The great masterpiece was written by Daniel Defoe and is now available in a stunning new clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, winner of multiple design awards. These delightful and collectible Penguin editions have been bound in high-quality, colorful, and textured cloth, and foil stamping has been incorporated into the design. “I walked about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapped up in the contemplation of my deliverance… reflecting upon all of my comrades that were drowned, and that there should not be one soul sav’d but myself… ” “I walked about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapped up in the contemplation of my deliverance… ” Who among us has not daydreamed about living on a remote island, far removed from the rest of civilization? This is the book that has been the catalyst for countless imitations by other authors, but none of them have been able to match the strength and originality of Defoe’s well-known book. After being stranded on an island by a terrible storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is forced to make do with only the items he brought with him: a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He figures out how to construct a canoe, bake bread, and survive in the most extreme conditions of isolation. That is until he comes face to face with another human being twenty-four years later. Robinson Crusoe, which was released to the public for the first time in 1719, has been hailed as one of the best novels written in the English language by eminent authors such as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Johnson. “Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal because it is a story that gets to the very heart of what it means to be human.” Simon Armitage
