| 单词 | Robinson Crusoe |
| 例句 | I snuck into the library and took a book from the shelves—a story called Robinson Crusoe by Mr. Defoe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Every house has only a single square room and a thatched roof, under which might dwell the likes of Robinson Crusoe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if there were still deserted islands in the world, like the one on which Robinson Crusoe had been shipwrecked. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z We had finished Robinson Crusoe long ago, and Kevin had chosen a couple of other familiar books from the library. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I closed the book and longed for Robinson Crusoe, still stranded in the study where Colonel Hawkins was asleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z No, he thought: it was like watching Robinson Crusoe conjure up a living out of nothingness. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And I began to get into Robinson Crusoe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I really can’t get over how similar it is to Robinson Crusoe at times, especially when he’s on the ship to Lilliput. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It had been months since I dug into the story of Robinson Crusoe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was his turn to read novels out loud, he liked The Swiss Family Robinson and Robinson Crusoe, stories about people shipwrecked on islands and learning how to survive. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Jane, after some hesitation, eventually decided that a white dickey would be just the thing for Mr. Banks, and she bought Robinson Crusoe for the Twins to read when they grew up. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Before long, he’s sharing with Ben his favorite books: “Robinson Crusoe” and “Treasure Island.” 2 Literary Novels Find the Poetry in Animal Rescue 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The lone woman’s adventure inevitably suggests Robinson Crusoe. ‘The Wall’: Spooky tale of a lone woman and her dog 2013-08-15T19:28:15Z Cast Away With Tom Hanks currently in Australia fighting Covid-19, let’s remember him in shaggier times: on an enforced Robinson Crusoe training retreat, with only a beachball and do-it-yourself dentistry to amuse himself with. From Panic Room to Cabin Fever: films about isolation, to watch in self-isolation 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z At times, she registers as a castaway, a kind of modern-era Robinson Crusoe, even if it’s never made clear if her isolation is accidental or willful. New Directors/New Films Festival Highlights Bold Narrative Experiments 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z This is also depressing, because the characters include Robinson Crusoe’s parrot and Friday, and what could be sadder than an abandoned kid reading Robinson Crusoe alone over Christmas? The Ghosts of Christmas: Was Scrooge the First Psychotherapy Patient? 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z There is a line in “Robinson Crusoe” where Friday says, “Many is the day I dreamt of cheese, toasted mostly.” Neurotic’s guide to fasting 2013-03-20T00:00:00Z The story of the white man visiting the “exotic” “Orient” became tiresome with Robinson Crusoe; “Marco Polo” struggles to justify its existence in 2014. Netfix’s orgy bonanza: “Marco Polo” gives a lesson in how not to write about other cultures 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s as if these works had been made by a shipwrecked sailor — like Robinson Crusoe or Tom Hanks in “Cast Away” — to allay loneliness and provide spiritual hope and courage. Mike Nelson: ‘Gang of Seven’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z If Robinson Crusoe is your protagonist and he’s on the island, there’s no way to zip your readers back to England to check in on his estate — not until he gets back there. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 4: David Copperfield 2012-02-02T23:24:54Z He sent me a picture of his kitchen table covered in Robinson Crusoe, a solo game involving hundreds of cards and tokens. Trapped at Home? Board Game On! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Four decades ago the government renamed one of the islands "Alexander Selkirk" and another "Robinson Crusoe" in an effort to promote tourism. The Best Places To Hide 2010-09-03T16:00:00Z The online National Database of Pantomime Performance lists two other professional productions of Mother Goose, alongside 48 Cinderellas, 37 Aladdins, 21 Snow Whites - so, presumably, 147 dwarfs - and one "Robinson Crusoe and the Pirate Queen". Panto dames come out to cheer Britain after a tumultuous 2016 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z A space western and a blissed-out cosmic high, “The Martian” stars Matt Damon as an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair. Review: In ‘The Martian,’ Marooned but Not Alone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z It’s like watching Robinson Crusoe set up house on his island. In Stephen King?s Latest, Trying to Stop Lee Harvey Oswald 2011-11-02T15:57:51Z Some literary historians suspect “Robinson Crusoe” was inspired by the island’s remoteness. Next Stop: In Postwar Sri Lanka, Beaches, Temples and Military Checkpoints 2010-03-12T02:50:00Z Desert islands inspired Daniel Defoe’s classic tale of Robinson Crusoe. Review | Desert-island books: Science fiction tales set in isolation that feel just right now 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z More down to earth is “Robinson,” a dream adventure propelled by a schoolchild’s decision to attend a costume party dressed as his favorite storybook hero, Robinson Crusoe. Masters of Illustration Bring Breathtaking Art to These Seafaring Stories 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “Robinson Crusoe,” though, remains something truly special: It belongs in that small category of classics — others are “The Odyssey” and “Don Quixote” — that we feel we’ve read even if we haven’t. Review | Three hundred years later, does ‘Robinson Crusoe’ hold up as a classic? 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Much of today’s great art seems to be in conversation with Daniel Defoe’s individualist/empiricist philosophy in “Robinson Crusoe.” Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Julian Roman Pölsler's bewitching debut manages to be at once a creepy sci-fi parable, a feminist Robinson Crusoe and a clear-eyed ode to the wonders of nature experienced in solitude. The Wall – review 2013-07-04T20:44:00Z The novel has lost some of its novelty in the 300 years since “Robinson Crusoe,” and doesn’t offer as much perspective on this blurring of fact and fiction on the Internet. Dealing in uncertainty, the essay may be the perfect form for our time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe A large umbrella was for many years known in France as "un robinson" because of the famous castaway's fabrication of a brolly to keep off the sun. Ten of the best brolleys in literature 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z He's a pretty good advert for the Robinson Crusoe life. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild – TV review 2013-04-23T06:00:08Z The first of the three islets, Little Eye, feels like a miniature Robinson Crusoe island with golden sands topped by large ferns and colourful wildflowers. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z At times, she added, the woman “registers as a castaway, a kind of modern-era Robinson Crusoe, even if it’s never made clear if her isolation is accidental or willful.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Dog Lady’ and ‘Megan Leavey’ 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z In ensuing days and weeks, she becomes Robinson Crusoe, surviving by her immersion into primitive instincts. 'On the Sly': Child needs a little more quiet time in compelling tale 2012-08-10T00:01:04Z In 1719, when “Robinson Crusoe” appeared, many people considered “the novel,” in itself, to be a genre. A Better Way to Think About the Genre Debate 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the probable real-life inspiration for the fictional Robinson Crusoe, spent four years as a castaway on a remote South Pacific island in the early 18th century, scavenging shellfish and hunting goats. The Best Places To Hide 2010-09-03T16:00:00Z The largest island was called Robinson Crusoe, as for four years it had been the home of the man on whom Daniel Defoe based his character, in real life the mercurial Scottish mariner Alexander Selkirk. Take the long view: Chile revisited 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Friday the 13th: A man on a desert island is shocked to learn the grisly fates of Robinson Crusoe’s 12 previous helpers. Style Invitational Week 1440: It’s parody time 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The sensitive young David Copperfield finds refuge from the cruelty of his stepfather in his late father’s collection of classics, from Robinson Crusoe to Don Quixote. Why to Read Dickens Now (Or Watch Him on TV) 2012-01-26T19:39:00Z Robinson Crusoe, it is hinted, feasts with the cannibals. Philharmonic to Present H. K. Gruber?s ?Frankenstein!!? 2011-12-04T04:23:05Z The example he gave was Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, which he saw as a utopian portrait of the self-helping capitalist. Eric Hobsbawm changed how we think about culture 2012-10-02T14:29:06Z "The Wild Life," which tells the Robinson Crusoe story from the point of view of the island animals, opened somewhat under expectations at $3.4 million. 'Sully' Flies High to $35.5 Million U.S. Opening 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Daniel Defoe wrote his first novel, Robinson Crusoe, at 58. Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain – review 2012-07-14T23:05:44Z Most farmers make do with a Robinson Crusoe level of technology: bamboo pipes funnel water from well to field, and water buffalo hooves serve as plows. T Magazine: Water World 2010-11-19T20:34:00Z Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe,” published in 1719, is a tale of exotic adventure literally set on a beach. Perspective | Summer reading has a fraught history. But if there was ever a time to delight in escapism, it’s now. 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z A moving and exciting updating of Robinson Crusoe. Anthony McGowan's top 10 global adventures 2012-07-05T08:00:00Z Daniel Defoe’s story of “Robinson Crusoe” became a touchstone. Exhibition Review: At the Folger, a 200-Year Survey of the Sea 2010-08-18T18:21:00Z Flights to Chile’s Robinson Crusoe Island are frequently delayed or canceled due to bad weather or high winds. | New Hotels in Chile 2012-05-23T22:00:30Z Also, and for the same reason, war books like “New York’s Fighting Sixty-Ninth” or “Guadalcanal Diary,” and adventure stories like “Treasure Island” and “Robinson Crusoe.” Alice McDermott Is Reading ‘Frankenstein’ for the First Time 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z “I went down to the water and looked up and down the beach,” he said, “and it was just like Robinson Crusoe land.” Paul Taylor Dance Company Comes to Lincoln Center 2012-03-09T18:58:14Z It was a Robinson Crusoe story about seven disparate travelers who are marooned on a deserted Pacific Island after their small boat wrecks in a storm. 'Gilligan's Island' Creator Sherwood Schwartz Dies 2011-07-12T17:25:26Z “While touring England in 1724, the English novelist Daniel Defoe, famous for ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ observed that turkeys filled the roads from East Anglia to London in the autumn,” Smith wrote. Once upon a time, your Thanksgiving turkey took a very long walk to get to your table 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z I read Robinson Crusoe when I was about 11 and it took me on an adventure and allowed me that dream: what if . Read 'em and keep: what are the books to pass on to the next generation? 2011-03-28T19:30:01Z Just imagine an English potentate breaking the good news to the people: a ban on bloody tedious Robinson Crusoe, cluttering the mind. Nicolas Sarkozy, the murderer of the Princess of Cleves 2011-03-23T09:30:01Z A 19th-century newspaper article said Truehart had been born in Africa, and named for Friday in “Robinson Crusoe” by a ship’s captain. Uncovering Lost Black History, Stone by Stone 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Sometimes Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe was mentioned as a prototype, but according to literary dogma the novel experienced a kind of virgin birth with Pamela, Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel of 1740. The novel is centuries older than we've been told 2010-07-23T13:56:00Z As he continues, Müller also considers the place of paper in Rabelais’s “Gargantua and Pantagruel,” Cervantes’s “Don Quixote” and Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe.” Paper, books and the art of collecting 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z One inevitably thinks of Robinson Crusoe, but the ending also brings to mind the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, though there's no explicit reference to religion. 127 Hours ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:25Z A vast cultural and technological distance separates “Robinson Crusoe” and “Middlemarch.” A Better Way to Think About the Genre Debate 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z “The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe”— a sequel published in the fall of 1719 — describes later travels, starting with a return to the island. Review | Three hundred years later, does ‘Robinson Crusoe’ hold up as a classic? 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The story of Robinson Crusoe shipwrecked on an island, or Clarissa Harlowe’s thwarted romantic life represents, not true stories per se, but stories “true enough” that they accommodate a reasonable suspension of disbelief. Dealing in uncertainty, the essay may be the perfect form for our time 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The appeal of travel books is also the sense that you are different, an outsider, almost like the Robinson Crusoe or Christopher Columbus notion of being the first person in a new place. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z And forget lockdown beards and daytime pyjamas - soon there will be no more excuses for the Robinson Crusoe quarantine look. Drive-in cinemas, raves and dining behind plastic: the new going out 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Another one-player option, Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island’s inspiration is one of the most famous literary travel misadventures. 12 board games that allow homebound Americans to travel in their imagination 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z This effect is compounded by the hallucinatory 3D, and in tone the film suggests Robinson Crusoe rewritten by Laurence Sterne. Life of Pi – review 2012-12-23T00:06:56Z The drawing room globe was the most instructional furniture in the house — invaluable during a reading aloud of “Robinson Crusoe.” We Are What We Read 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Dressed in rags, he’s Robinson Crusoe with no memory of shipwreck and no desire to escape — nor any sense that elsewhere might exist. Review | Susanna Clarke’s infinitely clever ‘Piranesi’ is enough to make you appreciate life in quarantine 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Damien and one of the daughters travel to visit a woman in a wonderful, ramshackle jungle farm — one part Robinson Crusoe and two parts Dr. Seuss. ‘Swim Home to the Vanished’ finds a young man transformed by grief 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s because, despite having no arms, he’s like a darling Robinson Crusoe in the gigantic wilderness of a human’s house. When just a shell of a character is all you need to chase away the blues 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Its editor wrote, “There is no doubt but the article was manufactured in this country, and that it belongs to the same school as Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver’s Travels.” Great Moon Hoax of 1835 convinced the world of extraterrestrial life 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z He visited his family to deliver food and candy with other soldiers, bringing a book of fairy tales for their son, Svyatoslav, along with a copy of “Robinson Crusoe” for his wife. Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z They included a large Robinson Crusoe umbrella in Des Moines; a Brobdingnagian electric plug in Oberlin, Ohio; and an immense rubber stamp in Cleveland. Claes Oldenburg, a whimsical father of pop art, dies at 93 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z As part of a remote work initiative by Island Conservation and Lenovo, I spent five weeks living with the local community on the stunning Robinson Crusoe Island, part of the Juan Fernández archipelago. Traveling in Chile is a lesson in the ravages of climate change 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z He prefers not to think what he's leaving behind, but a colleague compared him to Robinson Crusoe about to leave his island. Ancient Spanish village loses school, fears for its future as population dwindles 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z The levity in “City of Orange” often stems from both subtle and overt references to survival-narrative tropes, including shoutouts to the Tom Hanks film “Cast Away” and Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe.” Review: Apocalypse on the L.A. River? The novel 'City of Orange' blends humor and dread 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z In an interview, Mr. Hecht’s daughter recalled listening with her father to the island adventures of “Robinson Crusoe” on the reel-to-reel that had been used in his Porsche. Duvall Hecht, who popularized audiobooks as founder of Books on Tape, dies at 91 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “If you don’t have any customers, you have to be a Robinson Crusoe and enjoy the facilities that you’ve got in your mind.” English island seeks a landlord-king who likes solitude, seals and beer 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Daniel Defoe, author of ″Robinson Crusoe,″ is the purported writer of an account of an explosive eruption at La Soufrière in 1718, when Indigenous inhabitants effectively controlled the island. Once again, volcanic Caribbean island looks to recovery 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Lynda, from North Berwick in East Lothian, said she felt like the fictional castaway Robinson Crusoe who spent years on a deserted tropical island after tourists left and locals locked themselves indoors. Surviving lockdown like real-life Robinson Crusoe 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The account of it most read today is A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, creator of Robinson Crusoe. What Daniel Defoe can teach us about Covid-19 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe was sold on the assurance that his “Life and strange surprizing adventures” were “written by himself” and therefore authentic. Howard Jacobson: 'A feelgood Holocaust exploits the dead and demeans the living' 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z He had grown a beard, and that, and his happy wave when I came in, made me think of Robinson Crusoe. Clive James: the last interview 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z But through it all he retained the resourcefulness of a modern-day Robinson Crusoe, which has enabled him to convert his cavern into an off-the-grid home with a certain subterranean charm. With ingenuity, man makes Boulder City mine shaft his castle 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Robinson Crusoe Island was so named because it was where Scottish explorer Alexander Selkirk was marooned in the 18th century, a tale documented by Daniel Defoe’s novel, Robinson Crusoe. Buried treasure on Chile's Robinson Crusoe Island sparks new controversy 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Defoe came to gaze in wonder at the silk mill. How espionage and ambition built the first factory 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z By late summer 1719 the book had been reprinted three times and Defoe had published a sequel, The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe at 300: why it’s time to let go of this colonial fairytale 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z A trunk’s worth disappeared on one transatlantic voyage, and he once recalled leaving a copy of Robinson Crusoe on a train. Why would one man read Mark Twain's whole library? 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The show’s title alluded to both “Robinson Crusoe” and “The Swiss Family Robinson,” but a more apt literary reference might have been “Lord of the Flies.” How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z From Robinson Crusoe almost 300 years ago to Tom Hanks in the film Cast Away, the idea of surviving alone in the wild still captures the imagination of many. Caveman TV: Why 'primitive tech' is big on YouTube 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z He even scored an Oscar nomination in 1954, for his role in Luis Buñuel’s “Robinson Crusoe.” Architect Lorcan O'Herlihy designs intimate spaces for a denser L.A. 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z There have also been adaptations for the stage, film, TV and online gaming, but the particular status of Robinson Crusoe in English culture derives chiefly from the early abridgements and retellings published for children. Robinson Crusoe at 300: why it’s time to let go of this colonial fairytale 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Students of mine in a political philosophy course at Indiana University are reading Daniel Defoe’s 300-year-old “Robinson Crusoe,” often regarded as the first novel published in English. The lifesaving power of gratitude (or, why you should write that thank you note) 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z He was like a real Robinson Crusoe, with a few minor differences. Why the naked hermit of Japan has had to leave his island after 29 years 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z My Robinson Crusoe leanings first manifested long ago. The Do-Nothing Beach Vacation: Heaven or Hell? 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z In it, he span his own shipwreck parable, in which a lone Robinson Crusoe tries to save three years’ worth of provisions to tide him over while he devotes his energies to digging a canal. Why sub-zero interest rates are neither unfair nor unnatural 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Robert Louis Stevenson, comparing Robinson Crusoe to Samuel Richardson’s Clarissa, found in Defoe “not a tenth part of the style nor a thousandth part of the wisdom”. Robinson Crusoe at 300: why it’s time to let go of this colonial fairytale 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z When Defoe depicted Robinson Crusoe making thanksgiving a daily part of his island life, he was anticipating findings in social science and medicine that would not appear for hundreds of years. The lifesaving power of gratitude (or, why you should write that thank you note) 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z That rescue became the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Chance Blackbeard Discovery Reveals Pirate Reading Habits 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Please don't call them France's answer to Robinson Crusoe. Wanted: Couple to run deserted French island 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Gustafsson said life in the desert was a cross between “a prison sentence and Robinson Crusoe.” Former Hostage Held by Al Qaeda Describes 6-Year Ordeal in the Sahara 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s those late-night Telegram messages from a distant friend, or the unfinished digital copy of Robinson Crusoe in my Kindle library that I nibble at on commutes into town. Apple gets too much and too little credit for the iPhone 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z “We had found the Robinson Crusoe of our boyish days,” the correspondent wrote, “not on Juan Fernandez but on the shores of Lake Tahoe.” California Today: The Extreme Heat to Come 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Maybe this was a far-flung outpost of the European populations, the occupant a Neanderthal Robinson Crusoe. The Oldest Human Fossils Ever Discovered Have Stories to Tell 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z This frail-looking man had survived at the war’s geographic center entirely alone, an urban Robinson Crusoe, living on stocks of dry food and whatever he could grow in his small inner courtyard. Aleppo After the Fall 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z I feel like Robinson Crusoe but I don’t know if my ship will ever arrive. 'Sometimes I laugh at this farce': six writers on life behind bars in Turkey 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Selkirk is often erroneously called the real Robinson Crusoe. Debunking the Myth of the ‘Real’ Robinson Crusoe Christopher Kane had distressed leather hats by Stephen Jones, while Erdem’s were a bit like the one worn by Robinson Crusoe, though probably not made of the scraps found on a fictional desert island. Fasten your boob belts! Eight trends from London fashion week 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “The Wild Life” is an animated adventure inspired by Daniel Defoe’s classic novel Robinson Crusoe about a British castaway. What to watch with your kids: ‘The Wild Life,’ ‘Sully’ and more 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Fetching up on the rocky shore of the Island of Annoying Animals, the Robinson Crusoe of the animated “The Wild Life” reveals himself to be the klutziest castaway ever to infest a tropical paradise. ‘The Wild Life’: Animated tale leaves us stranded with a klutz 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z “I am going to throw myself to the mountains like Robinson Crusoe,” he said. Dam Project Threatens to Submerge Thousands of Years of Turkish History 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In Robinson Crusoe, the hero is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Debunking the Myth of the ‘Real’ Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe lands on a tropical island in this animated adventure pitting him and his animal friends against two savage cats. Every movie being released this fall, including 'Sully,' 'Girl on the Train,' 'Magnificent Seven,' 'Loving,' and many more 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In a local version of Robinson Crusoe, a woman who fell overboard in the Chesapeake Bay on Sunday night was found safe on an island Monday. Local roundup: Man shot by agent at White House in May is ordered detained 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Movie review of “The Wild Life”: The Robinson Crusoe of this animated tale reveals himself to be the klutziest castaway ever to infest a tropical paradise. ‘The Wild Life’: Animated tale leaves us stranded with a klutz 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z When I was ten and in fifth grade, I read all of “Robinson Crusoe” in one weekend. Shipwrecked in Topeka 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z In fact, one of the critical differences between Robinson Crusoe and earlier survival narratives like Selkirk’s is that its main character isn’t a pirate. Debunking the Myth of the ‘Real’ Robinson Crusoe To her, “Robinson Crusoe” is essentially a story about home. What makes a house a home? 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The publication of the tales coincides with the rise of the modern novel: they came after Don Quixote and La Princesse de Clèves, but before Robinson Crusoe and Tom Jones. Charles Perrault: the modern fairytale's fairy godfather 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Advertisement One original-minded film that bucked the trend was “The Martian,” starring Matt Damon as a kind of Robinson Crusoe on Mars. In Hollywood, a Year of Mining the Past for Box Office Gold 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z My wife and I are about as low on the Robinson Crusoe self-sufficiency scale as it is possible for two full-grown adults to be. How to Feel Like a Castaway 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z And there’s a history of fictional tales about the stranded, beginning with Robinson Crusoe and continuing through “Cast Away” and “Gravity.” Why Ridley Scott made 'The Martian' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z In a recent interview, Scott described “Robinson Crusoe” as “one of my favorite books as a kid” and its hero as “the first astronaut,” and the new film tunes in to that old fixation. At Least One Life on Mars 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z In essence, the director continues, the story is identical to that of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, with science thrown in. The Martian: A 'love letter to science' - BBC News 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z “The core focus of the book is basically resourceful problem-solving,” Weir says, “sort of a combination of Robinson Crusoe, MacGyver and Apollo 13.” It’s sci-fi, but the new movie ‘The Martian’ has a lot of real science in it 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Like a space age Robinson Crusoe, he is forced to improvise to survive, while using a wry sense of humor to offset the bleakness of his prospects. Thrills, humor help lure Damon back into space for 'The Martian' 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Think a 21st century "Robinson Crusoe" on a planet millions of miles away, with Damon as the stranded castaway and Chastain heading up the rescue party. Heady days for Jessica Chastain as 'The Martian' and 'Crimson Peaks' loom 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Aside from the Bible, a typical list would run like this: “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” “Robinson Crusoe,” and “Gulliver’s Travels,” to which were later added “The Pickwick Papers” and “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Go Ask Alice 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z On Lumley Beach Road, which used to be jumping, some of the bars appear like something out of Robinson Crusoe — they are abandoned, with torn-up canvas roofs and bugs scuttling across the empty, salt-stained floors. Ebola Ravages Economies in West Africa 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z As an aside, Dover also spent a decade as a privateer and was famous as the captain who rescued the marooned Scot Alexander Selkirk, the real-life inspiration for Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. It's Never Too Late To Innovate 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z "At six years old," he records, "I remember to have read Belisarius, Robinson Crusoe and Philip Quarll." Raymond Chandler's Red Wind carried me to California 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Though he’s never read “Robinson Crusoe,” he uses the library’s free Internet access to find swashbuckling adventure in Dragon City, a Facebook-hosted video game in which children interact with large friendly reptiles. A Century Later, Children Still Finding Sanctuary at Brownsville Library 2014-04-19T03:51:40Z This was not yet the Defoe made famous by his great novel Robinson Crusoe; he would discover his vocation as a novelist only late in life. Rumor, gossip, nonsense: How the news became a nightmare 2014-03-29T18:00:00Z Fantastic voyage Daniel Defoe's famous fictional castaway, Robinson Crusoe, set sail from Queen's Dock in Hull on 1 September 1651. Ten fascinating facts about Hull 2013-11-20T14:56:56Z “This is going to be our Robinson Crusoe experience,” the 58-year-old publishing executive reassured her. ‘My Resistance Was Useless’ 2013-09-05T08:45:00Z “This is going to be our Robinson Crusoe experience,” the 58-year old publishing executive reassured her. "My Resistance Was Useless" 2013-09-05T08:45:00Z The Savage Dance, for instance, was based on a routine from a musical about Robinson Crusoe. Party like it’s 1813 2013-05-10T01:24:59Z Econ 101 lecturers love to tell students about poor Robinson Crusoe, stuck doing everything on his own on a deserted island until a second person is introduced, to the same island. Growth: Markets, broad and deep 2012-11-19T20:56:27Z The locals are proud of their Robinson Crusoe connection. Life on the real Robinson Crusoe Island 2012-10-01T22:46:11Z Its most famous former resident is Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Defoe. US owner to gift historic house 2012-08-25T10:02:05Z In that novel the resourceful Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked on a remote island, saves and replants four quarts of barley. Investment: Prudence without a purpose 2012-05-24T15:10:30Z It is generally believed that the adventures of Selkirk suggested to Daniel Defoe the attractive story of “Robinson Crusoe.” Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z He eschewed gloves, and looked, upon the whole, something like a dissipated Robinson Crusoe.” The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z But at times when reading the book, you get a sense of the Chilean Robinson Crusoe Island. Life on the real Robinson Crusoe Island 2012-10-01T22:46:11Z She rather liked that—just an extraordinary word on the sand, like the footprint in Robinson Crusoe. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z In Defoe’s tale, Robinson Crusoe spends five months making a canoe for himself, felling a cedar-tree, paring away its branches and chiselling out its innards. Investment: Prudence without a purpose 2012-05-24T15:10:30Z The Challenger afterwards visited Juan Fernandez, the real Robinson Crusoe island where Alexander Selkirk passed his enforced residence of four years. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The record, as preserved by the immortal author of “Robinson Crusoe,” is terribly concise in its details. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Daniel Defoe's famous novel was inspired by the true story of an 18th Century castaway, but the real Robinson Crusoe island bears little resemblance to its fictional counterpart. Life on the real Robinson Crusoe Island 2012-10-01T22:46:11Z “It’s only old Robinson Crusoe,” replied the other. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z In Robinson Crusoe, the saving and the investing are both done by the same Englishman, alone on his island. Investment: Prudence without a purpose 2012-05-24T15:10:30Z The information it contained was treated as a revelation of the most interesting facts, and the tale of the hero was regarded as surpassing that of Robinson Crusoe, in point of interest. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z If a child was born at Whitsuntide or Easter, Christmas or Epiphany, like Robinson Crusoe’s man Friday, or Thursday October Christian of the Pitcairn islanders, he received the name of the day. Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature 2012-03-29T02:00:13.900Z Think of the island on which Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked in Daniel Defoe's famous book and you're likely to think of a sun-drenched Caribbean idyll with sandy beaches and palm trees. Life on the real Robinson Crusoe Island 2012-10-01T22:46:11Z It was old Colson, or poor Robinson Crusoe, who, as it has been stated, was making his way with fish up the Orwell. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z His designs for "Robinson Crusoe" are among his best works. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Thus, in a desert island, it is evident that my will and rights would be absolute and unlimited, and I might say with Robinson Crusoe, ‘I am monarch of all I survey.’ Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Jim was heard to mutter, in a tone that showed his mind busy with the romantic memory of Robinson Crusoe. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Robinson Crusoe has had many renderings, but remains the same old story in spite of variations. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z It so happened that some of the servants of Mrs. Cobbold mentioned the subject of the reward to the old fisherman, Robinson Crusoe, as he stood at the back-door with his basket of fish. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Not Robinson Crusoe on his desert island had made a more ridiculous fuss about a foot-print or two! Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Sal�, the fierce old pirate town, where Robinson Crusoe was so long a slave, lay before us, snow-white in its cheese-coloured ramparts skirted by fig and olive gardens. In Morocco 2012-03-05T03:00:11.463Z Here we stand looking at these footprints like Robinson Crusoe looking at Friday’s, and talking about burglars, and wracking our brains wondering where he came in, and it must have been Hercules all the while. The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House 2012-02-27T03:00:12.427Z “I say, Lestocque,” cried a large, burly man, from above, “have you picked up Robinson Crusoe, there?” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The first volume of his most famous work, the immortal story—partly adventure, partly moralizing—of The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, was published on the 25th of April 1719. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Readers of Robinson Crusoe associate the Caribbean Sea with piracy and rum, but usually have few other ideas on the subject. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z No, no, let them dress up with minds still untainted by their Uncle Hugh's shame; let them enact Robinson Crusoe and if they liked burn Halma House to the ground. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z The Bible, the Pilgrim's Progress, Robinson Crusoe and "the Gentle Shepherd" are read by them a thousand times more than any other book. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Suffice it to say, Robinson Crusoe, placed in juxtaposition with him, was a mere fire-side stay-at-home sort of personage, one who had never left his own comfortable arm-chair, in comparison. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Robinson Crusoe was immediately popular, and a wild story was set afloat of its having been written by Lord Oxford in the Tower. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It so happened that Miss Grey was getting into bed when the bump occasioned by "Robinson Crusoe's" fall occurred. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z "Bertram," said Viola, in bland oblivion of all that her uncle had endured, "when we dress up to-day shall we act going to church, or finish Robinson Crusoe?" Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z You would find there 'The Histories of the Old and New Testaments,' 'The Imitation of Jesus Christ,' 'The History of France,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' and a few others. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z He was an odd, wild boy, and always wanting to turn Robinson Crusoe or Buccaneer. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The other day an illustrated magazine published pictures of Alexander Selkirk’s birthplace, and labelled them “The Home of Robinson Crusoe.” Rambles in Dickens' Land 2012-01-25T03:00:36.463Z Maggie now arranged herself in bed, and placed "Robinson Crusoe" on her feet. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z Had not the children talked of finishing Robinson Crusoe and alluded to his own lack of suitable fur rugs? Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z We played at church and school in it, at scalping and Robinson Crusoe and the Three Bears. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z Borrow no doubt exaggerated his acquaintance with Thurtell, as in his Robinson Crusoe romance he was fully entitled to do for effect. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z When I used to wrap myself up, in the pages of Robinson Crusoe, how little I suspected, that Daniel Defoe was the writer of some twenty volumes beside. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Among the books he read were the Bible, "�sop's Fables," "Robinson Crusoe," Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," a "History of the United States," and Weems' "Life of Washington." Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z Beside these, there was a book by De Foe, the author of Robinson Crusoe; and another called An Essay to do Good, by Dr. Mather, an old New England divine. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Well, this is a go!" he cried; "I never thought I'd come to play Robinson Crusoe. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Fortunately for his fame he had read Gil Blas, Don Quixote, and, above all, Robinson Crusoe, which last book, first read as a boy of six, coloured his whole life. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z The young man looks at it, reads it, but just then, if it had been a page of “Robinson Crusoe,” he could not have understood it. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z You know, Robinson Crusoe lived in a cave, and in a hut. The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z My dream figured a kind of Robinson Crusoe incident. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z It is a fact," admitted Falconer with an air of gloomy sarcasm, "that I do possess a daughter; but for all practical purposes I might as well be Robinson Crusoe. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z And after that the book which impressed itself most vividly upon his memory was Robinson Crusoe. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z Society a system of exchanges—Security of individual property the principle of exchange—Alexander Selkirk and Robinson Crusoe—Imperfect appropriation and unprofitable labour14CHAPTER III. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z “I guess Robinson Crusoe didn’t have a better cave.” The Corner House Girls Snowbound 2011-12-30T03:00:22.827Z He had kept his finger on the open page of his book all this time; and Percival pointed and said: "Well, what are you reading, if you please?" and was told "Robinson Crusoe." The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z There was something of the Robinson Crusoe element in Archie’s present mode of living, for he and his friends had to rough it in the same delightfully primitive fashion. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z After reading ‘Robinson Crusoe’ so often, I’ve always wished to have an island all to myself; but a cave, Kooran, is nearly as good as an island. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Society a system of exchanges—Security of individual property the principle of exchange—Alexander Selkirk and Robinson Crusoe—Imperfect appropriation and unprofitable labour. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Ambrose did not consider it necessary to point out that he had never once mentioned "Paul Jones," and that he was too wise a man ever to compare anything with "Robinson Crusoe." The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He placed a blade of grass in "Robinson Crusoe" and put the volume beneath his arm. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Yes; these words are borrowed from the poem on Robinson Crusoe, you remember; that stirring story that so appeals to the heart of every genuine boy. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Robinson Crusoe's desolation was scarcely more complete; his helplessness was not so great. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Alexander Selkirk was left upon the same island as the Moskito Indian; and his adventures there have formed the groundwork of the beautiful romance of "Robinson Crusoe." Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Uncle George says the Island of San Pedro is an imitation of 'Robinson Crusoe,' but nothing will ever make me admit that, so you had better not admit it either. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z He had read the Pilgrim's Progress, Robinson Crusoe, and some other books lent him by the vicar, who looked upon him as his model scholar, and took glory to himself over the labourer's success. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Are such authors more entitled to credit, than those of Robinson Crusoe, and of the Thousand and One Nights? Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul 2011-11-24T03:00:45.230Z Selling comparatively little, buying practically nothing, Jefferson's estate came as close to being a sort of Robinson Crusoe island as was possible in a modern country. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z In Defoe's story, Robinson Crusoe is represented as going into this pastoral and agricultural state. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z I say that's better than 'Robinson Crusoe' itself, which makes Uncle George furious. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Now I venture to say that no one can any more outgrow Treasure Island than he can outgrow Robinson Crusoe. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z "We'll make a raft, like old Robinson Crusoe, and bring the stuff right down to the spit yonder," said Macro, waxing quite cheerful at the prospect. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z When we got down we made a discovery which affected us as much as the footprint in the sand did Robinson Crusoe: a blue silk veil lay by our fireside. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked on a desert island and forced to stay there without companionship, is not primitive man. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z "I had not read 'Robinson Crusoe' when I wrote the Island, and I suppose if I had I should have written it differently." The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z Defoe's first fiction of any consequence was Robinson Crusoe, printed in 1719; he was then fifty-eight years old. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z I felt like Robinson Crusoe, and in some respects his plight was more endurable than mine. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z “And was he cast away on a desert island, like Robinson Crusoe?” asked Bert, who was old enough to read that wonderful book. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea 2011-11-04T02:00:25.553Z The first few days of the lonely life of a peripatetic Robinson Crusoe are unmistakably disagreeable, but after that initiation there is no doubt that it is a fascinating life. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z "Never made a bigger mistake in your life, Ambrose, than to compare 'Paul Jones' with 'Robinson Crusoe.'" The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z It's real nice and independent living all alone as long as you're strong and well, but just the minute anything happens, there you are like a Robinson Crusoe, cast away on a desert isle. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z Robinson Crusoe hitched his gun, as though he was about to "let fly" at the invader of his solitudes. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z If we could live on an island like Robinson Crusoe,” Freddie answered, “that would be lots of fun.” The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea 2011-11-04T02:00:25.553Z It was quite a romantic dwelling, such as a boy steeped in the lore of Robinson Crusoe or Jules Verne would have loved. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z Stevenson knew a Welsh blacksmith who at twenty-five could neither read nor write, at which time he heard a chapter of Robinson Crusoe read aloud in a farm kitchen. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Robinson Crusoe had a wreck well stored with supplies, and we inherited only four walls and a roof. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z In 1837, however, having imbibed from Robinson Crusoe a taste for adventure, he went to America and wandered over a large part of the United States, supporting himself by whatever work came to hand. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z “Is it a really and truly Robinson Crusoe place?” questioned Flossie. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea 2011-11-04T02:00:25.553Z THE G. G. Stanley!—Why, bless my soul, never heard of Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday? Voces Populi 2011-10-04T02:00:20.280Z Mr. Robinson Crusoe, Junior, deciding on where to spend his few weeks' holiday. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 2011-10-02T02:00:16.433Z Who knows? under other conditions this man might have been a Robinson Crusoe, with the passion of travel so on him. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z Above all, the "assured Skill" and "daring Courage" appealed to Defoe—Robinson Crusoe's campaigns against the cannibals and in the Far East repeat the daring, risk-all quality of Ramilles. A Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh 2011-09-24T02:00:14.813Z “Can we sleep here at night?” asked Bert, who wanted very much to do as he had read of Robinson Crusoe doing. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea 2011-11-04T02:00:25.553Z Robinson Crusoe when he discovered the famous footprint of Man Friday in the sand was not more astonished at what met his vision than Newbold on that winter morning. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z Then he picked up other snow-shoe tracks, and Robinson Crusoe could not have been more delighted at the sight of a human footprint. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z So off he went and I had a sort of Robinson Crusoe desert island feelin' that lasted all that day and night. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Defoe discusses this in Robinson Crusoe, Serious Reflections, and a Collection of Miscellaney Letters and several other places. A Short Narrative of the Life and Actions of His Grace John, D. of Marlborogh 2011-09-24T02:00:14.813Z “Because Robinson Crusoe was on an island like that and he had a goat,” Flossie went on. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea 2011-11-04T02:00:25.553Z However, Mr. Pottle seized a strop and by his vigorous stroppings silently expressed his disgust at a man who hadn't heard of "Robinson Crusoe," for Robinson was one of Mr. Pottle's deities. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Now you are going to hear a ghost story published, but he says, not written, by Daniel Defoe the author of 'Robinson Crusoe.' The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Am I not right in saying he was a kind of second edition of Robinson Crusoe? Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Man is out-and-out, or out-and-in, a gregarious animal, else ‘Robinson Crusoe’ had never been written. Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z And I don’t believe it is the island where Robinson Crusoe used to live, Freddie. The Bobbsey Twins on the Deep Blue Sea 2011-11-04T02:00:25.553Z Mr. Pottle stayed up all night packing; from time to time he referred to much-thumbed copies of "Robinson Crusoe" and "Green Isles, Brown Man-Eaters, and a White Man." The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z Next year Henry Bishop's operatic drama "The Slave" was produced at Covent Garden, and a novel pantomime entitled "Robinson Crusoe," with Grimaldi as Friday. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z The island was as much their own as Robinson Crusoe’s was. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Never since the days of Robinson Crusoe was ever man so panic-struck by footprints in the sand as I. Although it was broad daylight, and the air was alive with sounds, I fairly trembled. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z It was taken by the trappers, named Friday for the day upon which it was found, as in the tale of Robinson Crusoe, an Indian youth was named Friday for the day of his discovery. Colorado?The Bright Romance of American History 2011-08-25T02:00:28.183Z Think it over the next time you read "Robinson Crusoe." The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z Perhaps if Robinson Crusoe were a king, they might be feudal barons. Frontier Folk 2011-08-19T02:00:11.653Z It is Robinson Crusoe, lodging as a handsome bachelor on the lonely island,—observe the cunning of the plot!—who battles with the waves and rescues Nancy. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z It's Robinson Crusoe, it's Castaway, it's any environment where I'm cut off from civilisation and I have to rely on myself to survive. Far Cry 3 interview: morality and realism 2011-08-15T13:00:00Z Singleton, and Robinson Crusoe are among his chief works. A Brief Handbook of English Authors 2011-08-15T02:00:26.603Z The fascination of Robinson Crusoe to many a boy lies in the wealth of images of movement and adventure which it supplies. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z It's Robinson Crusoe, It's Castaway, it's any environment in which I'm cut off from civilisation and I have to rely on myself to survive. Far Cry 3 preview 2011-08-09T11:11:23Z The luck of Robinson Crusoe was not more fortunate than ours, although he had not the cut of frost nor the long night, nor the torment of bears to circumscribe his adventures. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Every intelligent youth will remember the island as the spot where De Foe laid the scene of his popular and fascinating story of "Robinson Crusoe." Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z The electronic copy of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe includes elaborate line drawings The British Library is making digital copies of more than 40,000 classic books available for the iPad. British Library offers e-classics 2011-08-02T15:32:33Z The child-adventurer as he personates Robinson Crusoe or other hero becomes another being. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z We had Evenings at Home and Robinson Crusoe, of course, and there were some cheaply-issued stories by Pierce Egan the younger. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z There was the “Farmer of Inglewood Forest,” close by the “Old English Baron,” with the “Children of the Abbey,” and “Robinson Crusoe.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Many intelligent people think that the story of Robinson Crusoe is a pure fabrication, but this is not so. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z All this was as interesting to her listeners as it would be for us to read Robinson Crusoe, or Dr. Kane's travels among the icebergs and Esquimaux. Minnie; or, The Little Woman A Fairy Story 2011-07-18T02:00:19.717Z "Robinson Crusoe," "Huckleberry Finn," "Treasure Island," and other tales of adventure and of foreign lands are all the romance that many know. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z Although he was not fond of books, he never tired of Robinson Crusoe. Four American Naval Heroes Paul Jones, Admiral Farragut, Oliver H. Perry, Admiral Dewey 2011-07-04T02:00:24.047Z I stood looking at them for a few minutes, and then reached down poor old “Robinson Crusoe,” bore it to the window, and for the fourth time in my life began its perusal. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z There is but little in common with De Foe's description of Robinson Crusoe's doings, excepting, of course, the expedients adopted for obtaining food, which could scarcely have been different. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Such works as Robinson Crusoe and the Pilgrim’s Progress, for which there is always a demand, were illustrated by Cruikshank and Harvey. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Some books of his I remember reading were Robinson Crusoe and something about Montezuma and the Incas of Peru. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z De Foe has imitated him successfully in his Robinson Crusoe, in his Moll Flanders, and other pieces; and Richardson has done the same in his Pamela, &c. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z “Looks as if we were going to play Robinson Crusoe for a while, doesn’t it?” The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z The one had not yet written "Gulliver's Travels," nor the other "Robinson Crusoe;" neither had Addison and Steele and other wits of Anne's reign begun the "Spectator." Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) 2011-05-20T02:00:26.573Z It is of the Robinson Crusoe sort of books—better than any other imitation of Defoe. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z If you did not read "Robinson Crusoe" when you were a boy there is no use for you to read it now; you will not understand it. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z In works of fiction, perhaps the most notable example of a story which was offered to publisher after publisher only to be returned to its author, is that of “Robinson Crusoe.” Literary Byways 2011-05-12T02:00:09.493Z "Their tameness is shocking to me," as Alexander Selkirk, the original Robinson Crusoe, complained of the beasts on his island. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z "You have come after poor old 'Robinson Crusoe,' have you?" said Mr. Rolling, when he met the boy at the door. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z Fiction should be of the better kind, "Robinson Crusoe," "Little Lord Fauntleroy," the "Jungle Books," "Grimm's or Andersen's Fairy Tales," "Alice in Wonderland," etc. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z “Sure, the dinner’ll be in another half-hour,” said Robinson Crusoe, joining hospitably in the conversation; “and as for evening clothes—God bless ye!” Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z It is a book that has been bought and read in England as Shakespeare, Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, and Robinson Crusoe, and in America as the works of E. P. Roe. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z Among those which he read over and over again, while a boy, were the Bible, "Æsop's Fables," "Robinson Crusoe," "Pilgrim's Progress," a History of the United States, and "Weems's Life of Washington." American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z The other night when I was reading 'Robinson Crusoe'——" "Tell me about the cave. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z "It is Robinson Crusoe, papa," said she, in a whisper. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Nor is there any danger in permitting them to enter that dimmer world lying about childhood, to which Robinson Crusoe and Scheherazade hold the keys. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z To witness the reception accorded the visitor one would think Mr. Remington was the long lost Robinson Crusoe. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z There the little Malzins had played Robinson Crusoe; the hut had been a fort besieged by savages. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Many a pleasant evening did Owen and Bertha spend in "Robinson Crusoe's" company. The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 2011-05-07T02:00:28.747Z He once took me with him to a shop and presented me with a great illustrated "Robinson Crusoe." Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z And in Penrith I began a new set of books which charmed me quite as much as “Robinson Crusoe” and the “Arabian Nights” had done. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z It was surely right of Robinson Crusoe to make his solitary cave look as smart as possible. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z "Well, old Robinson Crusoe, how goes solitude?" he demanded. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z In this Robinson Crusoe existence I even felt a mild interest in the three cattle that we had landed at Utwé. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Who would read a clean new copy of Robinson Crusoe when he might have one that had seen service in a circulating library, or had been well thumbed by several generations of adventure-loving boys? My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z His "Robinson Crusoe" in modern dress counted of course as a book of to-day rather than as a work of the Age of Anne. Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z This is irrefutably the edition of 'Robinson Crusoe' of the season. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z "Then one must live upon a desert island, like Robinson Crusoe." Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Of course, the great classic of the realistic method suited for children is Robinson Crusoe. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Alexander Selkirk lived four years on this island, and his story formed the basis of De Foe's Robinson Crusoe. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Defoe and poet William Blake - who wrote the words of the hymn Jerusalem - are both buried at Bunhill Fields Cemetery. Poet William Blake cemetery gets listed status 2011-02-22T00:03:40Z Robinson Crusoe was a true story expanded on these lines, and written down under stress of circumstance when its author was just upon sixty. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels are but works of travel, and are poetry because of the ecstatic presentation of ideas. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z In the third or fourth grade Robinson Crusoe forms a desirable basis for the year's work. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z To which is added a Map of the World, in which is Delineated the Voyages of Robinson Crusoe. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 1 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:36.047Z But what relation has this to De Foe's Robinson Crusoe? Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z "Oh, yes; we could read 'Robinson Crusoe' together!" A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Hazlitt stated that there were some prose works that approached poetry without absolutely being poetry, instancing Robinson Crusoe, Pilgrim's Progress, and the Decameron. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z It is instructive both as to literature and as to fact to put the making of Robinson Crusoe's boat beside the building of Hiawatha's canoe. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z At one period, the French, the Italians, and the Spaniards borrowed the plots of their stories mostly from this source.4 The adventures of Robinson Crusoe make our childhood familiar with one of its forms. White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z It is Robinson Crusoe's island monopolized by common-place colonists, who have set up cafés and restaurants. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Lesson books make my head ache," he said; "and I learn a lot of hard words in 'Robinson Crusoe' without thinking. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z It was a handsome illustrated copy of "Robinson Crusoe." Strive and Thrive or, Stories for the Example and Encouragement of the Young 2011-02-07T03:00:25.547Z When we study the pioneer and the colonist—the born and doomed colonist—we find his kinsman and prototype in Robinson Crusoe. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z I have heard, that the learned and ingenious Robinson Crusoe is in the Number of these. An Essay on Criticism 2011-02-06T03:00:52.167Z It is Robinson Crusoe's island with the spell broken—the loneliness of thirty years profaned. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z But they do like to find out how Robinson Crusoe made a canoe, Tom Canty ate his first royal dinner, or David Balfour helped Alan Breck defend the roundhouse. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z A third limitation will reveal itself, if we compare a typical drama, like "Much Ado About Nothing," or "Hamlet," with a typical novel such as "David Copperfield" or "Robinson Crusoe." The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z In the third year Robinson Crusoe constitutes the large core. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Two famous books that seem to follow naturally after Pilgrim's Progress are Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z It is Robinson Crusoe's island, in fact, with a dash of Greenwich. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z For example, if he is a sixth-grade boy, he must by some means manage to get "Robinson Crusoe" and "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z With considerable elation he discovered a shop-worn copy of “Robinson Crusoe,” and paid a dollar for it with a cheerful disregard of the fact that he had once purchased that identical edition for fifty cents. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z There ain't no fun in reading about them, and I'd a heap sooner read Robinson Crusoe; he was a nice old man, I know he was. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z Probably not one American boy in one thousand is ignorant of Robinson Crusoe. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z On entering we see Robinson Crusoe on every side—that is to say, all the walls are devoted to his adventures: we see multiplied in every corner the well-known goat-skin costume, pointed cap, and umbrella. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z It is enough to know that the verdict of time has been rendered in favour of such books as "The Arabian Nights' Entertainments," "Robinson Crusoe," and "Gulliver's Travels." Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z She left the room finally, and returned with her “Robinson Crusoe.” Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z "Sure the dinner'll be in another half-hour," said Robinson Crusoe, joining hospitably in the conversation; "and as for evening clothes—— God bless ye!" Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Of the making of editions of Robinson Crusoe there is no end. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z Antigone, Juliet and Robinson Crusoe were all the victims of accident. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z It is less necessary to read the other two voyages than it is to read the second part of "Pilgrim's Progress" and the "Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe." Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z "To be sure, you don't mean to remain here playing Robinson Crusoe or the Hermit Quarl, by yourself?" The Rival Crusoes The Ship Wreck also A Voyage to Norway; and The Fisherman's Cottage. 2011-01-06T03:00:54.123Z I understand that Philippa assisted Johnny into the culvert, and presume that it was in so doing that she acquired the two Robinson Crusoe bare footprints which decorated her jacket when I next met her. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z Suppose that you were like Robinson Crusoe, except that five of you were shipwrecked. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z Tennessee’s Partner is as historical as Robinson Crusoe. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z "Certainly, if we could make any use of it; otherwise, in our situation, it is about as valuable as the lump of gold found by good old Robinson Crusoe." The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Robinson Crusoe on his island could not have had a devouter thankfulness when he recovered the articles from the wreck than we had in the contemplation of our treasure. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z How can we with any propriety speak of the rights of Robinson Crusoe before the arrival of Friday? A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z Even Robinson Crusoe—whom offended America once tried to imitate—lived on what he had saved from the wreck, on footprints and distant hopes. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z With the benefit of experience, the author actually counsels his readers in the introduction to “never dream of becoming Robinson Crusoe” lest they share his fate of wandering waywardly in Siberia. City Room: How Do You Say 'Billionaire' in Esperanto? 2010-12-16T21:36:41Z Much of the only town in the Juan Fernández archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, which belongs to Chile and is best-known as the place where Robinson Crusoe was marooned, was also destroyed. In need of repair 2010-03-01T08:12:00Z As he explained on Facebook: Robinson Crusoe Island is the primarily inhabited island there and was hit by the tsunami probably only minutes after the earthquake. Latest Updates on Chile's Earthquake 2010-03-01T22:54:00Z A series of 10-foot waves later battered remote Robinson Crusoe Island, killing three people and leaving more than a dozen missing, said Guillermo de la Maza, director of Chile's national emergency agency. 8.8-magnitude earthquake hits central Chile 2010-02-28T05:00:00Z The jolt set off a tsunami that swamped San Juan Bautista village on Robinson Crusoe Island off Chile -- "a big wave that covered half of the village," said regional governor Ivan de la Maza. Chile struck by one of strongest earthquakes ever 2010-02-27T21:41:00Z “Kind of a Robinson Crusoe place,” and he gave a short laugh. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway "Don't ever say after this that I am not the original Robinson Crusoe," he grinned. Stranded in Arcady There is also a gallery of pictures from Isla Robinson Crusoe up on my website. Latest Updates on Chile's Earthquake 2010-03-01T22:54:00Z You seem to me like a sort of female Robinson Crusoe cast away on the desert island of the Sage Brush country in Kansas. The Reclaimers Robinson Crusoe could not have endured his life for a month without rules to live by. How to Observe Morals and Manners For one reason only it deserves our attention; viz., the curious anticipation of the story of Robinson Crusoe which is contained in chapters xix. to xxii. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim Michael's own books included at this period several zoological works, the Swiss Family Robinson, Holiday House, Struwwelpeter, Daddy Darwin's Dovecote, Jackanapes, The Battles of the British Army and an abbreviated version of Robinson Crusoe. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Here is a comparison of two photographs, one taken before and one after the tsunami struck San Juan Bautista, the main town on Robinson Crusoe, posted on TwitPic on Sunday: 11:12 a.m. Latest Updates on Chile's Earthquake 2010-03-01T22:54:00Z The child is to put this volume, not at the lesson-book end of the shelf, but with 'Robinson Crusoe' and the like. Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne Yet I think, with some confidence, that you never did either over any passage in Robinson Crusoe. Springtime and Other Essays Then they entered into an animated conversation about the Iliad and the Odyssey, books that the Hellenic people used as we do Robinson Crusoe, Shakespeare, and the Bible. The Mother of St. Nicholas A Story of Duty and Peril The Vicar of Wakefield, Ivanhoe, and Robinson Crusoe have held and will hold their own from generation to generation without revision, because they are ideally true pictures of human life and human nature. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses We calls him Robinson Crusoe, sir," replied the other; "we took him up on the road from Limerick. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Am I addressing Miss Robinson Crusoe, or is this the outpost of a military occupation? Bosom Friends A Seaside Story He may have taken Defoe as his model just as Thackeray took Fielding; but Vanity Fair is not more unlike Tom Jones than is Lavengro unlike Robinson Crusoe. The Vagabond in Literature At first it oppressed me to think that I had become a Robinson Crusoe in spirit, but now I am proud of it. On the Heights A Novel "Robinson Crusoe—the last man of the original camp—the last rose of Summer." First Fam'lies of the Sierras "Now, Robinson Crusoe, fasten it around your chest and under your shoulders," were my shouted instructions. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure It looks a regular Robinson Crusoe desert island kind of a place, just given up to sea-gulls and rabbits. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story On the west coast of South America is the little island of Juan Fernandez, on which the sailor Alexander Selkirk spent five years alone, whose story suggested to Defoe his "Robinson Crusoe." The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. "But I want some salt, and some bread and butter," said little George; "Robinson Crusoe had them." More Mittens with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories Being the third book of the series "Just like Robinson Crusoe or Swiss Family Robinson," chimed in little Cal Moody, joyously kicking up the warm sand with his bare feet; "only I hope there won't be any savages or pirates." Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 The Indian also used, and the African still uses, the “dug-out,” made from a tree hollowed by fire after the manner of Robinson Crusoe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" "Well met, Miss Robinson Crusoe!" cried the colonel. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story His favorite books were Robinson Crusoe, the Arabian Nights, Gulliver's Travels, and all stories of adventure and travel. Harper's Round Table, May 21, 1895 After dinner I undertook to cheer and entertain them by reading Robinson Crusoe, out in our yard, beginning in the thick of the story, where the hero is in sight of his island. Mothering on Perilous Why was it a mistake to imagine that Robinson Crusoe's island was uninhabited? The Handbook of Conundrums Professor Owen once said that in the new Hall of the Geographical Society a statue of 'Robinson Crusoe' should be the central figure. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 "I'm not Miss Robinson Crusoe," she replied, laughing, "and it's not a military occupation either." Bosom Friends A Seaside Story I had three books in the world, sir,—a Bible, Robinson Crusoe, and an old volume of Wheatson's Algebra. One Of Them At first they had lived a sort of Robinson Crusoe kind of life, leaning pretty heavily upon the stores of the liferaft. A Woman's Place One of the stories is suggestive of "Robinson Crusoe." The West Indies and the Spanish Main Her “Cœlebs in Search of a Wife” was the only novel that ever found its way into religious circles—with the exception of “Robinson Crusoe” and “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” and that was awfully illustrated. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself "Then, my dear Miss Robinson Crusoe, may I ask how you came to be acquainted with runic characters?" Bosom Friends A Seaside Story In reality she cared no more for him than for a Choctaw; no more for his life than for that of Robinson Crusoe. Anne Neither is he a Robinson Crusoe of the soil, as the Old Farmer was. The Romance of the Reaper From "Robinson Crusoe" to Marryat's genial stories, and down to "Westward Ho!" and "Treasure Island," old and young have been entranced for many generations with its stories of shipwrecks, pirates, sea-fights, and treasure-seekers. The West Indies and the Spanish Main He felt like a kind of combination of Robinson Crusoe and the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, with a spice of poetry running through it all. The Head Girl at the Gables "Well, you're certainly as welcome as the flowers in May," said Robinson Crusoe. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe It was all like Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, and more than two would infringe upon the severe paucity required by those admirable narratives. Anne Bill had already carried home and put in safe keeping a copy of Routledge's "Robinson Crusoe," which had been given to him. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories As for myself, I can compare my feelings only to those of the worthy alderman, who broke out into a paroxysm of grief on hearing that Robinson Crusoe was a fiction. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune So far did I carry this feeling, that on reading Robinson Crusoe I laid down the volume in disgust on the introduction of his man Friday! Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Notwithstanding that he had visited many strange places and met many strange people, he was greatly surprised at Robinson Crusoe's style of dwelling. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe Before the afternoon was half spent I was mentally reviewing the history of Robinson Crusoe, and was feeling an intense sympathy for that resourceful castaway. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls Not a day can elapse that is not notched, like Robinson Crusoe's, with a new insult from the Saxon. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Robinson Crusoe lost his reckoning in the monotony of his life and that bewildering dream of solitude, and was fain to have recourse to the notches in a piece of wood. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time His favorite books were "Robinson Crusoe," "The Arabian Nights," "Gulliver's Travels," and all stories of adventure and travel. Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 And now that we have all been introduced, let us sit down and talk," cried Robinson Crusoe, "for I've hardly spoken to a soul for many years. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe Examples are Defoe's work—often cited—such as "Robinson Crusoe" or "A Journal of the Plague Year," or Balzac's "Peau de Chagrin." The Technique of Fiction Writing “The maist beautiful book you ever saw—a big copy of Robinson Crusoe fu’ o’ pictures, and bound in blue wi’ gold lettering. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl You might as well ask Robinson Crusoe who 'd be godfather to his child on the desert island. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "It's just like Robinson Crusoe!" he told himself. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North Then Robinson Crusoe jumped up and said, "Come and watch me get supper, for I am Lord and Chief Cook of Crusoe Castle." Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe "Robinson Crusoe," for instance, though not very tense, is adequately plotted; it shows man's struggle for bread, shelter, and raiment. The Technique of Fiction Writing It was a great relief to see, after the March Hare and the Cheshire Cat and the Duchess, who were skipping along in the most extraordinary manner, Mr. Robinson Crusoe. Miss Muffet's Christmas Party Moreover if there was an abundance of proof we should get none from Herr Duehring, for the matter is proven by the famous fall of man in that Robinson Crusoe made Friday his slave. Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" At last they have found it all; the bag of silver, the great roll of bank bills, and the heavy weight of gold—the prize-money that had been like Robinson Crusoe's in the cave. Strangers and Wayfarers ON reaching the seashore, Robinson Crusoe raised a spy glass to his eyes and looked carefully over the water. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe "Just fancy Robinson Crusoe on it," says the Boodie, with a derisive smile. Portia or By Passions Rocked The old man was in bed with a copy of Robinson Crusoe on the table beside him. An Old Chester Secret We beg pardon of the reader for returning to the story of Robinson Crusoe, which is more appropriate to the nursery than to an economic discussion, but what can we do about it? Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" Si Klegg couldn't have felt more lonesome and forsaken if he had been Robinson Crusoe. Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran "IF those fellows don't stop ringing that bell, I'll get out my gun," said Robinson Crusoe. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe It was at Culham that she was introduced to Robinson Crusoe. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind For £5 enough books could be bought on an old bookstall in London to stock a village library; such as travels, tales—not despising Robinson Crusoe—and a few popular expositions of science. The Hills and the Vale Two of his favourite books were “Robinson Crusoe” and Marmontel’s “Incas of Peru.” Life of John Keats No boarding-house could satisfy me, so I determined to set up in light housekeeping, which is a city imitation of Robinson Crusoe in two rooms. Cupid's Middleman "Here is where I live, my little friends," cried Robinson Crusoe. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe She quickly discovered if a single one had been omitted; and, as with Robinson Crusoe, she kept her reader "going all the time." Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind The student of Robinson Crusoe never expected that particular pleasure in this life, and he will never have it again; but for this once he has it to the full. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports No one fought for the cause of Dissent with greater energy or greater personal loss than the famous Defoe, the author of Robinson Crusoe. Books Condemned to be Burnt Robinson Crusoe started his island home with about as many clothes as I had when I left the hospital. Cupid's Middleman "Well, I'm sorry to see you go," said Robinson Crusoe. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe, until the arrival of the man Friday, had no occasion to consider our problem. Concerning Justice Its merit is that, and no other; and we do not suppose anybody ever proved Robinson Crusoe's value by extracts. James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports What Defoe is in Robinson Crusoe—realistic idyl of island solitude—that, in his romantic stories of wilderness life, is his great scholar, Captain Mayne Reid. The Boy Slaves In short, as Percival said to himself, the Rocas Reef was about as little like Robinson Crusoe's island as it could possibly be. Under False Pretences A Novel A sort of Robinson Crusoe redivivus with modern setting and a very pretty love story added. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time As in Robinson Crusoe, his own petty contrivances and his small ailments would have been the principal subject to him. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century Robinson Crusoe, it is true, ran away from home against the command of his father and the prayers of his mother. The Red Moccasins A Story He escaped, while the ship was watering at the island of St. Helena, and led a Robinson Crusoe life there many years. Rulers of India: Albuquerque The books already named, with the exception of Robinson Crusoe, were written especially for boys. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes "No one," wrote Robinson Crusoe, in his journal, "that shall ever read this account will expect that I shall be able to describe the horrors of my soul at this terrible vision." The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare I will mention three works which come as near to poetry as possible without absolutely being so, namely, the Pilgrim’s Progress, Robinson Crusoe, and the Tales of Boccaccio. Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature They had heard the name "Robinson Crusoe," but they did not know it was the name of an entrancing romance. The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself They all composed in French; and Van Effen gave the first translations of our “Guardian,” “Robinson Crusoe,” and the “Tale of a Tub,” &c. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Homer and Robinson Crusoe seem to us to have the most tenacity of life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 No wonder, therefore, that between the date of "Robinson Crusoe" and the date of "Pamela" two more editions of the "Arcadia" were given to the public. The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare It is as old as “Robinson Crusoe”; as old as man. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) It is a commonplace that the entirely self-centred man—the Robinson Crusoe of a desert island of egoism—is unhappy. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' De Foe, his honour questioned as to the publication of Robinson Crusoe, ii. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 She said she did not wish for any more Robinson Crusoe adventures of that sort. Fairy Tales from the German Forests I don’t suppose Robinson Crusoe and Friday were very particular about their table manners. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe led the list. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Probably it had the same similarity as Robinson Crusoe's island home had to a middle-class Nineteenth Century English home. Anything You Can Do! With a ring and a ting tang, And a ring and a ting tang, Poor old Robinson Crusoe! Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Above all, it praises "Robinson Crusoe," which contains much heterogeneous matter, but nothing improbable. Pedagogics as a System But perhaps nothing can more strongly illustrate the necessity for marking incident than to compare the living fame of “Robinson Crusoe” with the discredit of “Clarissa Harlowe.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 The life of the owners or managers is a very Robinson Crusoe kind of existence. The Truth About America His second feeling was keenness to play Robinson Crusoe in earnest. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice At least ours has his wife and children round him; but a little further on in the marsh, a horse-warden lives absolutely alone, from one year's end to the next, Robinson Crusoe like. Letters from my Windmill Robinson Crusoe on his island is his ideal, and this book furnishes the reading best suited to his age. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts “Robinson Crusoe” is as realistic as it is romantic; both qualities are pushed to an extreme, and neither suffers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 The ranch-owner, like Robinson Crusoe, is lord of all he surveys for many miles round. The Truth About America The prospect did not cheer Robinson Crusoe II., but he set out for the interior of the island, searching every miniature valley for a spring, every tree and shrub for fruit. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice Happily Robinson Crusoe, on which the author's fame rests, is a thoroughly healthy book that still holds its place as the best, or one of the best, volumes ever written for boys. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) No Child's Library should be without a good collection of Fairy Tales, a careful selection of the Arabian Nights, or Robinson Crusoe. How to Form a Library, 2nd ed If everybody who has derived delight from the perusal of "Robinson Crusoe" had but contributed a single farthing to his descendant, that descendant would become a wealthy man. Dickens' London Members read long passages from The Pilgrim's Progress, or Robinson Crusoe, or any other work that happened to appeal to them. The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion Robert had read "Robinson Crusoe," and he naturally thought of that famous mariner on finding himself in a similar position. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success This narrative of his is less loosely constructed than any others except Robinson Crusoe and the Journal of the Plague Year, which it was easier to give structure to. The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana When Robinson Crusoe crossed the Pyrenees, his guide led him by such dexterous windings and gradual ascents that he found himself across the mountains before he knew where he was. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Readers of "Robinson Crusoe" will remember that when Man Friday was undergoing a course of theological instruction, he puzzled his master by asking why God did not convert the Devil. Bible Romances First Series Oh, that's all very well," laughed Elsie; "but I don't wish to make a female Robinson Crusoe of myself, I do assure you. A Noble Woman After leaving the railroad depot, you enter an omnibus on which are painted the words "Robinson Crusoe." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated But it is no less true that a nation of pioneers and settlers, like the isolated individual, learns certain rough-and-ready Robinson Crusoe ways of getting things done. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures Man Friday on reading it would have asked even more emphatically, 'Why God not kill the Devil?' and Robinson Crusoe would have found no assistance in answering him. Bunyan Robinson Crusoe changed the subject to avoid looking foolish, but Man Friday's question remains in full force. Bible Romances First Series From 'Robinson Crusoe' he went to the 'Rollo Books,' and from those to 'Nightcaps,' and declared they were all stupid alike, 'a perfect pack of nonsense!' The Big Nightcap Letters Being the Fifth Book of the Series This leaves you at an arch-way bearing the curious inscription: "A mimic island of Juan Fernandez, the abode of Robinson Crusoe, dear to the heart of childhood, and a reminder of our days of innocence." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated Robinson Crusoe would have been glad to have had bicycles and steps and such relatively harmless animals as bears to worry about. The Most Sentimental Man Guy Fawkes is said to have been a native of York, and this strange and antique old city, we are also credibly assured, was in 1632 the birthplace of Robinson Crusoe. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel They was more adventures happened to Delancey Calhoun in them five reels than Robinson Crusoe, Columbus, Kit Carson and Davy Crockett had in their combined lives! Alex the Great Robinson Crusoe; two sets of fairy tales; The Little Female Academy; and Æsop's Fables made up their whole library. The Fairchild Family The view is wide, and has many features that would be strange to "dear old Robinson Crusoe." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated No, Robinson Crusoe never had it so good as he, Johnson, would have, and what more could he want? The Most Sentimental Man Would Englishmen have exposed themselves to the ridicule of a story which is curiously remindful of Robinson Crusoe and his big canoe? Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule What boy has not wished himself Robinson Crusoe? A Mountain Boyhood It was a token of submission as plainly expressed as when Friday, kneeling, placed Robinson Crusoe’s foot on his head. The Mountain Divide And, as if to furnish you with a fresh piece of evidence, yonder appears Robinson Crusoe himself, in his coat of skins, and bearing his musket and huge umbrella. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated An abridgement of the original edition was edited by P. A. Barnett, under the title The Story of Robinson Crusoe in Latin, adapted from Defoe by Goffeaux, Longmans, Green and Co., College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College Rudd and his pipe were Robinson Crusoe and his man Friday on the desert island of loneliness. In a Little Town What proof is there that Robinson Crusoe found his island inhabited?—Ans. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. "By Jove!" he laughed, after breakfast, "I wonder what the fellows at home would say if they should see me now, playing the part of Robinson Crusoe?" and then he began to sing: The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob You offer me an autobiography: I doubt all autobiographies I ever read except those, perhaps, of Mr. Robinson Crusoe, Mariner, and writers of his class. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges I recommend to boys and grown-ups a story as absorbing as Robinson Crusoe, and as heartening to the pride of Englishmen as the other stories which we are hearing now from places less remote. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 Paul revelled in "�sop's Fables," "Robinson Crusoe," "The Swiss Family Robinson," "Don Quixote," "Treasure Island," "The Arabian Nights," "Gulliver's Travels," and classical legends. War Letters of a Public-School Boy Unable longer to restrain his curiosity, he burst out with, "Excuse me, Sir, are you the Robinson Crusoe so famous in history?" The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. This is a book which will be devoured by youth with much the same engrossing interest that made the perusal of "Robinson Crusoe" so delightful. Harper's Young People, October 12, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "Mr. Robinson Crusoe, I presume?" said Tom, with a grin. Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly No man has ever charged Robinson Crusoe with not telling the truth. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "It reminds me," remarked Joe, "of Robinson Crusoe that time he built his big canoe, and then couldn't launch it." Harper's Young People, June 22, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly But if Defoe had never written a line of "Robinson Crusoe," we should know him to be a great genius and a fine artist by the opening pages of "Colonel Jack." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History He, therefore, considers 'Robinson Crusoe' to represent the ideal novel. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Gazing amazed into vacancy,–for the enemy had disappeared,–he sprang to the floor, hugged Bub till he almost suffocated him, and, laughing uncontrollably, stammered, “That beats Robinson Crusoe!” The Cabin on the Prairie As for the unbelieving people who pretend that Robinson Crusoe never lived, nobody should listen to them for a moment. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Since the days when we read Robinson Crusoe, no book of its kind has delighted us more. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California He was a prosperous man when he wrote "Robinson Crusoe," had built a house at Stoke Newington, and drove in his own coach. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Old Wilkinson would be a combination of a mediæval hermit and Robinson Crusoe, and in imagination she already saw him installed in a picturesque log-cabin, with his Manx cat and his tame jackdaw for company. The Madcap of the School Why, Robinson Crusoe drove off twenty-nine canoes full, and I bet he didn’t have so many guns as I’ll have.” The Cabin on the Prairie Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver, and the Three Russian Sailors, who were cast away upon the coast of Norway, are general favourites. Practical Education, Volume I I suppose if we had to we could play Robinson Crusoe here at least as well as those poor Klondikers did who came to grief here twenty years ago. Young Alaskans in the Far North Daniel Defoe, whose "Robinson Crusoe" remains, at the end of two centuries, the most popular work of fiction in a literature abounding in imaginative works of superlative excellence, was born in London in 1661. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History In his boyhood he had gone through 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'The Pilgrim's Progress,' and 'The Seven Champions of Christendom,' and therefore knew there was something in the world besides scrags of mutton. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago In the little settlement he came across an old copy of Robinson Crusoe, and, charmed with its romantic descriptions, conceived the idea of becoming another Crusoe. The Cabin on the Prairie "Tristram Shandy" was one of his first books after "Robinson Crusoe," and Robertson's "America" an early favorite. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I In the family Robinson Crusoe, paterfamilias conquers the quagga by biting its ear, and every farrier knows how to apply a twitch to a horse’s ear or nose to secure his quietness under an operation. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid Almost as many fine things have been said about "Robinson Crusoe" as about Niagara Falls, or sunrise and sunset. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History The fact was, that, like Robinson Crusoe, he was frequently arrayed in a suit of skins of which he had been the architect, on a fantastic pattern, that his own queer imagination had created. Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches Robinson Crusoe, in his estimation, was the greatest and most glorious man that ever lived. The Cabin on the Prairie Another frequenter of the coffee houses of London, when he had the money to do so, was Daniel Defoe, whose Robinson Crusoe was the precursor of the English novel. All About Coffee I couldn’t think of myself being married to you any more than I could Jack the giant killer, or Robinson Crusoe. Turn About Eleanor |
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