Robinson Crusoe (Readings Classics)

Having been the only survivor of a shipwreck, the seafarer Robinson Crusoe is fated to live a solitary life on an uninhabited island. Unable to reconcile with his situation in the beginning, he gradually learns to live with it. He builds himself a house, learns to cultivate and develops necessary skills to live a precarious existence. He longs to see a human face, wishes to be rescued but his will be a long wait. Written in 1719, Robinson Crusoe is one of the first novels in English language and arguably the flagbearer of realistic fiction genre. It also enjoys the distinction of being the most reprinted novel in history. Although a simply adventure story, it continues to captivate its readers even three hundred years after its first publication.