Résumé : The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, first encounters another human being and fights off cannibals and mutineers. With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the first English novel, and created one of the most popular and enduring myths in literature. Written in an age of exploration and enterprise, it has been variously interpreted as on embodiment of British imperialist values, as a portrayal of 'natural man' or as a moral fable. But above all it is a brilliant narrative, depicting Crusoe's transformation from terrified survivor to self-sufficient master of his island. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times, explanatory notes, glossary and a critical introduction discussing Robinson Crusoe as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism. Source : Penguin
N° de Collection : 409
Collection : Jeunesse Sélection
Edité par Lever
Paru dans cette collection en 1964
Genre : Jeunesse
Toujours édité
186 pages
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Numéro avant/après
408 | Capitaine Pamphile | Alexandre Dumas 407 | Contes et récits du Moyen Age | Inconnu 406 | Moby Dick | Herman Melville 405 | Les quatre filles du Dr March | Louisa May Alcott 404 | Ben-Hur | Lewis Wallace 409
410 | Oeil de faucon / Le tueur de daims | James Fenimore Cooper 411 | Le prince et le pauvre | Mark Twain 412 | Le messager du prince d'Orange | Daniel Hawthorne 413 | Contes d'un buveur de bière | Charles Deulin 414 | Les exilés dans la forêt | Thomas Mayne Reid |