January's Book

Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe

Jan 13th (Wednesday)
8pm at Kristi's

Kristi said...
I am hosting for Jan, I am picking the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. I know it is kind of late notice, but the reason I picked this book is because there are a number of different copies of the book. There is a children's copy of this book. I have 2 copies for thoes of you that want a quick read. (4th grade level) There is also a few different versions at the library, one a childrens book, one a teen and one an adult read ( or the original book). Pick your book you think you will be able to read! We will meet at my house next week to discuss it, Wed. the 13th. You will only have a week to read the book, so good luck!

Summary:
This classic story of a shipwrecked mariner on a deserted island is perhaps the greatest adventure in all of English literature. Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm possessing only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe-and the will to survive. His is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and despair to reconstruct his life; who painstakingly teaches himself how to fashion a pot, bake bread, build a canoe; and who, after twenty-four agonizing years of solitude, discovers a human footprint in the sand... Consistently popular since its first publication in 1719, Daniel Defoe's story of human endurance in an exotic, faraway land exerts a timeless appeal. The first important English novel, Robinson Crusoe has taken its rightful place among the great myths of Western civilization.

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