Robinson Crusoe

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Considered by many to be the first true English novel, Robinson Crusoe is the original castaway story— one man shipwrecked on a desert island with little but his wits and the available resources to sustain him. Written in 1719 by Daniel Defoe and based in part on the true-life accounts of actual marooned sailors of his day, the book was an immediate success and spawned a new form of storytelling.