A New Robinson Crusoe

Excerpt from A New Robinson Crusoe I DID not exactly write this story, for I can't write very much except my name, but I talked it all, from beginning to end, to a man who writes just as plain as print, and he wrote it down just as I told it to him. At least he said he would, and I am pretty sure he kept his word; but if he did happen to put any mistakes into it, you will know they are his, and not mine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Robinson Crusoe was presented as a true autobiography of a castaway marooned for 28 years on an uninhabited island. The book’s plot is believed to be based on the story of the real-life castaway Alexander Selkirk. And is first published on 25 April 1719. It was been considered one of the first English novels.