹖賳爻賵賳 讴賽乇賵夭賵卅賴貙 蹖丕 芦乇丕亘蹖賳爻賵賳 讴乇賵爻賵禄貙 賲卮賴賵乇鬲乇蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 亘乇蹖鬲丕賳蹖丕蹖蹖 芦丿丕賳蹖賱 丿賽賮賵禄貙 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 亘丕乇 丿乇 爻丕賱 1719賲蹖賱丕丿蹖貙 丿乇 芦丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳禄 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿貙 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵丿 夭賳丿诏蹖賳丕賲賴 蹖 賲賳丨氐乇 亘賴鈥� 賮乇丿 禺蹖丕賱蹖 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 賱賯亘 芦倬丿乇 乇賲丕賳 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖禄 乇丕貙 亘乇丕蹖 丌賮乇蹖賳卮诏乇 丌賳 亘賴 丕乇賲睾丕賳 丌賵乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 賯賴乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 讴賴 賳丕賲卮 亘乇 鬲丕乇讴 賴賲蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕爻鬲貙 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲乇賮賴 禺賵丿 丿乇 芦亘乇蹖鬲丕賳蹖丕禄 乇丕貙 亘乇丕蹖 賲爻丕賮乇鬲 丿乇 丿乇蹖丕賴丕貙 乇賴丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 倬爻 丕夭 丌賳讴賴 丕夭 蹖讴 芦讴卮鬲蹖 卮讴爻鬲诏蹖禄貙 噩丕賳 亘賴 丿乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必� 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 賴卮鬲 爻丕賱 乇丕貙 丿乇 蹖讴 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 亘賴 诏匕乇丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屬矩必ж藏� 芦乇丕亘蹖賳爻賵賳禄 蹖讴 亘賵賲蹖 噩夭蹖乇賴 乇丕 賳噩丕鬲 賲蹖丿賴丿貙 賵 賳丕賲 芦噩賲毓賴禄 亘乇 賵蹖 賲蹖鈥屬嗁囏� 丕蹖賳 丿賵貙 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 噩夭蹖乇賴 乇丕貙 亘賴 賲賯氐丿 芦亘乇蹖鬲丕賳蹖丕禄 鬲乇讴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬嗀� 芦丿賮賵禄貙 卮丕蹖丿 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕貙 亘乇丕爻丕爻 鬲噩丕乇亘 賵丕賯毓蹖 蹖讴 賲賱賵丕賳 芦丕爻讴丕鬲賱賳丿蹖禄貙 亘賴 賳丕賲 芦丕賱讴爻丕賳丿乇 爻賽賱讴乇讴禄 賳诏丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳丿貙 讴賴 亘賴 爻丕賱 1704賲蹖賱丕丿蹖貙 倬爻 丕夭 爻鬲蹖夭 亘丕 賳丕禺丿丕蹖 讴卮鬲蹖貙 賵蹖 乇丕 亘賴 丿乇禺賵丕爻鬲 禺賵丿卮貙 丿乇 爻丕丨賱 噩夭蹖乇賴鈥� 丕蹖 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 爻讴賳賴貙 乇賴丕 讴乇丿賳丿貨 乇賲丕賳 倬爻 丕夭 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丿乇 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳貙 賵 丿蹖诏乇 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丕乇賵倬丕蹖蹖貙 亘丕 賲賵賮賯蹖鬲 乇賵亘乇賵 卮丿貙 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖賳貙 芦丿賮賵禄 乇賲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇卮 芦丕丿丕賲賴 蹖 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 讴乇賵夭賵卅賴禄 乇丕 賳賵卮鬲賳丿
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 26/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719.
The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person, and the book a travelogue of true incidents.
Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name was Robinson Kreutznaer)鈥攁 castaway who spends twenty-eight years, on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued.
The story has since been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway, who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "M谩s a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island, in 1966.
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毓賳賵丕賳: 乇丕亘蹖賳爻賵賳 讴乇賵夭賵卅賴貨 丕孬乇: 丿丕賳蹖賱 丿賮賵卅賴貙 賲鬲乇噩賲 賲丨賲賵丿 賲氐丕丨亘貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 诏賱卮丕卅蹖貙 1343貙 丿乇 404氐貙 賮乇賵爻鬲: 诏賱卮丕卅蹖 33貙 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 亘乇蹖鬲丕賳蹖丕 - 爻丿賴 19賲
乇丕亘蹖賳爻賵賳 讴賽乇賵夭賵卅賴貙 蹖丕 芦乇丕亘蹖賳爻賵賳 讴乇賵爻賵禄貙 賲卮賴賵乇鬲乇蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 亘乇蹖鬲丕賳蹖丕蹖蹖 芦丿丕賳蹖賱 丿賽賮賵禄貙 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 亘丕乇 丿乇 爻丕賱 1719賲蹖賱丕丿蹖貙 丿乇 芦丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳禄 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿貙 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵丿 夭賳丿诏蹖賳丕賲賴 蹖 賲賳丨氐乇 亘賴鈥� 賮乇丿 禺蹖丕賱蹖 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 賱賯亘 芦倬丿乇 乇賲丕賳 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖禄 乇丕貙 亘乇丕蹖 丌賮乇蹖賳卮诏乇 丌賳 亘賴 丕乇賲睾丕賳 丌賵乇丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 賯賴乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 讴賴 賳丕賲卮 亘乇 鬲丕乇讴 賴賲蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕爻鬲貙 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲乇賮賴 禺賵丿 丿乇 芦亘乇蹖鬲丕賳蹖丕禄 乇丕貙 亘乇丕蹖 賲爻丕賮乇鬲 丿乇 丿乇蹖丕賴丕貙 乇賴丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 倬爻 丕夭 丌賳讴賴 丕夭 蹖讴 芦讴卮鬲蹖 卮讴爻鬲诏蹖禄貙 噩丕賳 亘賴 丿乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必� 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 賴卮鬲 爻丕賱 乇丕貙 丿乇 蹖讴 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 亘賴 诏匕乇丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屬矩必ж藏� 芦乇丕亘蹖賳爻賵賳禄 蹖讴 亘賵賲蹖 噩夭蹖乇賴 乇丕 賳噩丕鬲 賲蹖丿賴丿貙 賵 賳丕賲 芦噩賲毓賴禄 亘乇 賵蹖 賲蹖鈥屬嗁囏� 丕蹖賳 丿賵貙 爻乇丕賳噩丕賲 噩夭蹖乇賴 乇丕貙 亘賴 賲賯氐丿 芦亘乇蹖鬲丕賳蹖丕禄 鬲乇讴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屬嗀� 芦丿賮賵禄貙 卮丕蹖丿 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕貙 亘乇丕爻丕爻 鬲噩丕乇亘 賵丕賯毓蹖 蹖讴 賲賱賵丕賳 芦丕爻讴丕鬲賱賳丿蹖禄貙 亘賴 賳丕賲 芦丕賱讴爻丕賳丿乇 爻賽賱讴乇讴禄 賳诏丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳丿貙 讴賴 亘賴 爻丕賱 1704賲蹖賱丕丿蹖貙 倬爻 丕夭 爻鬲蹖夭 亘丕 賳丕禺丿丕蹖 讴卮鬲蹖貙 賵蹖 乇丕 亘賴 丿乇禺賵丕爻鬲 禺賵丿卮貙 丿乇 爻丕丨賱 噩夭蹖乇賴鈥� 丕蹖 禺丕賱蹖 丕夭 爻讴賳賴貙 乇賴丕 讴乇丿賳丿貨 乇賲丕賳 倬爻 丕夭 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丿乇 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳貙 賵 丿蹖诏乇 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丕乇賵倬丕蹖蹖貙 亘丕 賲賵賮賯蹖鬲 乇賵亘乇賵 卮丿貙 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖賳貙 芦丿賮賵禄 乇賲丕賳 丿蹖诏乇卮 芦丕丿丕賲賴 蹖 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 讴乇賵夭賵卅賴禄 乇丕 賳賵卮鬲賳丿
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 26/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
July 19, 2022
A religious, racist, white supremacy, sexist bigot driveling about how great he is while playing Robinson Crusoe
One of the most degenerated, misguided POVs I麓ve ever read
That麓s more of a narcissistic, egomaniac, even kind of sociopathic, persons麓 diary than a novel, and it麓s filled with the unreflected, racist, extremely faith-focused, arrogant thoughts of an author who has the amazing gift to write both unilateral and boring.
Compare it with the real stuff from centuries ago and see even more how it sucks
Take Jonathan Swift or greek philosophers or hieroglyphics or cave paintings, or, the best example, Robert Louis Stephensons' Treasure island, all examples of less ego-focused works that have a plot, an arc of suspense, other detailed, credible characters that transport no sick pro slavery mentality or anything that differentiates a novel from a trivial travel report.
Skim and scan, you won麓t miss anything substantial, wise, or deep. Or just don麓t read it, the best option.
After quite a while I was just scanning anymore, because except for redundancies, lists, and stupid thoughts there was less to find in this novel. The main character is an unlikeable idiot, he doesn麓t even have to be smart or fight to survive to get any suspense into the poor telling, because he has all he needs to survive on the island and saved material from the shipwreck, so he has nothing to do than to think of how superior he and his ever so great faith, culture, and sophistication are in contrast to Fridays麓 immense primitivity.
Would be a banned troll hater account nowadays
Imagine someone doing it nowadays, no matter if online or in boring meatspace. In any civilized society, the person would be excluded, prosecuted, and flamed or, by friendlier individuals, pitied as the abject individuals that they are. The civilizations, groups, and societies that are still practicing such ideologies and would promote and invite the troll are a few centuries behind sociocultural evolution.
A total not reading suggestion, but I can understand that the society of the 18th century liked this novel because it reflected, celebrated, and confirmed their inhuman and insane mentality.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
One of the most degenerated, misguided POVs I麓ve ever read
That麓s more of a narcissistic, egomaniac, even kind of sociopathic, persons麓 diary than a novel, and it麓s filled with the unreflected, racist, extremely faith-focused, arrogant thoughts of an author who has the amazing gift to write both unilateral and boring.
Compare it with the real stuff from centuries ago and see even more how it sucks
Take Jonathan Swift or greek philosophers or hieroglyphics or cave paintings, or, the best example, Robert Louis Stephensons' Treasure island, all examples of less ego-focused works that have a plot, an arc of suspense, other detailed, credible characters that transport no sick pro slavery mentality or anything that differentiates a novel from a trivial travel report.
Skim and scan, you won麓t miss anything substantial, wise, or deep. Or just don麓t read it, the best option.
After quite a while I was just scanning anymore, because except for redundancies, lists, and stupid thoughts there was less to find in this novel. The main character is an unlikeable idiot, he doesn麓t even have to be smart or fight to survive to get any suspense into the poor telling, because he has all he needs to survive on the island and saved material from the shipwreck, so he has nothing to do than to think of how superior he and his ever so great faith, culture, and sophistication are in contrast to Fridays麓 immense primitivity.
Would be a banned troll hater account nowadays
Imagine someone doing it nowadays, no matter if online or in boring meatspace. In any civilized society, the person would be excluded, prosecuted, and flamed or, by friendlier individuals, pitied as the abject individuals that they are. The civilizations, groups, and societies that are still practicing such ideologies and would promote and invite the troll are a few centuries behind sociocultural evolution.
A total not reading suggestion, but I can understand that the society of the 18th century liked this novel because it reflected, celebrated, and confirmed their inhuman and insane mentality.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
November 30, 2022
A story of ordeals at the sea of a feisty and valiant character, Robinson Crusoe, the 18-year from England! I proclaim him to be a 鈥淢an of Providence鈥� , emerging victorious from all the mayhem, every time!!
Marooned multiple times at various instances, he is saved every time by sheer Providence.
Maybe it is rightly said, fortune favors the brave!
The felicitousness experienced during this adventurous seafaring read embarked my sullen spirit onto a renewed journey of life. Thanks to Daniel Defoe!
Crusoe is persuaded by his father to opt for law as a career, instead to pursue frenetically his passion of being a seafarer. Crusoe鈥檚 father like a regular loving father, wants him to seek a modest, secure life for himself. Committed to staying obsequious to his father, he finally succumbs to his temptations and embarks on a ship bound for London along with a friend. The tempestuous storm sets their lives in danger, dissuading the friend from any more sea travel. Crusoe too keeps dilly-dallying in between his father鈥檚 advice and his own temptation, and finally sets himself as a merchant on a ship leaving for London. He is fastidious and comes back financially successful, setting on a second voyage, which doesn鈥檛 prove as fortunate! The ship is seized by the pirates and he is enslaved and held captive. But he is able to be set free during a fishing expedition, and sail down to the African coast. He meets a kindred Portuguese captain who takes him along to Brazil, where Crusoe establishes himself as a successful plantation owner. Embarking on a slave-gathering expedition to West Africa, he ends up shipwrecked! Being the sole survivor, he seeks food and shelter, keeps a journal documenting his household activities, and logs all his attempts at making candles, and many more exciting daily events, meticulously.
In the June of 1660, he falls sick, and hallucinates of an angel visiting him(I still feel it was for real :P), warning him to repent!
Post recovery, he discovers a pleasant valley abounding in grapes, and constructs a shady retreat, proclaiming himself as its 鈥�king鈥�.
鈥淢y island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich in subjects; and it was a merry reflection, which I frequently made, how like a king I looked. First of all, the whole country was my own property, so I had an undoubted right of dominion. Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected - I was absolutely lord and lawgiver - they all owed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been an occasion for it, for me.鈥�
The novel is bulky, and is full of a labyrinthine of excitement and thrills!
Robinson Crusoe, throughout the journey, emerged as a grand epic adventurer, worth laudable for previous, present, and future generations. He is astute and dexterous, resourceful and independent. Amidst all difficulties, he never gives up, builds a shelter for himself, manages food, and never disparages anyone or boasts his own strength and luck. Additionally, he is generous and charitable, distributing gifts to his sisters. He does have a tinge of covetousness for possessions, power, and prestige. He addresses himself as a 鈥淜ing of the island鈥�. Though this address seemed more jocund to me!
Robinson Crusoe comes across as an exemplary adventurer and sailor of life, not only of the sea! 馃槉
He keeps expostulating the regular mundane course of life and allows Providence to sail him through all the adventures of life. 馃槉
This classic vignette of a seafarer doesn鈥檛 deserve anything less than a 5-star!
NB-What appealed to me the most was Crusoe鈥檚 intrinsic self-awareness which he banked upon, further whetting it during moments of solace and aloneness, and never letting it abandon him. From not turning into a brute while being marooned on the island, to journaling all alone in his shelter, delineating his wonted spirit-led side! His self-awareness appeared to be his much-wonted accouterment. 馃槉
Marooned multiple times at various instances, he is saved every time by sheer Providence.
Maybe it is rightly said, fortune favors the brave!
The felicitousness experienced during this adventurous seafaring read embarked my sullen spirit onto a renewed journey of life. Thanks to Daniel Defoe!
Crusoe is persuaded by his father to opt for law as a career, instead to pursue frenetically his passion of being a seafarer. Crusoe鈥檚 father like a regular loving father, wants him to seek a modest, secure life for himself. Committed to staying obsequious to his father, he finally succumbs to his temptations and embarks on a ship bound for London along with a friend. The tempestuous storm sets their lives in danger, dissuading the friend from any more sea travel. Crusoe too keeps dilly-dallying in between his father鈥檚 advice and his own temptation, and finally sets himself as a merchant on a ship leaving for London. He is fastidious and comes back financially successful, setting on a second voyage, which doesn鈥檛 prove as fortunate! The ship is seized by the pirates and he is enslaved and held captive. But he is able to be set free during a fishing expedition, and sail down to the African coast. He meets a kindred Portuguese captain who takes him along to Brazil, where Crusoe establishes himself as a successful plantation owner. Embarking on a slave-gathering expedition to West Africa, he ends up shipwrecked! Being the sole survivor, he seeks food and shelter, keeps a journal documenting his household activities, and logs all his attempts at making candles, and many more exciting daily events, meticulously.
In the June of 1660, he falls sick, and hallucinates of an angel visiting him(I still feel it was for real :P), warning him to repent!
Post recovery, he discovers a pleasant valley abounding in grapes, and constructs a shady retreat, proclaiming himself as its 鈥�king鈥�.
鈥淢y island was now peopled, and I thought myself very rich in subjects; and it was a merry reflection, which I frequently made, how like a king I looked. First of all, the whole country was my own property, so I had an undoubted right of dominion. Secondly, my people were perfectly subjected - I was absolutely lord and lawgiver - they all owed their lives to me, and were ready to lay down their lives, if there had been an occasion for it, for me.鈥�
The novel is bulky, and is full of a labyrinthine of excitement and thrills!
Robinson Crusoe, throughout the journey, emerged as a grand epic adventurer, worth laudable for previous, present, and future generations. He is astute and dexterous, resourceful and independent. Amidst all difficulties, he never gives up, builds a shelter for himself, manages food, and never disparages anyone or boasts his own strength and luck. Additionally, he is generous and charitable, distributing gifts to his sisters. He does have a tinge of covetousness for possessions, power, and prestige. He addresses himself as a 鈥淜ing of the island鈥�. Though this address seemed more jocund to me!
Robinson Crusoe comes across as an exemplary adventurer and sailor of life, not only of the sea! 馃槉
He keeps expostulating the regular mundane course of life and allows Providence to sail him through all the adventures of life. 馃槉
This classic vignette of a seafarer doesn鈥檛 deserve anything less than a 5-star!
NB-What appealed to me the most was Crusoe鈥檚 intrinsic self-awareness which he banked upon, further whetting it during moments of solace and aloneness, and never letting it abandon him. From not turning into a brute while being marooned on the island, to journaling all alone in his shelter, delineating his wonted spirit-led side! His self-awareness appeared to be his much-wonted accouterment. 馃槉
March 2, 2022
I know we shouldn't judge the books of yore by today's standards but...I am being tested.
This doesn't just have the bigotry from days past, although yes oh man it has that. We're talking giving native people new names (colonizing even the idea of a first name!), acquiring slaves with the same ease and casualness as I place daily orders on food-delivery apps, racism in every other sentence. We're following a MISSIONARY here, for god's sake.
But not only that: this is the slowest plot of all time.
Imagining an era in which this would have been a guilty pleasure read makes me want to dedicate my life to discovering a time machine so we can bring 18th century people back with us and show them rom coms starring Meg Ryan.
Honestly, my conspiracy theory is that this book is only still around because the first edition said it was BY Robinson Crusoe, so everyone thought it was real. The only excuse for this book's popularity is people thinking it actually happened. Like reading the newspaper, or watching a documentary narrated by a celebrity with a soothing British accent.
But even more boring.
Bottom line: Not for me! Don't really know who it could be for.
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pre-review
i can't wait for two months from now when i can't remember anything about this book.
review to come / 2 stars
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currently-reading updates
well. it's time.
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tbr review
i have never in my life had any interest in reading this book, but i saw a perfect condition used copy of the penguin clothbound edition and bought it immediately.
two things can be true.
This doesn't just have the bigotry from days past, although yes oh man it has that. We're talking giving native people new names (colonizing even the idea of a first name!), acquiring slaves with the same ease and casualness as I place daily orders on food-delivery apps, racism in every other sentence. We're following a MISSIONARY here, for god's sake.
But not only that: this is the slowest plot of all time.
Imagining an era in which this would have been a guilty pleasure read makes me want to dedicate my life to discovering a time machine so we can bring 18th century people back with us and show them rom coms starring Meg Ryan.
Honestly, my conspiracy theory is that this book is only still around because the first edition said it was BY Robinson Crusoe, so everyone thought it was real. The only excuse for this book's popularity is people thinking it actually happened. Like reading the newspaper, or watching a documentary narrated by a celebrity with a soothing British accent.
But even more boring.
Bottom line: Not for me! Don't really know who it could be for.
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pre-review
i can't wait for two months from now when i can't remember anything about this book.
review to come / 2 stars
--------------
currently-reading updates
well. it's time.
--------------
tbr review
i have never in my life had any interest in reading this book, but i saw a perfect condition used copy of the penguin clothbound edition and bought it immediately.
two things can be true.
July 16, 2022
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賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賵氐賮賷丞 丕賱賲賮氐賱丞
..丨賷孬 鬲爻鬲睾乇賯 丕賱賲賳囟丿丞 兀爻丕亘賷毓 賱賷賰賲賱賴丕 賰乇賵夭賵..賵鬲爻鬲睾乇賯 賲毓賳丕 氐賮丨丕鬲.. 賵 賯胤毓 丕賱卮噩乇丞 賱氐賳毓馃幙 賯丕乇亘 賷爻鬲睾乇賯..賮氐賵賱 乇賵丕卅賷丞 賵 爻賳賵丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 賱賷賰賲賱賴丕
丕賴賲 賲丕 鬲毓賱賲賴 賰乇賵夭賵 賮賷 賲丨賳鬲賴..卮賰乇 丕賱賱賴 毓賱賶 賳噩丕鬲賴 賵 賳毓賲賴馃挕 .賱鬲氐亘丨 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾賳賷賰 毓賳 賰鬲亘丕"賰孬賷乇丞..
賮賴賷 賲賱禺氐 賱賰賮丕丨 丕賱亘卮乇 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 ..亘丿賵賳 賲賵丕賴亘 賮匕丞 ..
丕賵 賯賵丞 賮丕卅賯丞. 丕賵 賲賴丕乇丕鬲 丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞
賴賵 賲孬賱 賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賮賷賳丕. .
賯丿 賳鬲噩亘乇 毓賱賶 賲丕 賮賷 丕賷丿賷賳丕 賵 賱賰賳 賮賷 丕賱賲丨賳 賳鬲賰賷賮 賵 賱賵 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丿丕禺賱 亘乇賲賷賱 賲睾賱賯
賷睾乇賯 丕賱噩賲賷毓. .毓丿丕賴..
賱賷亘賯賶 乇賵亘賷賳爻賵賳 賰乇賵夭賵 賵丨賷丿丕..賱賷爻 賱丿賷賴 賲丕 賷兀賰賱賴 丕賵 賷卮乇亘賴..亘賱丕 爻賱丕丨..亘賱丕 賲賴丕乇丕鬲..囟毓賷賮丕 丕亘賱賴..賱賳 賷賮賷丿賴 丨丿賷孬賴 丕賱賮丕鬲賳..賵 賱丕 匕賰丕丐賴 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷
.賴賰匕丕 丕賱賯賶 丿丕賳賷丕賱 丿賷賮賵 亘亘胤賱賴 亘丿賵賳 卮賮賯丞 丕賵 乇丨賲丞..賱鬲亘丿兀 兀卮賴乇 賲睾丕賲乇丞 賮乇丿賷賴 兀丿亘賷丞 ..賵 賱賰賳 賴賱 賰丕賳 乇賵亘賷賳爻賵賳 丕賵 "爻賰賱賷乇賷賰"丕賱亘胤賱 丕賱兀氐賱賷 賷爻鬲丨賯 丕賱乇丨賲丞責
賮賷 乇兀賷賷. .賱丕! 亘賱 賰丕賳 賷爻鬲丨賯 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 28毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱賵丨丿丞 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞..
賮賴賵 賰丕賳 賲賳 賴丐賱丕亍 賲賲賳 賷賳孬乇賵賳 丕賱兀賱賲 賵 賵噩毓 丕賱賯賱亘 賮賷 胤乇賷賯 賰賱 賲賳 賯丕亘賱賴
賱丕 丕賲丕賳毓 丕賱賵丨丿丞 毓賱賶 丕賱丕胤賱丕賯 ..鈿�
賮賴賷 丕賱賲乇爻賶 賵 賴賷 丕賱賲丌賱 賱賰賱 賲賳丕 噩夭賷乇鬲賴 丕賱鬲賷 賷丨賷丕 賮賷 賲丨賷胤賴丕 賲賴賲丕 賰丕賳 賲丨丕胤丕 亘丕賱丕賴賱 賵 丕賱乇賮丕賯..賵 賱賰賳賴丕 賵丨丿丞 賲乇賷丨丞 毓氐乇賷丞 賳鬲丿賱賱 禺賱丕賱賴丕 賰孬賷乇丕鈽嗏槅鈽�.賵 爻賳鬲丕賰丿 賲賳 賴匕丕
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賮賴賷 賲賱禺氐 賱賰賮丕丨 丕賱亘卮乇 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 ..亘丿賵賳 賲賵丕賴亘 賮匕丞 ..
丕賵 賯賵丞 賮丕卅賯丞. 丕賵 賲賴丕乇丕鬲 丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞
賴賵 賲孬賱 賰賱 賵丕丨丿 賮賷賳丕. .
賯丿 賳鬲噩亘乇 毓賱賶 賲丕 賮賷 丕賷丿賷賳丕 賵 賱賰賳 賮賷 丕賱賲丨賳 賳鬲賰賷賮 賵 賱賵 毓賱賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丿丕禺賱 亘乇賲賷賱 賲睾賱賯
November 6, 2011
August 1651
Dear Diary,
Woo hoo! Run away to sea at last! Mum and Dad didn't want me to go but honestly, what's the worst that can happen? So far I'm loving life on the ocean wave and have only been a little bit sea sick. Anyway it's Bye bye Hull, hello Honolulu!
Yours, Robinson
January 1653
Dear Diary,
Sorry it's been so long. There was a minor incident with a shipwreck and just when I'd managed to find passage on another boat some pirates turned up and I ended up as a slave. I had to do loads of work for this Moorish guy and while it was all nice and exotic, it's not nice being stripped of all your civil liberties. Anyway I've just escaped with my buddy Xury and we're heading out to sea in order to see if we can flag down a bigger boat, er sorry, ship.
Yours, Robinson
March 1654
Dear Diary,
Just arrived in Brazil - wowee it is hot here. Much hotter than hull at any rate. I'm redder than a snapper on stick and am having a bit of trouble finding my feet. There's some sort of carnival on and I've seen a big hill which would like nice with a big statue of Jesus on it. I've met some nice blokes on the boat and they said they'd help me make my fortune. Someone is predicting that Brazil nuts will be the next big thing come Christmas next year so maybe I'll give that a go.
Yours, Robinson
June 1660
Dear Diary,
Well it's been a while and a lot has happened. I got myself all set up with a nice plantation and enjoyed the good life for a while here but I miss the salty tang of the sea air, the creak of the sails and the gentle rocking of the boat so I've decided to sink my money into slavery and am going to put to sea as soon as I can. I've realised I'm not one for a landlubbers life.
Yours, Robinson
November 1661
Dear Diary,
Well I am literally scuppered. My slaving venture didn't go too well. Guess I should have thought about my own time as a slave with that Moorish guy before I set out in order to profit from other peoples misery but hey, everyone else is doing it and even Bristol are getting in on the trade now by all accounts. Anyway that's all by the by now. We headed for Africa but a devil of storm came and dragged the ship and all the men on down to Davy Jones. I think I'm the only survivor and the sea has spit me up on this miserable sliver of land with only the clothes on my back. A couple of animals survived too. I've called the dog Defoe and the cats are called Swift and Behn. For now I just pet them but if I can't find any food then Defoe is going to make a tidy stir fry. Am off to set up camp now so will write upon my return.
Yours, Robinson
January 1662
Dear Diary,
I've settled in and created a quite minimalist base camp. It's taken a lot of ingenuity to make all the things I need. Wreckage from the ship and flotsam and jetsam have washed ashore and provided me with some raw materials like sails and timber, bits of rope and metal. It's not exactly the Radisson Blue but I'm quite proud of my little house. The cats and rats are multiplying quite ridiculously - I shudder to think what it's doing to the ecosystem. I kill and eat the goats and birds but they're getting wise to my tricks now. I've kept one of the birds as a pet and called him bird brian. I'm having to go further and further afield for food... the other month I fell into a ravine and broke a limb... I thought for certain I was a goner but the lord has been kind to me since I arrived here. I'm not normally one for solitude but the peace and quiet has been educational. I suppose I've become a bit introspective but I don't have much time to mope as staying alive takes up most of my days.
Yours, Robinson
August 1665
Dear Diary,
Visitors! Wish I'd baked something! Turns out they're cannibals though so I guess nice scones and a cup of honest to goodness tea bark probably is not their thing. Was tempted to smite them for being heathenish devils but I'm looking pretty heathenish myself these days and beggars can't be choosers over company at a time like this. One of them chose to stay behind. Can't understand a bloody thing about him and he's not one for chatter. I've called him Friday and he's put up no objections so far. Am looking forward to spending some time with my new friend
Yours, Robinson
March 1672
Dear Diary,
Seven years since I last wrote - well you could have knocked me over with a parrots feather when I realised! Friday and I have become firm friends. Still not a lot of chatter but then a man is glad of companionship without all the additional twittering. He's got a bit of a grip on my lingo now though and has shown an interest in the ways of our Lord. I told him about my big statue idea. He laughed.
Yours, Robinson
April 1685
Dear Diary,
Recently some other cannibals came to the island. They were planning to hot-pot someone but we soon put pay that idea. There was a bit of a to-do and now we have two newly saved captives on our hands. The island is starting to feel quite crowded. One of them is a Spaniard who says his country men are near by and could save us, the other bloke was none other than my man Friday's father. The two of them are off back to the mainland to rustle up a rescue party. I keep thinking about bacon butties.
Yours, Robinson
December 1686
Dear Diary,
Today was my last day on the island. Felt a bit sad to say bye bye. I've grown fond of all its nooks and crannies now, and though admittedly, I would give my eye teeth for a bacon sandwich and a nice cup of tea I suspect that never again shall I experience the resplendent solitude which I experienced on the island. Don't know if I'll ever get used to sleeping in a bed and not a hammock either. I'm thinking of writing about my experiences though. Wonder if this is the sort of thing that people would like to know about? Friday has agreed to come with me which is nice but I'm not sure what he'll think of Hull, after all it's no paradise island.
Yours, Robinson
Dear Diary,
Woo hoo! Run away to sea at last! Mum and Dad didn't want me to go but honestly, what's the worst that can happen? So far I'm loving life on the ocean wave and have only been a little bit sea sick. Anyway it's Bye bye Hull, hello Honolulu!
Yours, Robinson
January 1653
Dear Diary,
Sorry it's been so long. There was a minor incident with a shipwreck and just when I'd managed to find passage on another boat some pirates turned up and I ended up as a slave. I had to do loads of work for this Moorish guy and while it was all nice and exotic, it's not nice being stripped of all your civil liberties. Anyway I've just escaped with my buddy Xury and we're heading out to sea in order to see if we can flag down a bigger boat, er sorry, ship.
Yours, Robinson
March 1654
Dear Diary,
Just arrived in Brazil - wowee it is hot here. Much hotter than hull at any rate. I'm redder than a snapper on stick and am having a bit of trouble finding my feet. There's some sort of carnival on and I've seen a big hill which would like nice with a big statue of Jesus on it. I've met some nice blokes on the boat and they said they'd help me make my fortune. Someone is predicting that Brazil nuts will be the next big thing come Christmas next year so maybe I'll give that a go.
Yours, Robinson
June 1660
Dear Diary,
Well it's been a while and a lot has happened. I got myself all set up with a nice plantation and enjoyed the good life for a while here but I miss the salty tang of the sea air, the creak of the sails and the gentle rocking of the boat so I've decided to sink my money into slavery and am going to put to sea as soon as I can. I've realised I'm not one for a landlubbers life.
Yours, Robinson
November 1661
Dear Diary,
Well I am literally scuppered. My slaving venture didn't go too well. Guess I should have thought about my own time as a slave with that Moorish guy before I set out in order to profit from other peoples misery but hey, everyone else is doing it and even Bristol are getting in on the trade now by all accounts. Anyway that's all by the by now. We headed for Africa but a devil of storm came and dragged the ship and all the men on down to Davy Jones. I think I'm the only survivor and the sea has spit me up on this miserable sliver of land with only the clothes on my back. A couple of animals survived too. I've called the dog Defoe and the cats are called Swift and Behn. For now I just pet them but if I can't find any food then Defoe is going to make a tidy stir fry. Am off to set up camp now so will write upon my return.
Yours, Robinson
January 1662
Dear Diary,
I've settled in and created a quite minimalist base camp. It's taken a lot of ingenuity to make all the things I need. Wreckage from the ship and flotsam and jetsam have washed ashore and provided me with some raw materials like sails and timber, bits of rope and metal. It's not exactly the Radisson Blue but I'm quite proud of my little house. The cats and rats are multiplying quite ridiculously - I shudder to think what it's doing to the ecosystem. I kill and eat the goats and birds but they're getting wise to my tricks now. I've kept one of the birds as a pet and called him bird brian. I'm having to go further and further afield for food... the other month I fell into a ravine and broke a limb... I thought for certain I was a goner but the lord has been kind to me since I arrived here. I'm not normally one for solitude but the peace and quiet has been educational. I suppose I've become a bit introspective but I don't have much time to mope as staying alive takes up most of my days.
Yours, Robinson
August 1665
Dear Diary,
Visitors! Wish I'd baked something! Turns out they're cannibals though so I guess nice scones and a cup of honest to goodness tea bark probably is not their thing. Was tempted to smite them for being heathenish devils but I'm looking pretty heathenish myself these days and beggars can't be choosers over company at a time like this. One of them chose to stay behind. Can't understand a bloody thing about him and he's not one for chatter. I've called him Friday and he's put up no objections so far. Am looking forward to spending some time with my new friend
Yours, Robinson
March 1672
Dear Diary,
Seven years since I last wrote - well you could have knocked me over with a parrots feather when I realised! Friday and I have become firm friends. Still not a lot of chatter but then a man is glad of companionship without all the additional twittering. He's got a bit of a grip on my lingo now though and has shown an interest in the ways of our Lord. I told him about my big statue idea. He laughed.
Yours, Robinson
April 1685
Dear Diary,
Recently some other cannibals came to the island. They were planning to hot-pot someone but we soon put pay that idea. There was a bit of a to-do and now we have two newly saved captives on our hands. The island is starting to feel quite crowded. One of them is a Spaniard who says his country men are near by and could save us, the other bloke was none other than my man Friday's father. The two of them are off back to the mainland to rustle up a rescue party. I keep thinking about bacon butties.
Yours, Robinson
December 1686
Dear Diary,
Today was my last day on the island. Felt a bit sad to say bye bye. I've grown fond of all its nooks and crannies now, and though admittedly, I would give my eye teeth for a bacon sandwich and a nice cup of tea I suspect that never again shall I experience the resplendent solitude which I experienced on the island. Don't know if I'll ever get used to sleeping in a bed and not a hammock either. I'm thinking of writing about my experiences though. Wonder if this is the sort of thing that people would like to know about? Friday has agreed to come with me which is nice but I'm not sure what he'll think of Hull, after all it's no paradise island.
Yours, Robinson
March 6, 2013
Spoiler alert...Robinson Crusoe was a total douchebag. If anyone deserved to get stuck on an island for 28 years, it was this guy. His story begins with his dying father pleading with him to stay at home, but the teenage Crusoe won't have it. He wants to be a sailor, he swears that he's meant to be a sailor, he totally loves the sea - even though he's never been on a boat. So, against his family's wishes he runs off to a buddy's ship. And guess what? He hates it. He's sick all the time, the boat is super rocky, there are too many waves - then, they crash. It's the worst. Somehow, he survives. Once on land he gets drunk with some of his friends and is all like, maybe I was wrong about the sea, maybe it's actually great. So, after a night of binge drinking with the sailors, Crusoe forgets that he hated the sea and vowed never to go to sea again. So, like the idiot that he is, he gets on another boat.
The minute he's on this other boat he's captured by pirates and he's forced to become a slave. Once again, asking for it. So, after a few years of slavery he escapes on a tiny boat. You'd think that once you're MADE INTO A SLAVE, you'd have some pity for other slaves but NO. Not this guy. He escapes on this tiny boat with a guy who is now HIS slave and after making HIS slave kill some huge, dangerous lions - so Crusoe could have a blanket to lay on (what's the slave sleeping on? nothing)- they finally meet some other sailors. Crusoe sells his slave to them and ends up in Brazil. He starts a farm and is doing pretty well, on land, mind you. Of course, old dickish Crusoe forgets how lucky he's been to make it this far, and decides it's time for another voyage. Why? Because he's a lazy prick and wants some free slaves to run his farm. So, he sets off for Africa, and gets what's coming to him. If only it ended there.
After about 24 years on this island he saves this kid, who he names Friday, from being cannibalized. This is the first person he has spoken to in 24 years. And what does he do with him? Makes him into a SLAVE. Why? Because he can't be bothered with making corn and wheat, because he's too busy - being STRANDED ON A DESERTED ISLAND. All he has is time! What do you need a slave for? After a mess of shit, involving more cannibals, some Spaniards and some mutineers - Crusoe and poor Friday make it to civilization. His time off the island is summed up in this paragraph, "In the meantime, I in part settled myself here; for, first of all, I married, and that not either to my disadvantage or dissatisfaction, and had three children, two sons and one daughter; but my wife dying, and my nephew coming home with good success from a voyage to Spain, my inclination to go abroad, and his importunity, prevailed, and engaged me to go in his ship as a private trader to the East Indies; this was in the year 1694." Meaning, the dick is back. He gets married, has some kids and when the wife starts to die he decides it's time to leave! Ring any bells? Dad is dying, time to be a sailor. Same deal. Asshole.
If all that isn't proof enough this guy was a total douche, he drowns a TON of kittens on HIS island, so many he lost count.
The minute he's on this other boat he's captured by pirates and he's forced to become a slave. Once again, asking for it. So, after a few years of slavery he escapes on a tiny boat. You'd think that once you're MADE INTO A SLAVE, you'd have some pity for other slaves but NO. Not this guy. He escapes on this tiny boat with a guy who is now HIS slave and after making HIS slave kill some huge, dangerous lions - so Crusoe could have a blanket to lay on (what's the slave sleeping on? nothing)- they finally meet some other sailors. Crusoe sells his slave to them and ends up in Brazil. He starts a farm and is doing pretty well, on land, mind you. Of course, old dickish Crusoe forgets how lucky he's been to make it this far, and decides it's time for another voyage. Why? Because he's a lazy prick and wants some free slaves to run his farm. So, he sets off for Africa, and gets what's coming to him. If only it ended there.
After about 24 years on this island he saves this kid, who he names Friday, from being cannibalized. This is the first person he has spoken to in 24 years. And what does he do with him? Makes him into a SLAVE. Why? Because he can't be bothered with making corn and wheat, because he's too busy - being STRANDED ON A DESERTED ISLAND. All he has is time! What do you need a slave for? After a mess of shit, involving more cannibals, some Spaniards and some mutineers - Crusoe and poor Friday make it to civilization. His time off the island is summed up in this paragraph, "In the meantime, I in part settled myself here; for, first of all, I married, and that not either to my disadvantage or dissatisfaction, and had three children, two sons and one daughter; but my wife dying, and my nephew coming home with good success from a voyage to Spain, my inclination to go abroad, and his importunity, prevailed, and engaged me to go in his ship as a private trader to the East Indies; this was in the year 1694." Meaning, the dick is back. He gets married, has some kids and when the wife starts to die he decides it's time to leave! Ring any bells? Dad is dying, time to be a sailor. Same deal. Asshole.
If all that isn't proof enough this guy was a total douche, he drowns a TON of kittens on HIS island, so many he lost count.
March 22, 2024
As a novel Robinson Crusoe is not the easiest to read, three hundred years separate us, their world and ours will never connect too much has passed for that, however we are the same species with faults and all human . The well known story shows survival is the ultimate prize for the vast majority of creatures called people of the Earth. A lone and lonely man shipwrecked by an intense storm in a hostile foreign environment, far away from his own land in fearful existence as any normal being would be, living from day to day escaping and hiding from cannibals.. A nearby island they come, feasting on captured rival tribes these natives of the Caribbean Sea of the late 1600's never could imagine what will occur in the future here while eating in their banquet and devouring the victims , the creamy-white sands don't stay that color . Today millions of tourists travel to the gorgeous beaches as the Sun's bright rays shine on these happy men and women from cold places seeking relaxation. On the other hand Mr. Crusoe complains of being soaked by the rains...Until Friday shows up his parrot with a limited vocabulary and spicy dialogue I'm sure, being a gentleman the narrator fails to bring to light and you can't consider his other pets the cats , dogs and especially the numerous goats they communicate very little except for dinner (let me be very clear on this they eat, not Mr. Robinson...mostly). Some of the best action scenes are not on the isle but off the island either a long distant from shore or the Atlantic, Arabs of North Africa kidnap the sailor making him a slave but ships sink, pirates are greedy, and while digging for useful items on his beach still the tide flows in, hanging to a piece of wood which was once a ship, yet finding rum has its compensations ...this because our friend ignored his father's warning, leaves anyway the comfortable home at 18 for adventure and suffers for his mistakes...The battle with hungry wolves in the mountains of northern Spain is the best... the frozen ground saturated with blood and angry desperate beasts kill or die their only option. Dislike or enjoy ...a book which changed literature and for the second time shadows of the Earth arose and I touched.
December 6, 2020
Around the year 1704, Alexander Selkirk, a 28 years old Scottish privateer was marooned, at his request, on a desert island off the coast of Chile. He managed to survive there for about five years until he was rescued and brought back to England. The young man died a few years later on a voyage to Africa, but his story as a castaway became a legend. At the time of Selkirk鈥檚 death, Daniel Defoe, an English businessman and journalist, had just published a book inspired by his adventure, taking some liberties, particularly with the setting and timing: Robinson鈥檚 ship runs aground off the coasts of Brazil, and he survives there for some thirty years, no less!
Supposedly, Robinson Crusoe is one of the first modern novels written in English. To be sure, this book soon became a significant landmark in English literature, translated into almost as many languages as the Harry Potter series. It鈥檚 also considered a classic adventure tale for young readers; a claim that isn鈥檛 completely clear to me, given the archaisms and relative difficulty of the text itself.
The story is told in the form of a journal, but with considerable after-the-fact knowledge of the events and with many tangents along the way. The first few (the Salee pirates) and last few chapters (the crossing of the Pyrenees) are a bit off-topic. I was especially struck by the sheer amount of religious considerations, to the point that this book most strongly reminded me of Saint Augustine鈥檚 : in Robinson, as in Augustine鈥檚 book, a mature gentleman recalls his youthful mistakes and, as a new prodigal son, expresses his gratitude toward God for eventually redeeming him.
In the meantime, of course, we are instructed in all the uneventful particulars of the protagonist鈥檚 existence on the island: how he managed to build himself a shelter, how he learned to grow crop and make his bread, how he used his gun for hunting and later implemented livestock farming around his 鈥渃astle鈥濃€� In short, how, through intelligence and industry, 18th-century Europeans could truly become 鈥�comme ma卯tres et possesseurs de la nature.鈥� (Descartes, ). When Robinson finally meets Friday, the noble savage, he also realises that, although casual cannibals are an abomination before the Lord, a man in the state of nature is genuinely good and has an innate intuition of Christian theology. In that sense, Defoe鈥檚 book is a harbinger of 18th and 19th-century Western imperialism, and truly epitomises the optimistic views of the Enlightenment.
Edit: In hindsight, there are three particularly memorable moments in Robinson鈥檚 adventure that come back to mind and are, each time, a bewildering epiphany to the protagonist and the reader: the discovery of the corn sprouts rescued from the shipwreck, which will allow the hero to survive; the finding of the first human footprint on the sand, after many years of solitude; the sickening revelation of the mass grave, just after the landing of the cannibals, which leads to the adventurous epilogue of the novel.
If Robinson is at the same time a new Adam, a new Ulysses, a new Sindbad or even a modern Prospero, it is practically impossible to make a list of all the later works that were directly or indirectly influenced by Dafoe鈥檚 novel: Jonathan Swift's , Edgar Poe's , Herman Melville's , L. Frank Baum's , Robert Stevenson鈥檚 , Jules Verne鈥檚 , H. G. Wells鈥� , Michel Tournier's , J. M. G. Le Cl茅zio鈥檚 , Jon Krakauer's , Cormac McCarthy's , Andy Weir's , RKO鈥檚 King Kong, Tom Hanks鈥� Cast Away, J. J. Abrams鈥� Lost, just to name a few. Indeed, Robinson, on his own, has been fruitful and has multiplied!
Supposedly, Robinson Crusoe is one of the first modern novels written in English. To be sure, this book soon became a significant landmark in English literature, translated into almost as many languages as the Harry Potter series. It鈥檚 also considered a classic adventure tale for young readers; a claim that isn鈥檛 completely clear to me, given the archaisms and relative difficulty of the text itself.
The story is told in the form of a journal, but with considerable after-the-fact knowledge of the events and with many tangents along the way. The first few (the Salee pirates) and last few chapters (the crossing of the Pyrenees) are a bit off-topic. I was especially struck by the sheer amount of religious considerations, to the point that this book most strongly reminded me of Saint Augustine鈥檚 : in Robinson, as in Augustine鈥檚 book, a mature gentleman recalls his youthful mistakes and, as a new prodigal son, expresses his gratitude toward God for eventually redeeming him.
In the meantime, of course, we are instructed in all the uneventful particulars of the protagonist鈥檚 existence on the island: how he managed to build himself a shelter, how he learned to grow crop and make his bread, how he used his gun for hunting and later implemented livestock farming around his 鈥渃astle鈥濃€� In short, how, through intelligence and industry, 18th-century Europeans could truly become 鈥�comme ma卯tres et possesseurs de la nature.鈥� (Descartes, ). When Robinson finally meets Friday, the noble savage, he also realises that, although casual cannibals are an abomination before the Lord, a man in the state of nature is genuinely good and has an innate intuition of Christian theology. In that sense, Defoe鈥檚 book is a harbinger of 18th and 19th-century Western imperialism, and truly epitomises the optimistic views of the Enlightenment.
Edit: In hindsight, there are three particularly memorable moments in Robinson鈥檚 adventure that come back to mind and are, each time, a bewildering epiphany to the protagonist and the reader: the discovery of the corn sprouts rescued from the shipwreck, which will allow the hero to survive; the finding of the first human footprint on the sand, after many years of solitude; the sickening revelation of the mass grave, just after the landing of the cannibals, which leads to the adventurous epilogue of the novel.
If Robinson is at the same time a new Adam, a new Ulysses, a new Sindbad or even a modern Prospero, it is practically impossible to make a list of all the later works that were directly or indirectly influenced by Dafoe鈥檚 novel: Jonathan Swift's , Edgar Poe's , Herman Melville's , L. Frank Baum's , Robert Stevenson鈥檚 , Jules Verne鈥檚 , H. G. Wells鈥� , Michel Tournier's , J. M. G. Le Cl茅zio鈥檚 , Jon Krakauer's , Cormac McCarthy's , Andy Weir's , RKO鈥檚 King Kong, Tom Hanks鈥� Cast Away, J. J. Abrams鈥� Lost, just to name a few. Indeed, Robinson, on his own, has been fruitful and has multiplied!
August 9, 2017
Robinson Crusoe was the first book I had read by myself 鈥� I was absolutely entranced, I had no smallest idea that books could be so hypnotizing. Strange may it seem but most of all I enjoyed reading the lists of the items Robinson was salvaging from the wrecked ship.
鈥淢y next care was for some ammunition and arms. There were two very good fowling-pieces in the great cabin, and two pistols. These I secured first, with some powder-horns and a small bag of shot, and two old rusty swords. I knew there were three barrels of powder in the ship, but knew not where our gunner had stowed them; but with much search I found them, two of them dry and good, the third had taken water. Those two I got to my raft with the arms.鈥�
I dreamt to be shipwrecked and to have all that stuff for myself and to live on some desert tropical isle where there鈥檚 no winter and coconuts just lie underfoot. And I followed Robinson step by step participating in all his adventures and misadventures.
But somehow after Robinson Crusoe had found his man Friday the charms started dissipating鈥� His solitude and lonely existence in the wilderness were much more enchanting.
Robinson Crusoe is a book one should read in one鈥檚 childhood otherwise the greater part of its romantic charms would be lost. And although I was literally stunned by this novel I never had a desire to reread it.
Robinson Crusoe is a timeless memorial to the human willpower and invincible will to live.
鈥淢y next care was for some ammunition and arms. There were two very good fowling-pieces in the great cabin, and two pistols. These I secured first, with some powder-horns and a small bag of shot, and two old rusty swords. I knew there were three barrels of powder in the ship, but knew not where our gunner had stowed them; but with much search I found them, two of them dry and good, the third had taken water. Those two I got to my raft with the arms.鈥�
I dreamt to be shipwrecked and to have all that stuff for myself and to live on some desert tropical isle where there鈥檚 no winter and coconuts just lie underfoot. And I followed Robinson step by step participating in all his adventures and misadventures.
But somehow after Robinson Crusoe had found his man Friday the charms started dissipating鈥� His solitude and lonely existence in the wilderness were much more enchanting.
Robinson Crusoe is a book one should read in one鈥檚 childhood otherwise the greater part of its romantic charms would be lost. And although I was literally stunned by this novel I never had a desire to reread it.
Robinson Crusoe is a timeless memorial to the human willpower and invincible will to live.
April 17, 2019
"El mundo se me aparec铆a como algo remoto, que en nada me concern铆a y del que nada deb铆a esperar o desear. En una palabra, me hallaba del todo aislado鈥� me habitu茅 a considerarlo en la forma en que acaso lo hacemos cuando ya no estamos en 茅l鈥� y bien pod铆a decir como el patriarca Abraham al hombre rico: 鈥淓ntre t煤 y yo hay un abismo."
Si hay algo que tengo que reconocerle a 鈥淩obinson Crusoe鈥� es que seg煤n mi opini贸n dista mucho de considerarse como un libro de literatura juvenil, m谩s all谩 de las constantes aventuras a las que es sometido el personaje principal. No es 鈥淟a Isla del Tesoro鈥� ni 鈥淟as aventuras de Huckleberry Finn鈥� "Los viajes de Gulliver" o cualquiera de las pintorescas novelas de Julio Verne. Daniel Defoe le imprimi贸 otra din谩mica al relato, le rode贸 de circunstancias que llevan a Crusoe a ciertos extremos que ponen en juego su nivel de cordura, cuando reci茅n naufraga en esa isla desierta. Hizo de este personaje un hombre que se sobrepone a todo, gracias a su temple, su personalidad y destrezas y que no cejar谩 hasta volver a Inglaterra.
Es importante remarcar las coincidencias entre Defoe y Crusoe. Ambos son h谩biles comerciantes. En el caso de Defoe con vino y tabaco y en el de Crusoe con sus plantaciones en el Brasil y en ambos casos tambi茅n, el tema de la trata de esclavos. Cabe recordar que en pleno siglo XVII era una actividad perfectamente normal; de hecho Crusoe naufraga en un barco que realizaba este tipo de tareas.
El caso de Robinson Crusoe ha sido analizado profundamente por los especialistas en lo psicol贸gico, dado que lo que narra Defoe a partir de su estad铆a en la isla est谩 relacionado a la soledad y la alienaci贸n del ser humano. Algunas frases son realmente profundas y nos hacen reflexionar a partir del punto de pensar en c贸mo reaccionar铆amos nosotros mismos en una situaci贸n similar a la del c茅lebre n谩ufrago.
Cuando Defoe vislumbra que un nav铆o ha encallado cerca de su isla pero todos perecen hace sentir su clamor: "Tal era mi ferviente deseo de que tan solo un hombre se hubiese salvado: 隆Oh, si tan solo uno se hubiese salvado! Repet铆a una y mil veces: 隆Oh, si tan solo uno se hubiese salvado!, pero sigue adelante con su solitaria vida. S贸lo le queda confiar en Dios, de quien no reh煤ye ni reniega nunca" y de su Biblia, tal vez, un libro (y no cualquier libro) que Defoe inteligentemente le deja a su personaje para asirse a 茅l como tabla de salvaci贸n.
Sus ruegos son escuchados y cuando desembarcan can铆bales en la isla trayendo prisioneros, logra rescatar a un negro, a quien bautiza Viernes y que ser谩 su fiel compa帽ero. Una recompensa de Dios luego de veintitantos a帽os de soledad absoluta. Y Viernes no lo defraudar谩.
Un querido amigo m铆o que es escritor siempre me comenta que la gran mayor铆a de los personajes m谩s importantes necesitan indefectiblemente (por m谩s solos que se encuentren) un compa帽ero a su lado. En esta famosa lista de compa帽eros nombro algunos como Sancho Panza en "Don Quijote" (para m铆, el compa帽ero ideal), o el Doctor John H. Watson en las novelas de Sherlock Holmes, Queequeg en "Moby Dick", Mephist贸feles en "Fausto", Virgilio en "La Divina Comedia", Stephen D茅dalus en "Ulises" y muchos m谩s.
Claro, que en el caso de Robinson Crusoe, este debe esperar veinticuatro a帽os hasta la aparici贸n del fiel Viernes. 隆Estamos hablando de un cuarto de vida! 驴Qu茅 ser humano puede mantener coherente su mente y esp铆ritu con una estad铆a de soledad tan abrumadora y absoluta? Pues Robinson Crusoe, quien luego de entender su situaci贸n, con el correr de los a帽os aprender谩 en forma autodid谩ctica a sembrar y cosechar, ser carpintero, construir un dos refugios a los que denomina "mi castillo", hacer sus propias prendas, criar cabras, orde帽arlas, hacer pan, pasas de uvas, camastros y rudimentarios muebles. En fin, tiene toda una vida por delante mientras nadie venga a rescatarlo, con lo cual potencia el desarrollo de tantas habilidades.
Los bi贸grafos de Defoe dicen que el escritor se inspir贸 en el caso del naufrago Alexander Selkirk, un bucanero que despu茅s de pelarse con su capit谩n, pide que lo dejen en una isla a 560 kil贸metros de Chile y donde permanece s贸lo por cuatro a帽os.
Pero Robinson Crusoe deja su isla luego de permanecer m谩s de veintiocho a帽os, ya entrado en a帽os, curtido y a煤n m谩s experimentado ante la vida, una vida a la que no le reprocha nada sino que utiliza como parte del aprendizaje que foguear谩 su personalidad 煤nica.
Vendr铆an despu茅s otros famosos n谩ufragos de la literatura como Arthur Gordon Pym de Edgar Allan Poe, el caso ver铆dico de Alejandro Velazco, quien fuera llevado a la literatura por Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez en "Relato de un n谩ufrago" e incluso una deliciosa novela llamada "El caballero que cay贸 al mar", de H.C. Lewis, el respetable gentleman Henry Person Standish, quien se cae accidentalmente del Arabella y que este desconocido autor retrata notablemente a partir de su ca铆da al mar. Pero Robinson Crusoe es el primero y el m谩s famoso.
Tal vez, esta frase que aparece en la contratapa de la edici贸n de Penguin Cl谩sicos que le铆 y que afortunadamente est谩 traducida por el genial Julio Cort谩zar define perfectamente a esta genial novela: "La verdadera grandeza de una vida consiste en llegar a ser due帽o de uno mismo."
Desde su isla desierta, Robinson Crusoe nos da una lecci贸n de vida.
Si hay algo que tengo que reconocerle a 鈥淩obinson Crusoe鈥� es que seg煤n mi opini贸n dista mucho de considerarse como un libro de literatura juvenil, m谩s all谩 de las constantes aventuras a las que es sometido el personaje principal. No es 鈥淟a Isla del Tesoro鈥� ni 鈥淟as aventuras de Huckleberry Finn鈥� "Los viajes de Gulliver" o cualquiera de las pintorescas novelas de Julio Verne. Daniel Defoe le imprimi贸 otra din谩mica al relato, le rode贸 de circunstancias que llevan a Crusoe a ciertos extremos que ponen en juego su nivel de cordura, cuando reci茅n naufraga en esa isla desierta. Hizo de este personaje un hombre que se sobrepone a todo, gracias a su temple, su personalidad y destrezas y que no cejar谩 hasta volver a Inglaterra.
Es importante remarcar las coincidencias entre Defoe y Crusoe. Ambos son h谩biles comerciantes. En el caso de Defoe con vino y tabaco y en el de Crusoe con sus plantaciones en el Brasil y en ambos casos tambi茅n, el tema de la trata de esclavos. Cabe recordar que en pleno siglo XVII era una actividad perfectamente normal; de hecho Crusoe naufraga en un barco que realizaba este tipo de tareas.
El caso de Robinson Crusoe ha sido analizado profundamente por los especialistas en lo psicol贸gico, dado que lo que narra Defoe a partir de su estad铆a en la isla est谩 relacionado a la soledad y la alienaci贸n del ser humano. Algunas frases son realmente profundas y nos hacen reflexionar a partir del punto de pensar en c贸mo reaccionar铆amos nosotros mismos en una situaci贸n similar a la del c茅lebre n谩ufrago.
Cuando Defoe vislumbra que un nav铆o ha encallado cerca de su isla pero todos perecen hace sentir su clamor: "Tal era mi ferviente deseo de que tan solo un hombre se hubiese salvado: 隆Oh, si tan solo uno se hubiese salvado! Repet铆a una y mil veces: 隆Oh, si tan solo uno se hubiese salvado!, pero sigue adelante con su solitaria vida. S贸lo le queda confiar en Dios, de quien no reh煤ye ni reniega nunca" y de su Biblia, tal vez, un libro (y no cualquier libro) que Defoe inteligentemente le deja a su personaje para asirse a 茅l como tabla de salvaci贸n.
Sus ruegos son escuchados y cuando desembarcan can铆bales en la isla trayendo prisioneros, logra rescatar a un negro, a quien bautiza Viernes y que ser谩 su fiel compa帽ero. Una recompensa de Dios luego de veintitantos a帽os de soledad absoluta. Y Viernes no lo defraudar谩.
Un querido amigo m铆o que es escritor siempre me comenta que la gran mayor铆a de los personajes m谩s importantes necesitan indefectiblemente (por m谩s solos que se encuentren) un compa帽ero a su lado. En esta famosa lista de compa帽eros nombro algunos como Sancho Panza en "Don Quijote" (para m铆, el compa帽ero ideal), o el Doctor John H. Watson en las novelas de Sherlock Holmes, Queequeg en "Moby Dick", Mephist贸feles en "Fausto", Virgilio en "La Divina Comedia", Stephen D茅dalus en "Ulises" y muchos m谩s.
Claro, que en el caso de Robinson Crusoe, este debe esperar veinticuatro a帽os hasta la aparici贸n del fiel Viernes. 隆Estamos hablando de un cuarto de vida! 驴Qu茅 ser humano puede mantener coherente su mente y esp铆ritu con una estad铆a de soledad tan abrumadora y absoluta? Pues Robinson Crusoe, quien luego de entender su situaci贸n, con el correr de los a帽os aprender谩 en forma autodid谩ctica a sembrar y cosechar, ser carpintero, construir un dos refugios a los que denomina "mi castillo", hacer sus propias prendas, criar cabras, orde帽arlas, hacer pan, pasas de uvas, camastros y rudimentarios muebles. En fin, tiene toda una vida por delante mientras nadie venga a rescatarlo, con lo cual potencia el desarrollo de tantas habilidades.
Los bi贸grafos de Defoe dicen que el escritor se inspir贸 en el caso del naufrago Alexander Selkirk, un bucanero que despu茅s de pelarse con su capit谩n, pide que lo dejen en una isla a 560 kil贸metros de Chile y donde permanece s贸lo por cuatro a帽os.
Pero Robinson Crusoe deja su isla luego de permanecer m谩s de veintiocho a帽os, ya entrado en a帽os, curtido y a煤n m谩s experimentado ante la vida, una vida a la que no le reprocha nada sino que utiliza como parte del aprendizaje que foguear谩 su personalidad 煤nica.
Vendr铆an despu茅s otros famosos n谩ufragos de la literatura como Arthur Gordon Pym de Edgar Allan Poe, el caso ver铆dico de Alejandro Velazco, quien fuera llevado a la literatura por Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez en "Relato de un n谩ufrago" e incluso una deliciosa novela llamada "El caballero que cay贸 al mar", de H.C. Lewis, el respetable gentleman Henry Person Standish, quien se cae accidentalmente del Arabella y que este desconocido autor retrata notablemente a partir de su ca铆da al mar. Pero Robinson Crusoe es el primero y el m谩s famoso.
Tal vez, esta frase que aparece en la contratapa de la edici贸n de Penguin Cl谩sicos que le铆 y que afortunadamente est谩 traducida por el genial Julio Cort谩zar define perfectamente a esta genial novela: "La verdadera grandeza de una vida consiste en llegar a ser due帽o de uno mismo."
Desde su isla desierta, Robinson Crusoe nos da una lecci贸n de vida.
December 29, 2008
Hoo-boy!
I'm surprised and amazed and dismayed by the ex post facto muy-contempo correct-nosity readings below...shouldn't be, I guess, but am.
Gee whillikers, kids, uhm, here's one of the great social and, perhaps even more, spiritual documents of Western Civ, and it's a ripping read that declared ongoing archetypes, and it's getting dissed for...for being a bit blind to its own time. Which of us won't end up wishing for at least that when our tombstone gets knocked over?
'sides which, how many first novelists can say they wrote the actual first novel? Hmmm?
I'm surprised and amazed and dismayed by the ex post facto muy-contempo correct-nosity readings below...shouldn't be, I guess, but am.
Gee whillikers, kids, uhm, here's one of the great social and, perhaps even more, spiritual documents of Western Civ, and it's a ripping read that declared ongoing archetypes, and it's getting dissed for...for being a bit blind to its own time. Which of us won't end up wishing for at least that when our tombstone gets knocked over?
'sides which, how many first novelists can say they wrote the actual first novel? Hmmm?
September 1, 2013
Alright, well I am going to respond to those who think that the only way you could not enjoy this book is if you are looking back from a privileged 21st century point of view and judging the actions of our less socially conscious ancestors.
I read this book as a part of my 18th century literature class, so I have been reading a lot of novels written around the same time and with a number of the same themes. I have been able to enjoy many of them despite some uncomfortable and shocking moments of racism and superior Christian colonialist sentiment, though the religious rhetoric in Robinson Crusoe was admittedly far beyond that of any of the other books I've read in this course and very difficult to swallow as a result.
The reason I did not enjoy Robinson Crusoe is that nothing in this novel made me care for or invest in any element of it. The main character is psychologically flat and completely lacking in complexity, seeming to suffer absolutely no ill effects from being completely alone for 25 years or so. The drama is contrived and not suspenseful. As I don't really care for the main character, I don't really care if he were to be eaten by pagan cannibals. The over detail, while perhaps a comment on the plodding, relentlessly boring life of an isolated islander, could be eliminated entirely. I do not need to know how much bread someone ate on a particular day or how to make clay pots. The plot left absolute GAPING holes in it's wake, which I do realize is a symptom of lack of editing and the cost of paper at the time, but it still made it difficult to enjoy parts of the novel.
Those are some of the reasons that I personally did not enjoy this novel. I do not disagree with it's status as a classic because it was an important novel in it's time and obviously provides an excellent commentary on British attitudes of the 18th century. I simply did not enjoy it, but that does not diminish it's importance. I think that to accuse people of not enjoying the novel because of a lack of understanding of the time in which this was written is an oversimplification and I will remind you that many people writing these reviews, such as myself, enjoy other novels written in the same period despite their cringeworthy racist or zealous moments.
I read this book as a part of my 18th century literature class, so I have been reading a lot of novels written around the same time and with a number of the same themes. I have been able to enjoy many of them despite some uncomfortable and shocking moments of racism and superior Christian colonialist sentiment, though the religious rhetoric in Robinson Crusoe was admittedly far beyond that of any of the other books I've read in this course and very difficult to swallow as a result.
The reason I did not enjoy Robinson Crusoe is that nothing in this novel made me care for or invest in any element of it. The main character is psychologically flat and completely lacking in complexity, seeming to suffer absolutely no ill effects from being completely alone for 25 years or so. The drama is contrived and not suspenseful. As I don't really care for the main character, I don't really care if he were to be eaten by pagan cannibals. The over detail, while perhaps a comment on the plodding, relentlessly boring life of an isolated islander, could be eliminated entirely. I do not need to know how much bread someone ate on a particular day or how to make clay pots. The plot left absolute GAPING holes in it's wake, which I do realize is a symptom of lack of editing and the cost of paper at the time, but it still made it difficult to enjoy parts of the novel.
Those are some of the reasons that I personally did not enjoy this novel. I do not disagree with it's status as a classic because it was an important novel in it's time and obviously provides an excellent commentary on British attitudes of the 18th century. I simply did not enjoy it, but that does not diminish it's importance. I think that to accuse people of not enjoying the novel because of a lack of understanding of the time in which this was written is an oversimplification and I will remind you that many people writing these reviews, such as myself, enjoy other novels written in the same period despite their cringeworthy racist or zealous moments.
March 7, 2017
It is hard to estimate the literary (and cultural) impact of Robinson Crusoe.
First published in 1719, this is certainly the benchmark upon which most all castaway stories have been judged since. Though I had to consider that Shakespeare鈥檚 was published in 1610. No magicians or witches here, and no Calaban lurking in the shadows, this is all about everyman Robin taking care of business on an island that may have been present day Tobago.
Having never read the novel before, I still felt like I knew the story, simply because of all the references to it that exist in various media. What is not generally known is the quality and style of writing and the very illuminating before and after chapters, particularly his dangerous travails in seventeenth century France, that had more than its share of wild trails and snarling beasts.
This is also an introspective work, with a loner of more than twenty years having plenty of time on his hands to consider social, economic, political, philosophical and theological mysteries.
A book everyone should read.
First published in 1719, this is certainly the benchmark upon which most all castaway stories have been judged since. Though I had to consider that Shakespeare鈥檚 was published in 1610. No magicians or witches here, and no Calaban lurking in the shadows, this is all about everyman Robin taking care of business on an island that may have been present day Tobago.
Having never read the novel before, I still felt like I knew the story, simply because of all the references to it that exist in various media. What is not generally known is the quality and style of writing and the very illuminating before and after chapters, particularly his dangerous travails in seventeenth century France, that had more than its share of wild trails and snarling beasts.
This is also an introspective work, with a loner of more than twenty years having plenty of time on his hands to consider social, economic, political, philosophical and theological mysteries.
A book everyone should read.
July 15, 2017
Many consider this the first English novel. It was published in 1719, and the setting was around 1650. But the amazing thing about this novel is that it's timeless. Being stranded on a deserted island would be much the same today as it was 350 years ago. It's a great tale though, one I grew up with, along with and . The 18th century writing style is a negative for most kids today I would think.
March 8, 2018
I'm so happy this nightmare is over! I only trudged through to the end because it's a classic.
Look at me, yes me, I'm Robinson Crusoe and I'm stuck here on this Island and I'm going to tell you all about it, down to the minutest detail... oh and I'm going to do this more than once and... if that's not good enough, I'm going to tell you how I found Providence - that's right - because there is a reason I survived the sunk ship, so I'm going to thank Providence over and over and over and, just when you thought I was humble enough, I'm going to show you how human I am and how things go wrong when I forget to thank Providence, so I'll do it all over again and again and again. Since I'm on this Island all by myself for 200 pages long, you'll have to put up with every wisp of internal monolog too, that's right. And I'm going to be scared and worried until I figure out each obstacle - even though you'll hope for tension and excitement about the state of my imagined dangers, there's really nothing to worry about. I'm a genius, yes, because even though I was stuck here at a young age all by myself, and even though I hardly knew a thing about the world beforehand, I'm going to figure out farming, goat herding, carpentry, sewing, weaponry, tool making, boat building and so many other skills, and I'm going to be an expert in each one of them. Ok ok, you've put up with all of this right? Now I'm going to reward you with a bit of action here and there for the last 100 pages, but mind you, I'm never in real danger and I'll always be the victor and supreme ruler of my Island, AND I'll thank Providence after each victory. Basically, I'm blessed and everyone I'm in touch with will have good fortune and will give me in return nothing but good fortune, no one will ever cheat me, lie to me, betray me, hurt me or do any evil unto me. There you are, everything works out, smooth sailing all the way, the end.
Look at me, yes me, I'm Robinson Crusoe and I'm stuck here on this Island and I'm going to tell you all about it, down to the minutest detail... oh and I'm going to do this more than once and... if that's not good enough, I'm going to tell you how I found Providence - that's right - because there is a reason I survived the sunk ship, so I'm going to thank Providence over and over and over and, just when you thought I was humble enough, I'm going to show you how human I am and how things go wrong when I forget to thank Providence, so I'll do it all over again and again and again. Since I'm on this Island all by myself for 200 pages long, you'll have to put up with every wisp of internal monolog too, that's right. And I'm going to be scared and worried until I figure out each obstacle - even though you'll hope for tension and excitement about the state of my imagined dangers, there's really nothing to worry about. I'm a genius, yes, because even though I was stuck here at a young age all by myself, and even though I hardly knew a thing about the world beforehand, I'm going to figure out farming, goat herding, carpentry, sewing, weaponry, tool making, boat building and so many other skills, and I'm going to be an expert in each one of them. Ok ok, you've put up with all of this right? Now I'm going to reward you with a bit of action here and there for the last 100 pages, but mind you, I'm never in real danger and I'll always be the victor and supreme ruler of my Island, AND I'll thank Providence after each victory. Basically, I'm blessed and everyone I'm in touch with will have good fortune and will give me in return nothing but good fortune, no one will ever cheat me, lie to me, betray me, hurt me or do any evil unto me. There you are, everything works out, smooth sailing all the way, the end.
March 19, 2018
2 1/2 stars. There are two main ways I could view - firstly, as a reader who reads for enjoyment and entertainment, and secondly, as someone offering a more critical analysis of historical attitudes. To be honest, though, the book doesn't fare too well under either microscope.
As a novel for enjoyment, it's about the titular character being shipwrecked on an island many believe to be based on Tobago, near Trinidad. There's a whole lot of survival skills going on (but a modern reader will likely have read more compelling accounts of survival) and Crusoe finds himself facing native cannibals and captives. The style is distant and emotionless, only marginally more readable than Swift's , but that is largely due to the more simplistic narrative.
The parts where Crusoe turns to his knowledge of European agriculture to survive are particularly tedious for any reader not interested in production theory, trade and economics.
Looking at this book through the eyes of history, it's something of an advocate for colonialism and European superiority. Crusoe arrives on this island and quickly attempts to adjust it to his own expectations of civilization, even to the point of wanting the prisoners as slaves. It should also be pointed out that Crusoe is shipwrecked during a voyage to acquire African slaves. He survives by using his European knowledge, adapting very little, killing off natives, and embracing Christianity.
Crusoe is the intelligent European and the natives, including his one friend - Friday, are savages. He becomes a "king" figure of this "colony" and the conclusion appears to be that he brings civilization to these backward peoples. Perhaps interesting as a view of European mentality in the 18th century, but frankly quite nauseating to sit through today.
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As a novel for enjoyment, it's about the titular character being shipwrecked on an island many believe to be based on Tobago, near Trinidad. There's a whole lot of survival skills going on (but a modern reader will likely have read more compelling accounts of survival) and Crusoe finds himself facing native cannibals and captives. The style is distant and emotionless, only marginally more readable than Swift's , but that is largely due to the more simplistic narrative.
The parts where Crusoe turns to his knowledge of European agriculture to survive are particularly tedious for any reader not interested in production theory, trade and economics.
Looking at this book through the eyes of history, it's something of an advocate for colonialism and European superiority. Crusoe arrives on this island and quickly attempts to adjust it to his own expectations of civilization, even to the point of wanting the prisoners as slaves. It should also be pointed out that Crusoe is shipwrecked during a voyage to acquire African slaves. He survives by using his European knowledge, adapting very little, killing off natives, and embracing Christianity.
Crusoe is the intelligent European and the natives, including his one friend - Friday, are savages. He becomes a "king" figure of this "colony" and the conclusion appears to be that he brings civilization to these backward peoples. Perhaps interesting as a view of European mentality in the 18th century, but frankly quite nauseating to sit through today.
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February 23, 2024
Why I chose to listen to this audiobook:
1. I read an abridged version as a kid many years ago. I wanted to refresh my memory, this time with an unabridged audio version;
2. I wanted to compare it to (SFR), which I read a year ago;
3. it's available as a free loan through Hoopla; and,
4. February 2024 is my "Classics" Month.
Praises:
1. unlike SFR, Robinson Crusoe's time alone on a deserted island was much more believable! Although Crusoe managed to salvage some items from the shipwreck and found some food sources on the island, I appreciated that for over two decades, he struggled without various essential tools, and those that he managed to construct didn't always perform perfectly. Trial and error were also constant as he tried to create palatable food stuffs. He would frequently admit that his creations were ugly, inedible, etc.;
2. Crusoe also had difficulty surviving the elements, especially during natural disasters such as earthquakes. He was also afflicted by serious injuries and severe illnesses;
3. I liked his acceptance of his fate which eventually brought a sense of peace to his well-being; and,
4. narrator Gordon Griffin made this an easy listen!
Niggles:
1. Crusoe seems to forget his ruminations about the evils of colonialism as soon as someone of color comes on the island. I really wish that author had Crusoe treat "his man, Friday" like a companionable human being, rather than a servant/slave. Too bad Defoe didn't think to have Crusoe learn from "Friday" the ways of this unfamiliar territory, his culture, or even to ask the man what his true name was!
2. how Crusoe killed some animals was cringeworthy; and,
3. I also wish Defoe ended the story with Crusoe's eventual rescue. The extra chapters were unnecessary, bordering on boring and even highly exaggerated.
Overall Thoughts:
Published in 1719, Defoe wrote this book during the height of exploration and the Atlantic slave trade, so although at times, against my 21st-century sensibilities, one must remember that this story is historically accurate and reflects the times.
Although I found it to be more realistic than SFR (which was published about a hundred years later), I was more entertained by the portions of the story when Crusoe is alone on the island - his character really becomes unlikable once he began meeting other people. Also, for interest's sake, I would have preferred reading an abridged version.
1. I read an abridged version as a kid many years ago. I wanted to refresh my memory, this time with an unabridged audio version;
2. I wanted to compare it to (SFR), which I read a year ago;
3. it's available as a free loan through Hoopla; and,
4. February 2024 is my "Classics" Month.
Praises:
1. unlike SFR, Robinson Crusoe's time alone on a deserted island was much more believable! Although Crusoe managed to salvage some items from the shipwreck and found some food sources on the island, I appreciated that for over two decades, he struggled without various essential tools, and those that he managed to construct didn't always perform perfectly. Trial and error were also constant as he tried to create palatable food stuffs. He would frequently admit that his creations were ugly, inedible, etc.;
2. Crusoe also had difficulty surviving the elements, especially during natural disasters such as earthquakes. He was also afflicted by serious injuries and severe illnesses;
3. I liked his acceptance of his fate which eventually brought a sense of peace to his well-being; and,
4. narrator Gordon Griffin made this an easy listen!
Niggles:
1. Crusoe seems to forget his ruminations about the evils of colonialism as soon as someone of color comes on the island. I really wish that author had Crusoe treat "his man, Friday" like a companionable human being, rather than a servant/slave. Too bad Defoe didn't think to have Crusoe learn from "Friday" the ways of this unfamiliar territory, his culture, or even to ask the man what his true name was!
2. how Crusoe killed some animals was cringeworthy; and,
3. I also wish Defoe ended the story with Crusoe's eventual rescue. The extra chapters were unnecessary, bordering on boring and even highly exaggerated.
Overall Thoughts:
Published in 1719, Defoe wrote this book during the height of exploration and the Atlantic slave trade, so although at times, against my 21st-century sensibilities, one must remember that this story is historically accurate and reflects the times.
Although I found it to be more realistic than SFR (which was published about a hundred years later), I was more entertained by the portions of the story when Crusoe is alone on the island - his character really becomes unlikable once he began meeting other people. Also, for interest's sake, I would have preferred reading an abridged version.
March 8, 2022
Those people cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them because they see and covet what He has not given them. All of our discontents for what we want appear to me to spring from want of thankfulness for what we have.Robinson Crusoe is, of course, a classic novel written 300 years ago. It is surprisingly inventive, with such detail about trying to survive after being shipwrecked on a deserted island that one would expect the author had survived such a situation. And it may be the first book ever to end by teasing a sequel (which he apparently did write later).
Alas, large parts of Robinson Crusoe just don鈥檛 hold up today. At least half the book is an overly detailed account of scavenging, farming, building things, and random encounters with animals. The action picks up when the character Friday comes onto the scene鈥攖wo-thirds of the way through the story鈥攂ut so does the casual racism. It鈥檚 the ending, though, that is the biggest disappointment. 28 years stranded on the island, and when Robinson Crusoe finally gets back to England, it鈥檚 all minutiae about his land holdings and money and amazingly鈥攊nconceivably鈥攁 return trip to the island. There are no reunions or reconciliations, no passages reflecting on his experience, no emotion to any of it. It might have worked as storytelling 300 years ago, but Robinson Crusoe lacks what the modern reader wants and expects.
September 15, 2024
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I鈥檓 not lying when I say this might possibly be the most boring book I have ever read. There鈥檚 a reason it took me a whole month to get through: I genuinely could not get myself to ever pick it up, because I dreaded it so much. I truly felt like I was reading the same thing over and over again; it was that uneventful and repetitive.
This was genuinely nothing but a diary of a lonely, unlikable man sitting on an island where he talks in excruciating detail about the home he builds there, the seeds he has planted, the baskets he weaves, the animals he kills and tames, etc. Actually, I should correct myself: The book didn鈥檛 even really feel like a diary, but more like an administrative log where he kept precise count of all of his provisions and harvests.
It鈥檚 not an exaggeration to say this man aimlessly walks on an island for almost thirty whole years and does nothing but exist. The only thing he ever thinks about is survival and God, which were both handled in the most repetitive and uninteresting ways possible. Literally nothing happens until the last 100 pages and even then I still couldn鈥檛 care any less.
All in all, I hated this book. I genuinely did. It was impossibly boring and therefore beyond frustrating.
I鈥檓 not lying when I say this might possibly be the most boring book I have ever read. There鈥檚 a reason it took me a whole month to get through: I genuinely could not get myself to ever pick it up, because I dreaded it so much. I truly felt like I was reading the same thing over and over again; it was that uneventful and repetitive.
This was genuinely nothing but a diary of a lonely, unlikable man sitting on an island where he talks in excruciating detail about the home he builds there, the seeds he has planted, the baskets he weaves, the animals he kills and tames, etc. Actually, I should correct myself: The book didn鈥檛 even really feel like a diary, but more like an administrative log where he kept precise count of all of his provisions and harvests.
It鈥檚 not an exaggeration to say this man aimlessly walks on an island for almost thirty whole years and does nothing but exist. The only thing he ever thinks about is survival and God, which were both handled in the most repetitive and uninteresting ways possible. Literally nothing happens until the last 100 pages and even then I still couldn鈥檛 care any less.
All in all, I hated this book. I genuinely did. It was impossibly boring and therefore beyond frustrating.
July 20, 2014
Now and then it's good to go back and read a book written three hundred years or so ago. The mind-shift necessary you need to make to enjoy the book keeps your brain limber, cleans the mental attic of the literary clutter that has accumulated- that a book needs to be fast-paced, that the dialogue needs to be witty and revealing, that long descriptions are boring. So you read a book that doesn't meet any of the standards someone has told you a good book should meet and you still enjoy it because somehow you allowed yourself to enter and accept the author's and the book's world. I say this because I think Robinson Crusoe is a book that doesn't quite transcend its time, like say Don Quixote, a book that is both of its time but also magically contemporary. Robinson Crusoe's world is the world of 18th century England, a world where a person's highest achievement is the use of reason to make life more comfortable. Crusoe's challenge is twofold. Externally, he needs to use his reason to survive. Internally, he must use his reason to conquer fear and despair. This account of Robinson Crusoe's internal journey was an unexpected pleasure. It is a journey that we can all identify with - the journey from anger at our hardship to resignation and acceptance to tranquillity and peace to end finally in gratitude for life itself, despite the hardship, which is as good a way as any to define joy. Crusoe is aided in this journey by the Bible he rescued and by prayer, but really the mental transformation is more the result of reason, of the ability of Crusoe to direct his thoughts, through constant practice, in one particular direction and away from another. Defoe's gods are, when all is said and done, reason and will. There were a lot of things about this book that I would "fix" if I were an editor and this came across my desk in 2014. I would throw in some kind of sexual desire or sexual fantasies of some kind of which there are unrealistically none in this book. I would have Defoe admire trees and plants and animals a little more for their beauty and less for their potential use as shelter or food. Of course Friday would be treated as an equal to Crusoe and not as a servant. But this book was written in 1719 and not 2014. It belongs there so when you read it let yourself go, surrender yourself to that time and those thoughts and enjoy and take simply what the book gives.
December 28, 2021
Best book I read in March 2021
鈥淣ac铆 en el a帽o de 1632 en la ciudad de York, en una buena familia aunque no originaria del pa铆s, pues mi padre era un extranjero de Bremen que se hab铆a instalado en Hull.鈥�
As铆 da inicio Robinson Crusoe y as铆 termino una de las mejores experiencias lectoras que he tenido en mucho tiempo.
Creo que todo el mundo conoce la historia de Robinson Crusoe, el n谩ufrago m谩s famoso de la literatura, haya o no haya le铆do la obra, y es que se me hace muy curioso que cuando sali贸 publicada por primera vez, en el a帽o de 1719, esta inclu铆a un subt铆tulo muy largo, casi como un p谩rrafo mediano, donde revelaba la trama, puntos claves de la historia y algunos momentos emotivos que suceden a lo largo de la misma.
Lo anterior me hace pensar que lo que importa en esta obra 鈥攗na obra maestra est谩 de m谩s a帽adir鈥� es el 鈥榗贸mo鈥� lo cuenta Daniel Defoe, antes del 鈥榪u茅鈥� es lo que cuenta. En otras palabras, la narrativa y el sinn煤mero de reflexiones y mon贸logos que uno se puede encontrar en este libro si bien no opaca a la trama, s铆 llega a sobresalir y a ser de los puntos fuertes de la misma; adem谩s, ha superado con creces las expectativas que en un principio me hab铆a planteado encontrar mientras la le铆a.
Esta novela lo tiene todo: un buen argumento, un buen estilo narrativo, unos personajes tan bien construidos y 煤nicos, en especial y claro est谩: Robinson Crusoe y Viernes, y un final redondo, que por cierto, a煤n no puedo superar. En resumen, una extraordinaria lectura.
P.S. Debo hacer una menci贸n honor铆fica a esta edici贸n que le铆 de la editorial Sexto Piso, ya que para mi sorpresa, contiene m谩s de 50 ilustraciones (no pens茅 que ser铆an tantas) ubicadas al final del libro, como si se tratara de un registro de viajes o exploraci贸n, adem谩s de una traducci贸n actualizada que considero est谩 bastante bien.
La recomiendo mucho por si se animan con ella.
鈥淣ac铆 en el a帽o de 1632 en la ciudad de York, en una buena familia aunque no originaria del pa铆s, pues mi padre era un extranjero de Bremen que se hab铆a instalado en Hull.鈥�
As铆 da inicio Robinson Crusoe y as铆 termino una de las mejores experiencias lectoras que he tenido en mucho tiempo.
Creo que todo el mundo conoce la historia de Robinson Crusoe, el n谩ufrago m谩s famoso de la literatura, haya o no haya le铆do la obra, y es que se me hace muy curioso que cuando sali贸 publicada por primera vez, en el a帽o de 1719, esta inclu铆a un subt铆tulo muy largo, casi como un p谩rrafo mediano, donde revelaba la trama, puntos claves de la historia y algunos momentos emotivos que suceden a lo largo de la misma.
Lo anterior me hace pensar que lo que importa en esta obra 鈥攗na obra maestra est谩 de m谩s a帽adir鈥� es el 鈥榗贸mo鈥� lo cuenta Daniel Defoe, antes del 鈥榪u茅鈥� es lo que cuenta. En otras palabras, la narrativa y el sinn煤mero de reflexiones y mon贸logos que uno se puede encontrar en este libro si bien no opaca a la trama, s铆 llega a sobresalir y a ser de los puntos fuertes de la misma; adem谩s, ha superado con creces las expectativas que en un principio me hab铆a planteado encontrar mientras la le铆a.
Esta novela lo tiene todo: un buen argumento, un buen estilo narrativo, unos personajes tan bien construidos y 煤nicos, en especial y claro est谩: Robinson Crusoe y Viernes, y un final redondo, que por cierto, a煤n no puedo superar. En resumen, una extraordinaria lectura.
P.S. Debo hacer una menci贸n honor铆fica a esta edici贸n que le铆 de la editorial Sexto Piso, ya que para mi sorpresa, contiene m谩s de 50 ilustraciones (no pens茅 que ser铆an tantas) ubicadas al final del libro, como si se tratara de un registro de viajes o exploraci贸n, adem谩s de una traducci贸n actualizada que considero est谩 bastante bien.
La recomiendo mucho por si se animan con ella.
May 5, 2017
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January 30, 2025
Robinson Crusoe, joven ingl茅s con ansias de aventuras mar铆timas, pero, que, por ese mismo 铆mpetu tan precipitado, no contar铆a con la mejor de las suertes en altamar; aunque luego lograr铆a asentarse en Brasil, con una plantaci贸n de tabaco que prosperaba de forma ideal para asegurarle un buen futuro, cuando nuevamente decidir铆a tentar al destino con la navegaci贸n. Por lo que, se volver铆a a embarcar, pero toda la tripulaci贸n sucumbir铆a en una fuerte tormenta, menos 茅l; logrando salvarse solo para naufragar hasta una isla completamente desierta, o al menos eso es lo que creer铆a por varios a帽os, hasta descubrir la presencia de can铆bales, lo que alterar铆a su tan tranquila y estable vida, aumentando sus anhelos de escapar del reducto en el que se encontraba varado.
Primero que todo, debo hablar sobre la edici贸n que us茅 para leer este t铆tulo, la cual es parte de la colecci贸n anual Viva Leer, de COPEC, ya que no suele haber mucha informaci贸n al respecto. Es abrumadora cu谩nta calidad y mimo hay en esta edici贸n de Robinson Crusoe, que incluye lo siguiente: prefacio del autor, traducci贸n con adaptaciones para los tiempos modernos, algunas notas a pie de p谩gina, ilustraciones de 茅poca por doquier de Walter Paget, 铆ndice (cosa que no es tan com煤n en los ejemplares de esta colecci贸n) y un peque帽o glosario con palabras n谩uticas que no sean tan conocidas.
En cuanto a la traducci贸n, est谩 bastante bien y correcta, a cargo de Carlos Pujol. Me tom茅 las molestias de comparar varias partes de su trabajo con un PDF de la obra en ingl茅s, su idioma original; y, si consideramos que aparentemente la 煤nica traducci贸n 100% 铆ntegra que existe en espa帽ol es la de editorial Edhasa, la utilizada para la de esta rese帽a cumple totalmente; ya que la de Julio Cort谩zar, que m谩s encima es la m谩s popular de todas, es conocida por mutilar cerca de un 30% del contenido del texto inicial, por lo que esa es la que hay que omitir a toda costa.
Lo bueno de la edici贸n de COPEC es que se basa en la correspondiente a la de Austral en su sello Intr茅pida, por lo que es totalmente recomendable. Aparte que, si editoriales de calidad, confianza y prestigio al nivel de Austral y Siruela usan esta traducci贸n de Pujol, pues, por algo ser谩.
Ahora bien, centr谩ndonos en la obra como tal, esta tiene un muy buen inicio contextual, bastante prometedor, con un evidente enfoque hacia las aventuras; acompa帽ado de un ritmo muy ameno y fluido. Por ahora, siempre ocurre algo interesante con Robinson, teniendo alg煤n objetivo por seguir, lo cual se nos brinda sin desv铆os ni rellenos argumentales; salvo hasta el momento en que ocurre el infame naufragio que ocasiona su llegada a la isla. A partir de aqu铆, el ritmo del t铆tulo cambia totalmente, junto con la naturaleza de la obra, ya que pasa de ser una novela de aventuras biogr谩fica a tornarse en un diario de supervivencia, cuyo ritmo es mucho m谩s calmado y personal, con un Robinson en soledad por m谩s de dos d茅cadas, en la que nos narra c贸mo subsiste d铆a a d铆a, con sus penas, reflexiones y ocurrencias, en donde la intenci贸n de transmitirnos su aislamiento se logra.
Todo esto prosigue as铆 hasta que el Robinson cae enfermo, lo que provoca que ahora este t铆tulo adquiera unos tintes un poco m谩s filos贸ficos, causando que Robinson se reconecte con su lado espiritual, renovando su devoci贸n por Dios.
Es precisamente por esto 煤ltimo que acabo de mencionar, que, a pesar de toda su simpleza, Robinson Crusoe podr铆a albergar mucha m谩s profundidad de la que aparenta, ya que conforme con cada suceso que va viviendo y experimentando, Robinson se acerca cada vez m谩s con el cristianismo, siendo un hombre diferente el del inicio de la historia con el del final; aunque a veces se retraiga ante ciertas circunstancias, porque absolutamente todo lo que le sucede se lo atribuye a una voluntad divina superior: la Providencia.
Generalmente, en mis rese帽as de obras antiguas, siempre incluyo comentarios y situaciones que podr铆an haber 鈥樷€檈nvejecido mal鈥欌€� o que puedan ser de alg煤n tema pol茅mico y/o sensible, para que alg煤n desgraciado perteneciente al rid铆culo, pero min煤sculo y ruidoso target de los que se ofenden y lloriquean por cosas as铆 se moleste al leer esto, independiente de que comenten o no al respecto, lo cual es algo que me encanta hacer; pero, aunque este sea un libro publicado en 1719, realmente hay muy poco que agregar en relaci贸n a esto. Por ejemplo, en una parte se dice que los salvajes m谩s crueles de toda la especie humana son los negros del estrecho de Gibraltar鈥� Pero, sinceramente, siento que esto no est谩 a la altura ni de agregarse en la rese帽a. Ser铆a una aberraci贸n antinatural que alguien lloriquee en Twitter desde su iPhone por ese comentario, por m谩s mazap谩n que sea.
Por otra parte, Robinson no est谩 del todo s贸lo durante sus casi tres d茅cadas en la isla, de hecho, cuenta con varios acompa帽antes: un perro inicial y dos gatas, todos provenientes de su naufragio; tambi茅n est谩 el loro Poll al que le ense帽a a hablar y otros dos que no son relevantes, junto con el otro perro que encuentra a帽os despu茅s por un naufragio m谩s reciente. Pero 驴por qu茅 menciono todo esto precisamente aqu铆, en este tema? Porque a los m谩s animalistas s铆 que podr铆a desagradarle lo que ocurre con algunos de estos animales, como las dos formas en las que el protagonista se deshac铆a de las cr铆as de los felinos, bastante descarnado que incluso a m铆 me hizo fruncir el ce帽o; o lo que le hac铆a a algunos tipos de aves, lo de cortarle sus alas para que sean parte del paisaje adyacente a su morada. Todo esto que acabo de comentar tambi茅n podr铆a enmarcarse en cierta medida con la consigna de este punto, pero, fuera de esto o de alg煤n otro comentario m铆nimamente racista, aunque natural para su 茅poca y contexto, no hay m谩s elementos con los que se pueda polemizar a este t铆tulo o a su autor; m谩s encima, en caso de que s铆, lo enmienda con una fuerte y extensa cr铆tica de 铆ndole indigenista que hace en contra de los espa帽oles por la colonizaci贸n en Sudam茅rica.
Cambiando de tema, Robinson como personaje, desde su juventud demostr贸 ser de los que no puede mantener los pies plantados en un solo lugar, cosa que lo llev贸 a querer ser marinero, cuando no ten铆a necesidades de serlo, pero de todas maneras lo intent贸, a pesar de los numerosos presagios que le indicaban todo lo contrario; as铆 como tambi茅n, el haberse ido de Brasil cuando ya ten铆a una buena y fruct铆fera vida asegurada gracias a sus plantaciones de tabaco; e incluso, al final nos cuenta en retrospectiva que tuvo m谩s aventuras, ya en su vejez, aunque eso es tema de otro libro. Pero en todo esto hay un claro patr贸n: que todas sus aventuras y desventuras ocurren por buscar algo innecesario, al menos en este t铆tulo en concreto.
Esta especie de ambici贸n que tiene es la que lo lleva a tentar su suerte en cada ocasi贸n que puede, pero es un hombre resiliente, lo que, a la vez, siempre es su salvaci贸n. Antes de intentar fallidamente ser marinero, no sab铆a ning煤n oficio, pero gracias a su ingenio y voluntad para enfrentar los obst谩culos, fue con eso como logr贸 darle la vuelta a todo esto; adem谩s de poder encontrarle el lado bueno a todo, por m谩s negativo que sea, aunque crea que detr谩s de todo haya un supuesto plan mayor de origen divino, como ya he indicado anteriormente.
Es decir, lo que nunca pudo hacer en la comodidad, lo aprendi贸 en la necesidad; en donde pas贸 de tener una inconforme ambici贸n, a darse cuenta de toda la riqueza que pose铆a para 茅l solo en la isla, junto con todas sus provisiones y abastecimientos que tiene y consigue. Robinson dej贸 de ser el atormentado y deprimido naufrago que en un principio ve铆a a la isla como una prisi贸n, a ser un agradecido de todo y autoproclamarse como el monarca absoluto del territorio insular: [...] 芦fui llegando a la conclusi贸n de que me era posible ser m谩s feliz en esta situaci贸n solitaria y desamparada, de lo que probablemente hubiese sido en ning煤n otro particular estado en el mundo; y con esa idea, iba a dar gracias a Dios por haberme tra铆do a este lugar禄.
Pero, algo que no me gust贸 mucho, y que pudo haber sido un descuido del autor (o tal vez algo que se perdi贸 en la traducci贸n), es que, cuando Robinson escapa de Inglaterra al principio de la obra, nunca m谩s se pregunta qu茅 fue de sus padres ni tampoco tuvo contacto con ellos a trav茅s de cartas, ni siquiera cuando estaba asentado en Brasil. Ya para cuando escapa de la isla d茅cadas despu茅s, no los encuentra con vida cuando regresa a su hogar, lo cual me parece bien en cierto modo, por la ingratitud.
Luego del protagonista que da t铆tulo al libro, no hay muchos m谩s personajes de los que hablar. En un inicio estuvo Xury, quien logr贸 escapar de los piratas junto a Robinson muchos a帽os antes del terrible naufragio. Pero, si bien este es un personaje totalmente secundario y sin ninguna relevancia, que m谩s encima aparece muy poco y apenas habla, se le logra tener cierto afecto en su corta participaci贸n; por lo que, el desenlace que tiene, que, si bien no es tr谩gico o triste, no es muy motivante el que se separe de Robinson.
No obstante, el que logra robarse todas las miradas es Viernes. Aunque, tampoco tenga tanta participaci贸n, logra ganarse a todos con sus momentos y con la gracia natural que posee. No creo que haya alguien indiferente ante 茅l. Es un personaje que saca lo mejor de Robinson, ya que literalmente este nativo es como si fuese un ni帽o a su cuidado, al que alecciona desde una perspectiva occidental. Viernes es bastante leal e inocente, y junto con su broken english parecido al de Tarz谩n, hace que se proyecte como un personaje rocambolesco, pero que funciona, a pesar de carecer de profundidad o m谩s trasfondo, aunque tampoco es que necesite de eso.
Robinson Crusoe est谩 bastante bien. En general, hay variados cambios de ritmo, con cada una de sus partes bien definidas. Por ejemplo, desde el comienzo hasta el cuarto cap铆tulo, la obra ofrece una experiencia distinta a lo que luego vendr谩, que es todo lo relacionado con la supervivencia y el diario vivir del protagonista. Esto sigue tal cual, hasta el descubrimiento de los can铆bales, con lo de la huella y los restos 贸seos de sus festines; pero tambi茅n con lo del naufragio espa帽ol, que son hechos que le ofrecen un cambio al curso de la narrativa.
Sin embargo, lo realmente interesante es a partir de la aparici贸n de Viernes, ya que desde aqu铆 es cuando este t铆tulo deja de ser tan redundante; a pesar de que los sermones religiosos aumenten, ya que Robinson se encarga de convertir a su nueva compa帽铆a, cuya presencia sirve para revitalizar su fe y esperanzas. Con esto, Robinson tiene nuevos objetivos, sobre todo con el rescate del otro can铆bal y el espa帽ol, que es el de ir a buscar a los dem谩s sobrevivientes del reciente naufragio al continente, para poder escapar todos juntos; pero aqu铆 aparece el barco ingl茅s, solamente para condimentar todav铆a m谩s esta historia, que desde hace rato hab铆a adquirido un enfoque diferente, uno m谩s din谩mico y atrapante.
Ya en el tramo final, fuera de la isla, cuando ocurre el regreso a la civilizaci贸n, Robinson y su grupo hacen un viaje por tierra porque 茅l quer铆a evitar la navegaci贸n, y justamente en aquella precisa parte relacionada con las jaur铆as de lobos hambrientos y el oso, realmente all铆 es cuando el libro adquiere una nueva esencia diferente a todo lo anterior, como si se tratase de una novela distinta a Robinson Crusoe, lo cual se sinti贸 un poco anticlim谩tico y/o fuera de lugar; pero, al mismo tiempo est谩 bastante bien que el libro concluya con nuevas aventuras, porque lo anterior a esto, es decir, sobre lo que sucedi贸 con los bienes del protagonista, su herencia, su negocio, su patrimonio y lo que suceder谩 a partir de ahora con su regreso a la sociedad, estuvo bastante sopor铆fero, por lo que este 煤ltimo tramo le dio un aire m谩s fresco e interesante.
Y bueno, dentro de las quejas que podr铆a tener con Robinson Crusoe o de las oportunidades de mejora que encontr茅, se podr铆a haber enfatizado m谩s en los a帽os de soledad del protagonista, porque constantemente se quejaba de eso, de estar privado de sus cong茅neres, a pesar de tener varios animales, en los que tampoco se ahond贸, ya que eran mencionados para cosas muy puntuales.
Adem谩s, la milagrosa forma en la que Robinson fue salvado, junto con el 茅nfasis que hay en en sus reflexiones, claramente est谩n dirigidas para enfocarse en la idea de que 茅l sobrevivi贸 para tener un prop贸sito mayor, pero 驴cu谩l? Esto no es algo que haya sido respondido, o al menos no en este libro (o traducci贸n).
Tambi茅n est谩 el hecho de que haber pasado casi tres d茅cadas en soledad no parezca haberle afectado la cordura en absoluto. Quiz谩s el tema relacionado con los can铆bales fue lo 煤nico que hizo que se le vaya un poco la olla, por lo perseguido que andaba o que quer铆a verter sangre, pero nada m谩s. Me hubiese gustado que la obra adquiriese un fuerte componente psicol贸gico, con Robinson luchando por no sucumbir ante la locura; pero siempre se le vio cuerdo y l煤cido, exceptuando los momentos que mencion茅, o cuando cay贸 enferm贸 y tuvo una pesadilla.
No obstante, esta no es una lectura para recomend谩rsela a todo el mundo, a menos que sea una edici贸n adaptada o resumida; pero una versi贸n que sea 铆ntegra (porque supuestamente solo hay una que lo sea en espa帽ol) o una bastante completa y cumplidora como la que le铆, no es para cualquiera. En este punto, puedo decir que congeni茅 sinceramente con este t铆tulo y me agrad贸 bastante, por lo que me interesar铆a leer su secuela de las Nuevas aventuras de Robinson Crusoe.
Aun as铆, no deja de ser interesante el c贸mo se nos narra el pasar de los a帽os en la isla, con bastante calma y hasta con un intento de navegaci贸n por parte de Robinson, para explorar el continente que ve铆a a la distancia desde su isla; incluso, todo lo relacionado con el reba帽o de cabras que logra reunir para evitar tener que cazarlas, hasta el descubrimiento de la huella, que como ya mencion茅, fue uno de los hechos que trastoca un poco su fe, m谩s no la debilita.
Pero de esto 煤ltimo es de lo que va Robinson Crusoe, obra escrita por un autor con una prosa algo redundante, pero que sabe escribir una buena historia; aunque abuse del recurso narrativo de 鈥樷€檖ero esto es tema que luego les contar茅鈥欌€� o cosas similares, para mantener nuestro inter茅s. Y como ya indiqu茅, a pesar de la aparentemente simplicidad de este t铆tulo, hay m谩s por detr谩s; de hecho, la primera frase que incluir茅 de las que suelo destacar al finalizar, me record贸 much铆simo a los Trabajos y d铆as, de Hes铆odo, mismo autor de la 罢别辞驳辞苍铆补, ambas obras cl谩sicas de la antigua Grecia, que probablemente tengan m谩s de 2.600 a帽os de antig眉edad. Asimismo, hay un buen final, que, a la vez, sirve para dar paso a una secuela que no es muy conocida.
En s铆ntesis, lo que Robinson Crusoe nos ofrece a nivel general es una experiencia, pero de diferentes 铆ndoles, conforme sea el progreso de lectura que tengamos; pero lo que s铆 est谩 claro, es que no es una obra irrelevante o que se pueda hacer indiferente, ya que te puede simpatizar o hastiar por varios motivos de los que ya he explicado, pero, definitivamente, no hay t茅rminos medios.
Esta novela tiene un trasfondo bastante religioso y moralizador o ejemplificador, que a m铆 en lo personal no me molest贸, pero es perfectamente entendible que s铆 lo pueda lograr con los dem谩s, y que justamente por eso mismo esta pueda tornarse en una lectura aburrid铆sima y muy tediosa o somn铆fera, porque pareciera ser que Daniel Defoe nos sermonea a trav茅s de Robinson.
As铆 que, mi calificaci贸n es de 鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽�, por todas las razones que ya he dado y quiz谩 porque esperaba m谩s aventuras, cuando su marco principal es el de la supervivencia en la isla; pero es un t铆tulo que cumple, al menos para m铆, porque como he indicado varias veces, no es un libro para todo el mundo, ya que es bastante especial y quiz谩s por eso mismo tenga tanta reputaci贸n como cl谩sico universal de la literatura. Sea como sea, como libro, puede que Robinson Crusoe no sea la mejor opci贸n para llevarse a una isla remota y desolada.
PD: las frases que se me hicieron interesantes para destacar est谩n en los comentarios, ya que no alcanzaron a entrar en la rese帽a.
Primero que todo, debo hablar sobre la edici贸n que us茅 para leer este t铆tulo, la cual es parte de la colecci贸n anual Viva Leer, de COPEC, ya que no suele haber mucha informaci贸n al respecto. Es abrumadora cu谩nta calidad y mimo hay en esta edici贸n de Robinson Crusoe, que incluye lo siguiente: prefacio del autor, traducci贸n con adaptaciones para los tiempos modernos, algunas notas a pie de p谩gina, ilustraciones de 茅poca por doquier de Walter Paget, 铆ndice (cosa que no es tan com煤n en los ejemplares de esta colecci贸n) y un peque帽o glosario con palabras n谩uticas que no sean tan conocidas.
En cuanto a la traducci贸n, est谩 bastante bien y correcta, a cargo de Carlos Pujol. Me tom茅 las molestias de comparar varias partes de su trabajo con un PDF de la obra en ingl茅s, su idioma original; y, si consideramos que aparentemente la 煤nica traducci贸n 100% 铆ntegra que existe en espa帽ol es la de editorial Edhasa, la utilizada para la de esta rese帽a cumple totalmente; ya que la de Julio Cort谩zar, que m谩s encima es la m谩s popular de todas, es conocida por mutilar cerca de un 30% del contenido del texto inicial, por lo que esa es la que hay que omitir a toda costa.
Lo bueno de la edici贸n de COPEC es que se basa en la correspondiente a la de Austral en su sello Intr茅pida, por lo que es totalmente recomendable. Aparte que, si editoriales de calidad, confianza y prestigio al nivel de Austral y Siruela usan esta traducci贸n de Pujol, pues, por algo ser谩.
Ahora bien, centr谩ndonos en la obra como tal, esta tiene un muy buen inicio contextual, bastante prometedor, con un evidente enfoque hacia las aventuras; acompa帽ado de un ritmo muy ameno y fluido. Por ahora, siempre ocurre algo interesante con Robinson, teniendo alg煤n objetivo por seguir, lo cual se nos brinda sin desv铆os ni rellenos argumentales; salvo hasta el momento en que ocurre el infame naufragio que ocasiona su llegada a la isla. A partir de aqu铆, el ritmo del t铆tulo cambia totalmente, junto con la naturaleza de la obra, ya que pasa de ser una novela de aventuras biogr谩fica a tornarse en un diario de supervivencia, cuyo ritmo es mucho m谩s calmado y personal, con un Robinson en soledad por m谩s de dos d茅cadas, en la que nos narra c贸mo subsiste d铆a a d铆a, con sus penas, reflexiones y ocurrencias, en donde la intenci贸n de transmitirnos su aislamiento se logra.
Todo esto prosigue as铆 hasta que el Robinson cae enfermo, lo que provoca que ahora este t铆tulo adquiera unos tintes un poco m谩s filos贸ficos, causando que Robinson se reconecte con su lado espiritual, renovando su devoci贸n por Dios.
Es precisamente por esto 煤ltimo que acabo de mencionar, que, a pesar de toda su simpleza, Robinson Crusoe podr铆a albergar mucha m谩s profundidad de la que aparenta, ya que conforme con cada suceso que va viviendo y experimentando, Robinson se acerca cada vez m谩s con el cristianismo, siendo un hombre diferente el del inicio de la historia con el del final; aunque a veces se retraiga ante ciertas circunstancias, porque absolutamente todo lo que le sucede se lo atribuye a una voluntad divina superior: la Providencia.
Generalmente, en mis rese帽as de obras antiguas, siempre incluyo comentarios y situaciones que podr铆an haber 鈥樷€檈nvejecido mal鈥欌€� o que puedan ser de alg煤n tema pol茅mico y/o sensible, para que alg煤n desgraciado perteneciente al rid铆culo, pero min煤sculo y ruidoso target de los que se ofenden y lloriquean por cosas as铆 se moleste al leer esto, independiente de que comenten o no al respecto, lo cual es algo que me encanta hacer; pero, aunque este sea un libro publicado en 1719, realmente hay muy poco que agregar en relaci贸n a esto. Por ejemplo, en una parte se dice que los salvajes m谩s crueles de toda la especie humana son los negros del estrecho de Gibraltar鈥� Pero, sinceramente, siento que esto no est谩 a la altura ni de agregarse en la rese帽a. Ser铆a una aberraci贸n antinatural que alguien lloriquee en Twitter desde su iPhone por ese comentario, por m谩s mazap谩n que sea.
Por otra parte, Robinson no est谩 del todo s贸lo durante sus casi tres d茅cadas en la isla, de hecho, cuenta con varios acompa帽antes: un perro inicial y dos gatas, todos provenientes de su naufragio; tambi茅n est谩 el loro Poll al que le ense帽a a hablar y otros dos que no son relevantes, junto con el otro perro que encuentra a帽os despu茅s por un naufragio m谩s reciente. Pero 驴por qu茅 menciono todo esto precisamente aqu铆, en este tema? Porque a los m谩s animalistas s铆 que podr铆a desagradarle lo que ocurre con algunos de estos animales, como las dos formas en las que el protagonista se deshac铆a de las cr铆as de los felinos, bastante descarnado que incluso a m铆 me hizo fruncir el ce帽o; o lo que le hac铆a a algunos tipos de aves, lo de cortarle sus alas para que sean parte del paisaje adyacente a su morada. Todo esto que acabo de comentar tambi茅n podr铆a enmarcarse en cierta medida con la consigna de este punto, pero, fuera de esto o de alg煤n otro comentario m铆nimamente racista, aunque natural para su 茅poca y contexto, no hay m谩s elementos con los que se pueda polemizar a este t铆tulo o a su autor; m谩s encima, en caso de que s铆, lo enmienda con una fuerte y extensa cr铆tica de 铆ndole indigenista que hace en contra de los espa帽oles por la colonizaci贸n en Sudam茅rica.
Cambiando de tema, Robinson como personaje, desde su juventud demostr贸 ser de los que no puede mantener los pies plantados en un solo lugar, cosa que lo llev贸 a querer ser marinero, cuando no ten铆a necesidades de serlo, pero de todas maneras lo intent贸, a pesar de los numerosos presagios que le indicaban todo lo contrario; as铆 como tambi茅n, el haberse ido de Brasil cuando ya ten铆a una buena y fruct铆fera vida asegurada gracias a sus plantaciones de tabaco; e incluso, al final nos cuenta en retrospectiva que tuvo m谩s aventuras, ya en su vejez, aunque eso es tema de otro libro. Pero en todo esto hay un claro patr贸n: que todas sus aventuras y desventuras ocurren por buscar algo innecesario, al menos en este t铆tulo en concreto.
Esta especie de ambici贸n que tiene es la que lo lleva a tentar su suerte en cada ocasi贸n que puede, pero es un hombre resiliente, lo que, a la vez, siempre es su salvaci贸n. Antes de intentar fallidamente ser marinero, no sab铆a ning煤n oficio, pero gracias a su ingenio y voluntad para enfrentar los obst谩culos, fue con eso como logr贸 darle la vuelta a todo esto; adem谩s de poder encontrarle el lado bueno a todo, por m谩s negativo que sea, aunque crea que detr谩s de todo haya un supuesto plan mayor de origen divino, como ya he indicado anteriormente.
Es decir, lo que nunca pudo hacer en la comodidad, lo aprendi贸 en la necesidad; en donde pas贸 de tener una inconforme ambici贸n, a darse cuenta de toda la riqueza que pose铆a para 茅l solo en la isla, junto con todas sus provisiones y abastecimientos que tiene y consigue. Robinson dej贸 de ser el atormentado y deprimido naufrago que en un principio ve铆a a la isla como una prisi贸n, a ser un agradecido de todo y autoproclamarse como el monarca absoluto del territorio insular: [...] 芦fui llegando a la conclusi贸n de que me era posible ser m谩s feliz en esta situaci贸n solitaria y desamparada, de lo que probablemente hubiese sido en ning煤n otro particular estado en el mundo; y con esa idea, iba a dar gracias a Dios por haberme tra铆do a este lugar禄.
Pero, algo que no me gust贸 mucho, y que pudo haber sido un descuido del autor (o tal vez algo que se perdi贸 en la traducci贸n), es que, cuando Robinson escapa de Inglaterra al principio de la obra, nunca m谩s se pregunta qu茅 fue de sus padres ni tampoco tuvo contacto con ellos a trav茅s de cartas, ni siquiera cuando estaba asentado en Brasil. Ya para cuando escapa de la isla d茅cadas despu茅s, no los encuentra con vida cuando regresa a su hogar, lo cual me parece bien en cierto modo, por la ingratitud.
Luego del protagonista que da t铆tulo al libro, no hay muchos m谩s personajes de los que hablar. En un inicio estuvo Xury, quien logr贸 escapar de los piratas junto a Robinson muchos a帽os antes del terrible naufragio. Pero, si bien este es un personaje totalmente secundario y sin ninguna relevancia, que m谩s encima aparece muy poco y apenas habla, se le logra tener cierto afecto en su corta participaci贸n; por lo que, el desenlace que tiene, que, si bien no es tr谩gico o triste, no es muy motivante el que se separe de Robinson.
No obstante, el que logra robarse todas las miradas es Viernes. Aunque, tampoco tenga tanta participaci贸n, logra ganarse a todos con sus momentos y con la gracia natural que posee. No creo que haya alguien indiferente ante 茅l. Es un personaje que saca lo mejor de Robinson, ya que literalmente este nativo es como si fuese un ni帽o a su cuidado, al que alecciona desde una perspectiva occidental. Viernes es bastante leal e inocente, y junto con su broken english parecido al de Tarz谩n, hace que se proyecte como un personaje rocambolesco, pero que funciona, a pesar de carecer de profundidad o m谩s trasfondo, aunque tampoco es que necesite de eso.
Robinson Crusoe est谩 bastante bien. En general, hay variados cambios de ritmo, con cada una de sus partes bien definidas. Por ejemplo, desde el comienzo hasta el cuarto cap铆tulo, la obra ofrece una experiencia distinta a lo que luego vendr谩, que es todo lo relacionado con la supervivencia y el diario vivir del protagonista. Esto sigue tal cual, hasta el descubrimiento de los can铆bales, con lo de la huella y los restos 贸seos de sus festines; pero tambi茅n con lo del naufragio espa帽ol, que son hechos que le ofrecen un cambio al curso de la narrativa.
Sin embargo, lo realmente interesante es a partir de la aparici贸n de Viernes, ya que desde aqu铆 es cuando este t铆tulo deja de ser tan redundante; a pesar de que los sermones religiosos aumenten, ya que Robinson se encarga de convertir a su nueva compa帽铆a, cuya presencia sirve para revitalizar su fe y esperanzas. Con esto, Robinson tiene nuevos objetivos, sobre todo con el rescate del otro can铆bal y el espa帽ol, que es el de ir a buscar a los dem谩s sobrevivientes del reciente naufragio al continente, para poder escapar todos juntos; pero aqu铆 aparece el barco ingl茅s, solamente para condimentar todav铆a m谩s esta historia, que desde hace rato hab铆a adquirido un enfoque diferente, uno m谩s din谩mico y atrapante.
Ya en el tramo final, fuera de la isla, cuando ocurre el regreso a la civilizaci贸n, Robinson y su grupo hacen un viaje por tierra porque 茅l quer铆a evitar la navegaci贸n, y justamente en aquella precisa parte relacionada con las jaur铆as de lobos hambrientos y el oso, realmente all铆 es cuando el libro adquiere una nueva esencia diferente a todo lo anterior, como si se tratase de una novela distinta a Robinson Crusoe, lo cual se sinti贸 un poco anticlim谩tico y/o fuera de lugar; pero, al mismo tiempo est谩 bastante bien que el libro concluya con nuevas aventuras, porque lo anterior a esto, es decir, sobre lo que sucedi贸 con los bienes del protagonista, su herencia, su negocio, su patrimonio y lo que suceder谩 a partir de ahora con su regreso a la sociedad, estuvo bastante sopor铆fero, por lo que este 煤ltimo tramo le dio un aire m谩s fresco e interesante.
Y bueno, dentro de las quejas que podr铆a tener con Robinson Crusoe o de las oportunidades de mejora que encontr茅, se podr铆a haber enfatizado m谩s en los a帽os de soledad del protagonista, porque constantemente se quejaba de eso, de estar privado de sus cong茅neres, a pesar de tener varios animales, en los que tampoco se ahond贸, ya que eran mencionados para cosas muy puntuales.
Adem谩s, la milagrosa forma en la que Robinson fue salvado, junto con el 茅nfasis que hay en en sus reflexiones, claramente est谩n dirigidas para enfocarse en la idea de que 茅l sobrevivi贸 para tener un prop贸sito mayor, pero 驴cu谩l? Esto no es algo que haya sido respondido, o al menos no en este libro (o traducci贸n).
Tambi茅n est谩 el hecho de que haber pasado casi tres d茅cadas en soledad no parezca haberle afectado la cordura en absoluto. Quiz谩s el tema relacionado con los can铆bales fue lo 煤nico que hizo que se le vaya un poco la olla, por lo perseguido que andaba o que quer铆a verter sangre, pero nada m谩s. Me hubiese gustado que la obra adquiriese un fuerte componente psicol贸gico, con Robinson luchando por no sucumbir ante la locura; pero siempre se le vio cuerdo y l煤cido, exceptuando los momentos que mencion茅, o cuando cay贸 enferm贸 y tuvo una pesadilla.
No obstante, esta no es una lectura para recomend谩rsela a todo el mundo, a menos que sea una edici贸n adaptada o resumida; pero una versi贸n que sea 铆ntegra (porque supuestamente solo hay una que lo sea en espa帽ol) o una bastante completa y cumplidora como la que le铆, no es para cualquiera. En este punto, puedo decir que congeni茅 sinceramente con este t铆tulo y me agrad贸 bastante, por lo que me interesar铆a leer su secuela de las Nuevas aventuras de Robinson Crusoe.
Aun as铆, no deja de ser interesante el c贸mo se nos narra el pasar de los a帽os en la isla, con bastante calma y hasta con un intento de navegaci贸n por parte de Robinson, para explorar el continente que ve铆a a la distancia desde su isla; incluso, todo lo relacionado con el reba帽o de cabras que logra reunir para evitar tener que cazarlas, hasta el descubrimiento de la huella, que como ya mencion茅, fue uno de los hechos que trastoca un poco su fe, m谩s no la debilita.
Pero de esto 煤ltimo es de lo que va Robinson Crusoe, obra escrita por un autor con una prosa algo redundante, pero que sabe escribir una buena historia; aunque abuse del recurso narrativo de 鈥樷€檖ero esto es tema que luego les contar茅鈥欌€� o cosas similares, para mantener nuestro inter茅s. Y como ya indiqu茅, a pesar de la aparentemente simplicidad de este t铆tulo, hay m谩s por detr谩s; de hecho, la primera frase que incluir茅 de las que suelo destacar al finalizar, me record贸 much铆simo a los Trabajos y d铆as, de Hes铆odo, mismo autor de la 罢别辞驳辞苍铆补, ambas obras cl谩sicas de la antigua Grecia, que probablemente tengan m谩s de 2.600 a帽os de antig眉edad. Asimismo, hay un buen final, que, a la vez, sirve para dar paso a una secuela que no es muy conocida.
En s铆ntesis, lo que Robinson Crusoe nos ofrece a nivel general es una experiencia, pero de diferentes 铆ndoles, conforme sea el progreso de lectura que tengamos; pero lo que s铆 est谩 claro, es que no es una obra irrelevante o que se pueda hacer indiferente, ya que te puede simpatizar o hastiar por varios motivos de los que ya he explicado, pero, definitivamente, no hay t茅rminos medios.
Esta novela tiene un trasfondo bastante religioso y moralizador o ejemplificador, que a m铆 en lo personal no me molest贸, pero es perfectamente entendible que s铆 lo pueda lograr con los dem谩s, y que justamente por eso mismo esta pueda tornarse en una lectura aburrid铆sima y muy tediosa o somn铆fera, porque pareciera ser que Daniel Defoe nos sermonea a trav茅s de Robinson.
As铆 que, mi calificaci贸n es de 鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽�, por todas las razones que ya he dado y quiz谩 porque esperaba m谩s aventuras, cuando su marco principal es el de la supervivencia en la isla; pero es un t铆tulo que cumple, al menos para m铆, porque como he indicado varias veces, no es un libro para todo el mundo, ya que es bastante especial y quiz谩s por eso mismo tenga tanta reputaci贸n como cl谩sico universal de la literatura. Sea como sea, como libro, puede que Robinson Crusoe no sea la mejor opci贸n para llevarse a una isla remota y desolada.
PD: las frases que se me hicieron interesantes para destacar est谩n en los comentarios, ya que no alcanzaron a entrar en la rese帽a.
June 15, 2024
鬲毓鬲亘乇 乇賵丕賷丞 乇賵亘賳爻賵賳 賰乇賵夭賵 賴賷 兀賵賱 乇賵丕賷丞 兀丿亘賷丞 亘丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 丕賱賲毓乇賵賮 賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賮賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵爻乇丿 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘胤乇賷賯丞 禺賷丕賱賷丞. 賳卮乇鬲 毓丕賲 1719 賵鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 丕賱卮丕亘 賰乇賵夭賵 賵丕賱匕賷 毓購夭賱 賮賷 噩夭賷乇丞 睾賷乇 賲兀賴賵賱丞 賱賲丿丞 28 毓丕賲賸丕貙 賵毓賲賱賴 毓賱賶 氐賳毓 毓丕賱賲 禺丕氐 亘賴 賲毓鬲賲丿賸丕 毓賱賶 丕賱胤亘賷毓丞貙 賵兀丿賵丕鬲 鬲賲 噩賲毓賴丕 賲賳 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 丕賱賲丨胤賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 賲鬲賳賴丕 賲毓 丌禺乇賷賳 賵賱賰賳賴賲 賯囟賵丕 噩賲毓賷賸丕 賵鬲亘賯賶 賴賵 賮賯胤.
"賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賯丿 兀丨丕胤 亘賰賱 卮卅 毓賱賲賸丕貙 賮賴賵 賷毓賱賲 兀賳賳賷 賴賳丕 賵兀賳賳賷 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱賮馗賷毓丞貙 賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賱丕 卮卅 賷丨丿孬 丿賵賳 賲卮賷卅鬲賴貙 賮賴賵 丕賱匕賷 卮丕亍 兀賳 賷丨丿孬 賰賱 賴匕丕 賱賷".
鬲丿賵乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賮賷 兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱爻丕亘毓 毓卮乇 賵毓氐乇 丕賱亘丨丕乇 賵睾夭賵 丕賱賲爻鬲毓賲乇丕鬲 賲賳 賯亘賱 兀賵乇賵亘丕貙 賵鬲賳丕賮爻賴賲 賮賷 匕賱賰 賮賷賲丕 亘賷賳賴賲 賲賳 兀爻亘丕賳 賵亘乇鬲睾丕賱 賵廿賳噩賱賷夭貙 賮賳乇賶 丕賱卮丕亘 賰乇賵夭賵 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷 賷鬲乇賰 亘賷鬲 賵丕賱丿賷賴 賵賴賵 囟丿 乇睾亘鬲賴賲 賵賷賳胤賱賯 廿賱賶 毓丕賱賲 丕賱亘丨丕乇 賵丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲貙 賵賰賲丕 兀爻賱賮賳丕 丕賱賯賵賱 兀毓賱丕賴 鬲鬲賯胤毓 亘賴 丕賱爻亘賱 毓賱賶 噩夭賷乇丞 賳丕卅賷丞 賮賷 丕賱亘丨乇 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷貙 賵賴賳丕 賳乇賶 鬲卮賰賱 賵鬲賰賵賷賳 毓丕賱賲 噩丿賷丿 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴 賵毓賱賷賴 兀賳 賷毓賲賱 賵賷賰丕賮丨 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱亘賯丕亍 亘賲賵丕丿 賵賲毓丿丕鬲 亘丿丕卅賷丞貙 丨賷孬 卮乇毓 賮賷 亘賳丕亍 賲爻賰賳 賱賴 亘丕丿卅 丕賱兀賲乇 賵丕賱毓賲賱 毓賱賶 丕賱氐賷丿 賱賰賷 賷兀賰賱 賵丨乇孬 丕賱兀乇囟 賵夭乇丕毓鬲賴丕 賵氐賳毓 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 賱賰賷 鬲毓賷賳賴 毓賱賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 丕賱賲賳毓夭賱丞.
賷毓噩 丕賱爻乇丿 亘丕賱乇賵丨丕賳賷丞 賵賲賳丕噩丕丞 丕賱乇亘 賵丕賱爻毓賷 賵乇丕亍 乇囟丕 丕賱賱賴 賱賰賷 賷賳噩賵 賵賷爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱亘丿丕卅賷丞貙 賵丕賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇賷丞 亘丿賵賳 爻禺胤 兀賵 丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲 賵鬲亘賷丕賳 賯賵丞 丕賱賮乇丿 賵丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱賴 賵鬲賮乇丿賴貨 賵賴賵 賲丕 賰丕賳 賷賲賷夭 匕賱賰 丕賱毓氐乇 賵亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賳賴囟丞 丕賱兀賵乇賵亘賷丞 賵丕馗賴丕乇 鬲賮賵賯 丕賱兀賵乇賵亘賷 毓賱賶 睾賷乇賴.
"兀卮賰乇 丕賱賱賴 毓賱賶 乇丨賲鬲賴 賵賳毓賲丕卅賴 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀爻亘睾賴丕 毓賱賷 賵兀賳丕 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕賱賲毓夭賵賱貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 賱賵賱丕賴丕 賱賰賳鬲 賮賷 兀卮賯賶 丨丕賱".
賳噩丿 兀賷囟賸丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賳氐 鬲賲噩賷丿 丕賱丿賵乇 丕賱兀賵乇賵亘賷 賮賷 鬲賳賵賷乇 爻賰丕賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱亘賱丕丿 賵賲丕 兀爻賲丕賴賲 賮賷 丕賱賳氐 "丕賱賴賲噩"貙 賵兀賳賴賲 賲賳 丌賰賱賷 賱丨賵賲 丕賱亘卮乇 賵賵噩亘 鬲乇賵賷囟賴賲 賵噩毓賱賴賲 卮毓賵亘 乇丕賯賷丞 賲孬賱 兀亘賳丕亍 噩賱丿鬲賴. 丨鬲賶 毓賳丿賲丕 丕鬲禺匕 賲賳賴賲 賲乇丕賮賯 賱賴 "賮乇丕賷丿賷" 賰丕賳 禺丕丿賲賸丕 賱賴 賵賱賷爻 賳丿賸丕 賱賴. 亘丕賱胤亘毓 鬲毓鬲亘乇 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 睾賷乇 賲賯亘賵賱丞 賮賷 毓氐乇賳丕 丕賱丨丕賱賷 賵鬲賲孬賷賱賴丕 賱鬲賮賵賯 丕賱毓賳氐乇 丕賱兀賵乇賵亘賷 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱卮毓賵亘 丕賱賲鬲禺賱賮丞 丕賱亘丿丕卅賷丞.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲睾氐 亘丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賵丕賱賰賮丕丨 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱亘賯丕亍 賵丕賱乇噩賵毓 廿賱賶 丕賱賱賴 賵丕賱鬲毓賱賲 賲賳 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 賵丕賱氐亘乇 賵丕賱毓賲賱 賵丕賱噩賴丿 賵丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丕賱賳鬲丕卅噩 賵丕賱毓賵丿丞 賱賱賵胤賳 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶. 丕賱爻乇丿 賲賲鬲毓 賵賱丕 卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱囟噩乇 亘鬲丕鬲賸丕 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞. 賳噩丨鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲噩丕乇賷賸丕 丨鬲賶 兀賳 丿賷賮賵 賰鬲亘 賱賴丕 兀噩夭丕亍 兀禺乇賶 賵賱賰賳 賱賲 鬲丨馗賶 亘丕賱卮毓亘賷丞 丕賱賰亘賷乇丞 賰賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賵賱賰賳 禺賱賯鬲 賳賵毓 兀丿亘賷 噩丿賷丿 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱禺賷丕賱 丕賱兀丿亘賷 賵丕賱丕賯鬲亘丕爻丕鬲 丕賱毓丿賷丿丞 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賵兀賮賱丕賲. 賷賯丕賱 兀賳 丿賷賮賵 丕毓鬲賲丿 毓賱賶 鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱亘丨丕乇 丕賱丕爻賰鬲賱賳丿賷 兀賱賰爻賳丿乇 爻賷賱賰賷乇賰 賵丕賱匕賷 毓購夭賱 賮賷 噩夭賷乇丞 賱賲丿丞 禺賲爻 爻賳賵丕鬲貙 賵賲賳 賯丕卅賱 兀賳賴丕 賲爻鬲賵丨丕丞 賲賳 丨賷 亘賳 賷賯馗丕賳 賱廿亘賳 胤賮賷賱貙 賵賱賰賳 賳噩丿 賴賳丕 賵丕賯毓賷丞 賵丕囟丨丞 賲賱賲賵爻丞 賰丕賱兀賰賱 賵丕賱賳賵賲 賵丕賱賲毓賷卮丞 賵睾乇賷夭丞 丕賱亘賯丕亍貙 亘賷賳賲丕 賮賱爻賮丞 丕亘賳 胤賮賷賱 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱鬲兀賲賱 丨賵賱 丕賱賵噩賵丿 賵丕賱賲賵鬲 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞.
賴匕賴 兀賵賱 鬲乇噩賲丞 賰丕賲賱丞 亘丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賵賴賷 鬲乇噩賲丞 亘丿賷毓丞 賵乇氐賷賳丞 亘兀爻賱賵亘 爻賱爻 賵賲鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賱賱睾丞 賵鬲卮賰乇 毓賱賷賴 "乇賳賷賲 丕賱毓丕賲乇賷".
"賵賴賰匕丕 毓卮鬲 丨賷丕鬲賷 亘乇丕丨丞 毓馗賷賲丞貙 賲胤賲卅賳 丕賱亘丕賱 賵賲賳卮乇丨 丕賱氐丿乇 賲爻賱賲賸丕 兀賲乇賷 廿賱賶 賲卮賷卅丞 丕賱賱賴 賵禺丕囟毓賸丕 賰賱賷賸丕 賱廿乇丕丿鬲賴. 賵賯丿 賵噩丿鬲 兀賳 丨賷丕鬲賷 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賳丨賵 賴賷 兀賮囟賱 賲賲丕 賱賵 毓卮鬲 丨賷丕丞 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賲丨丕胤賸丕 亘丕賱亘卮乇貙 賵賰賳鬲 賰賱賲丕 鬲丕賯鬲 賳賮爻賷 賱鬲亘丕丿賱 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賲毓 廿賳爻丕賳 丌禺乇 爻兀賱鬲 賳賮爻賷: 兀賱賷爻 丕賱鬲賮賰乇 賵丕賱丨丿賷孬 賲毓 丕賱賳賮爻 兀賵 賲賳丕噩丕丞 丕賱賱賴貙 兀賮囟賱 賵兀亘賴噩 丨鬲賶 賲賳 兀賲鬲毓 乇賮賯丞 賲毓 亘賳賷 丕賱亘卮乇 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲責"
"賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賯丿 兀丨丕胤 亘賰賱 卮卅 毓賱賲賸丕貙 賮賴賵 賷毓賱賲 兀賳賳賷 賴賳丕 賵兀賳賳賷 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱賮馗賷毓丞貙 賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賱丕 卮卅 賷丨丿孬 丿賵賳 賲卮賷卅鬲賴貙 賮賴賵 丕賱匕賷 卮丕亍 兀賳 賷丨丿孬 賰賱 賴匕丕 賱賷".
鬲丿賵乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賮賷 兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱爻丕亘毓 毓卮乇 賵毓氐乇 丕賱亘丨丕乇 賵睾夭賵 丕賱賲爻鬲毓賲乇丕鬲 賲賳 賯亘賱 兀賵乇賵亘丕貙 賵鬲賳丕賮爻賴賲 賮賷 匕賱賰 賮賷賲丕 亘賷賳賴賲 賲賳 兀爻亘丕賳 賵亘乇鬲睾丕賱 賵廿賳噩賱賷夭貙 賮賳乇賶 丕賱卮丕亘 賰乇賵夭賵 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷 賷鬲乇賰 亘賷鬲 賵丕賱丿賷賴 賵賴賵 囟丿 乇睾亘鬲賴賲 賵賷賳胤賱賯 廿賱賶 毓丕賱賲 丕賱亘丨丕乇 賵丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲貙 賵賰賲丕 兀爻賱賮賳丕 丕賱賯賵賱 兀毓賱丕賴 鬲鬲賯胤毓 亘賴 丕賱爻亘賱 毓賱賶 噩夭賷乇丞 賳丕卅賷丞 賮賷 丕賱亘丨乇 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷貙 賵賴賳丕 賳乇賶 鬲卮賰賱 賵鬲賰賵賷賳 毓丕賱賲 噩丿賷丿 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴 賵毓賱賷賴 兀賳 賷毓賲賱 賵賷賰丕賮丨 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱亘賯丕亍 亘賲賵丕丿 賵賲毓丿丕鬲 亘丿丕卅賷丞貙 丨賷孬 卮乇毓 賮賷 亘賳丕亍 賲爻賰賳 賱賴 亘丕丿卅 丕賱兀賲乇 賵丕賱毓賲賱 毓賱賶 丕賱氐賷丿 賱賰賷 賷兀賰賱 賵丨乇孬 丕賱兀乇囟 賵夭乇丕毓鬲賴丕 賵氐賳毓 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 賱賰賷 鬲毓賷賳賴 毓賱賶 丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 丕賱賲賳毓夭賱丞.
賷毓噩 丕賱爻乇丿 亘丕賱乇賵丨丕賳賷丞 賵賲賳丕噩丕丞 丕賱乇亘 賵丕賱爻毓賷 賵乇丕亍 乇囟丕 丕賱賱賴 賱賰賷 賷賳噩賵 賵賷爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱亘丿丕卅賷丞貙 賵丕賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇賷丞 亘丿賵賳 爻禺胤 兀賵 丕爻鬲爻賱丕賲 賵鬲亘賷丕賳 賯賵丞 丕賱賮乇丿 賵丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱賴 賵鬲賮乇丿賴貨 賵賴賵 賲丕 賰丕賳 賷賲賷夭 匕賱賰 丕賱毓氐乇 賵亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賳賴囟丞 丕賱兀賵乇賵亘賷丞 賵丕馗賴丕乇 鬲賮賵賯 丕賱兀賵乇賵亘賷 毓賱賶 睾賷乇賴.
"兀卮賰乇 丕賱賱賴 毓賱賶 乇丨賲鬲賴 賵賳毓賲丕卅賴 丕賱乇丕卅毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀爻亘睾賴丕 毓賱賷 賵兀賳丕 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕賱賲毓夭賵賱貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 賱賵賱丕賴丕 賱賰賳鬲 賮賷 兀卮賯賶 丨丕賱".
賳噩丿 兀賷囟賸丕 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賳氐 鬲賲噩賷丿 丕賱丿賵乇 丕賱兀賵乇賵亘賷 賮賷 鬲賳賵賷乇 爻賰丕賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱亘賱丕丿 賵賲丕 兀爻賲丕賴賲 賮賷 丕賱賳氐 "丕賱賴賲噩"貙 賵兀賳賴賲 賲賳 丌賰賱賷 賱丨賵賲 丕賱亘卮乇 賵賵噩亘 鬲乇賵賷囟賴賲 賵噩毓賱賴賲 卮毓賵亘 乇丕賯賷丞 賲孬賱 兀亘賳丕亍 噩賱丿鬲賴. 丨鬲賶 毓賳丿賲丕 丕鬲禺匕 賲賳賴賲 賲乇丕賮賯 賱賴 "賮乇丕賷丿賷" 賰丕賳 禺丕丿賲賸丕 賱賴 賵賱賷爻 賳丿賸丕 賱賴. 亘丕賱胤亘毓 鬲毓鬲亘乇 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿 睾賷乇 賲賯亘賵賱丞 賮賷 毓氐乇賳丕 丕賱丨丕賱賷 賵鬲賲孬賷賱賴丕 賱鬲賮賵賯 丕賱毓賳氐乇 丕賱兀賵乇賵亘賷 毓賱賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱卮毓賵亘 丕賱賲鬲禺賱賮丞 丕賱亘丿丕卅賷丞.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲睾氐 亘丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賵丕賱賰賮丕丨 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱亘賯丕亍 賵丕賱乇噩賵毓 廿賱賶 丕賱賱賴 賵丕賱鬲毓賱賲 賲賳 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 賵丕賱氐亘乇 賵丕賱毓賲賱 賵丕賱噩賴丿 賵丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丕賱賳鬲丕卅噩 賵丕賱毓賵丿丞 賱賱賵胤賳 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶. 丕賱爻乇丿 賲賲鬲毓 賵賱丕 卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱囟噩乇 亘鬲丕鬲賸丕 禺賱丕賱 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞. 賳噩丨鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲噩丕乇賷賸丕 丨鬲賶 兀賳 丿賷賮賵 賰鬲亘 賱賴丕 兀噩夭丕亍 兀禺乇賶 賵賱賰賳 賱賲 鬲丨馗賶 亘丕賱卮毓亘賷丞 丕賱賰亘賷乇丞 賰賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賵賱賰賳 禺賱賯鬲 賳賵毓 兀丿亘賷 噩丿賷丿 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 丕賱禺賷丕賱 丕賱兀丿亘賷 賵丕賱丕賯鬲亘丕爻丕鬲 丕賱毓丿賷丿丞 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賵兀賮賱丕賲. 賷賯丕賱 兀賳 丿賷賮賵 丕毓鬲賲丿 毓賱賶 鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱亘丨丕乇 丕賱丕爻賰鬲賱賳丿賷 兀賱賰爻賳丿乇 爻賷賱賰賷乇賰 賵丕賱匕賷 毓購夭賱 賮賷 噩夭賷乇丞 賱賲丿丞 禺賲爻 爻賳賵丕鬲貙 賵賲賳 賯丕卅賱 兀賳賴丕 賲爻鬲賵丨丕丞 賲賳 丨賷 亘賳 賷賯馗丕賳 賱廿亘賳 胤賮賷賱貙 賵賱賰賳 賳噩丿 賴賳丕 賵丕賯毓賷丞 賵丕囟丨丞 賲賱賲賵爻丞 賰丕賱兀賰賱 賵丕賱賳賵賲 賵丕賱賲毓賷卮丞 賵睾乇賷夭丞 丕賱亘賯丕亍貙 亘賷賳賲丕 賮賱爻賮丞 丕亘賳 胤賮賷賱 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱鬲兀賲賱 丨賵賱 丕賱賵噩賵丿 賵丕賱賲賵鬲 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞.
賴匕賴 兀賵賱 鬲乇噩賲丞 賰丕賲賱丞 亘丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賵賴賷 鬲乇噩賲丞 亘丿賷毓丞 賵乇氐賷賳丞 亘兀爻賱賵亘 爻賱爻 賵賲鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賱賱睾丞 賵鬲卮賰乇 毓賱賷賴 "乇賳賷賲 丕賱毓丕賲乇賷".
"賵賴賰匕丕 毓卮鬲 丨賷丕鬲賷 亘乇丕丨丞 毓馗賷賲丞貙 賲胤賲卅賳 丕賱亘丕賱 賵賲賳卮乇丨 丕賱氐丿乇 賲爻賱賲賸丕 兀賲乇賷 廿賱賶 賲卮賷卅丞 丕賱賱賴 賵禺丕囟毓賸丕 賰賱賷賸丕 賱廿乇丕丿鬲賴. 賵賯丿 賵噩丿鬲 兀賳 丨賷丕鬲賷 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賳丨賵 賴賷 兀賮囟賱 賲賲丕 賱賵 毓卮鬲 丨賷丕丞 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賲丨丕胤賸丕 亘丕賱亘卮乇貙 賵賰賳鬲 賰賱賲丕 鬲丕賯鬲 賳賮爻賷 賱鬲亘丕丿賱 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賲毓 廿賳爻丕賳 丌禺乇 爻兀賱鬲 賳賮爻賷: 兀賱賷爻 丕賱鬲賮賰乇 賵丕賱丨丿賷孬 賲毓 丕賱賳賮爻 兀賵 賲賳丕噩丕丞 丕賱賱賴貙 兀賮囟賱 賵兀亘賴噩 丨鬲賶 賲賳 兀賲鬲毓 乇賮賯丞 賲毓 亘賳賷 丕賱亘卮乇 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲責"
February 11, 2023
full review laterNow I know why this is considdered. It is very well written and a page turner. It concerns a young man who goes out sailing with his mates from Englan, and becomes ship wrecked and alone on an island off the coast off South America. The book goes in to depth on how he survives, how he meets a friend, and how he eventually escapes.
I highly recommend this book.
I highly recommend this book.
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