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Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Original publication
1719
Bilingual edition
June 12, 2026
Pages
667
Difficulty
★★☆
Genres
Adventure, Travel Writing
Translated from
English

Book summary

Robinson Crusoe, an adventurous sailor, is shipwrecked on a deserted island after a tragic voyage. Isolated from the world, he must learn to survive using his resources and ingenuity. Over the years, he transforms his environment and builds a new existence. His encounter with Friday marks a turning point in his solitude. The story explores survival, faith, and the human capacity to adapt. The author offers a foundational adventure about autonomy and resilience.

The plot

A bare footprint on a desert island. Robinson Crusoe, an Englishman who survived a shipwreck, has lived alone on an island for fifteen years. One day, around noon, he finds the print of a bare foot in the sand. He…

The world of the book

In the days of the tall ships. In 1651, Robinson Crusoe, a young Englishman from the city of York, goes to sea against his father’s wishes. He travels as far as Africa and Brazil. In 1659, his ship is wrecked off the…

The author

He was a merchant, a journalist and a secret agent. Daniel Defoe grows up in London. He becomes a merchant: he sells stockings, woollen cloth and wine, then runs a brick factory. He also starts a newspaper, which he…

The benefits of the bilingual method with Line-by-line synced layout

Every line of the original has its translation directly beneath it, at the same height. You never lose your place: your eye drops one line and lands on exactly the sentence it just read. This is the layout that lets you open a book in a language you barely know without ever giving up, and compare the two texts almost word for word.

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