Daniel Defoe 
Robinson Crusoe 

The classic tale of shipwrecked adventure, Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel ‘Robinson Crusoe’ is the fictional autobiography of its title character. When cast ashore upon a tropical island, Robinson Crusoe must use his survival skills to find food and shelter and evade the native cannibals. A captivating tale of action and adventure, based in part on the real life adventures of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived more than four years on an island in the Pacific, ‘Robinson Crusoe’ is regarded by some as the first novel of the English language.