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Did you know that in order to increase the novel's popularity, Defoe pretended that it was based on a true story?
Most kids grow up reading 'Robinson Crusoe' in their childhood. The man with determination and utmost perseverance has never failed to instill the same in the readers.
A great masterpiece by Daniel Defoe, he brings out fiction in form of a travelogue that makes readers believe that this is a true incident.
Published in 1719, the novel brings to us Robinson Kreutznaer, who is a castaway. The castaway spends 28 years in the deserts near Trinidad and Venezuela of Africa. There, he encounters cannibals and detainees and is finally rescued. This is the synopsis of this great novel that continues to win hearts!
Here are some interesting facts about 'Robinson Crusoe', and the island in the novel.
Here are a few facts about 'Robinson Crusoe' which you never knew!
While 'Robinson Crusoe' is simply a work of fiction for many, the values and the lessons that the fiction of strange and surprising adventures ingrains in us incredibly. Take a glance into a few lessons that the Crusoe teaches us!
The work ‘Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’ could be fiction, but what about the Robinson Crusoe island? Here are some astounding facts about an island in Chile that bears the name of Robinson Crusoe.
The vogue of 'Robinson Crusoe' was so immense that we know little about the writer Daniel Defoe. Here are some facts about this remarkable author behind this fiction.
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