Daniel Defoe
Voyages et Aventures Surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé
"Voyages et Aventures Surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé" by Daniel Defoe is an English adventure novel first published on 25 April 1719. After a shipwreck leaves him stranded on a remote tropical island, Robinson Crusoe must survive alone for 28 years. He builds shelter, grows crops, and creates a new life—until he discovers cannibals visiting his island. When he saves a prisoner he names Friday, Crusoe finds companionship and renewed hope for rescue in this pioneering work of realistic fiction.