Tras una travesía llena de aventuras y peligros, el marinero Robinson Crusoe naufraga en una isla desierta donde le esperan más de dos décadas de absoluta soledad. Para sobrevivir y construir un nuevo mundo desde cero, cuenta con una sola herramienta: sus propias manos. Considerado el padre de la novela británica, Daniel Defoe recurre en esta historia a un brillante uso de la perspectiva para poner en primer plano aspectos como los peligros de la naturaleza, el instinto o la soledad. Uno de los libros de aventuras más leídos de todos los tiempos, traducido por el maestro Julio Cortázar. -- publisher website This novel narrates the adventures and dangers of the sailor Robinson Crusoe. He finds himself shipwrecked on a desert island where he ends up spending more than two decades of absolute solitude. He only has one tool to survive and build a new world from scratch: his own two hands.

Contemporary fiction. 'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance . . . reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self . . . ' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the power and originality of Defoe's famous book. Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being. First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been praised by such writers as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language. 9 yrs+

In 1659, after becoming the sole survivor of a shipwreck, Englishman Robinson Crusoe lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.

In 1659, after becoming the sole survivor of a shipwreck, Englishman Robinson Crusoe lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600's, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe contains a message of self-reliance that is probably more needed today than when it was first written.

After his vessel is shipwrecked on a deserted island, Robinson Crusoe must rely on his wits to survive alone for twenty-five years.

During one of his several adventurous voyages in the 1600s, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island. First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe contains a message of self-reliance that is probably more needed today than when it was first written.