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Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1719 · Novel

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It explores the theme of a protagonist enduring prolonged isolation and hardship in a wild, untamed environment, and the profound transformation experienced before an eventual, often difficult, return to society.

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A man is shipwrecked on a remote tropical island and spends 28 years there, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before being rescued. He eventually returns to England, a changed man, after his long ordeal.

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