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(0)Daniel Defoe
Author
Lexile measure
930L
Language
English
Description
Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked "and leads a solitary existence on an uninhabited island near the Orinoco river for 24 years. He meets the difficulties of a primitive existence with wonderful ingenuity ... At length he meets a human being, a young native ... and makes him his companion and servant." Benét. The Reader's Encyclopedia.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1390L
Language
English
Description
Written in a time when criminal biographies enjoyed great success, Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself through marriages, periods of success and destitution, and a trip to the New World and back, only to return to the place of her birth as a popular prostitute and brilliant...
Author
Pub. Date
1974
Lexile measure
1420L
Physical Desc
xiii, 295 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Imagine a plague so horrific, only forty percent of the population lived to tell the tale. Written as a first-person account of the world's most dangerous pandemic, the mysterious narrator bears witness to a society that has seemingly given up hope during terrifying times.
. From mounting death tolls, to horrific bodily ailments, contracting the Black Plague was considered a fate worse than death. Combining his own experiences within each of the...
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1320L
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1719 Daniel Defoe wrote the first great English-language novel. Though a rich story and an excellent window to his times,300-year-old English is difficult to read. Therefore, enjoy an updated translation of the classic story.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (69 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
When Robinson Crusoe sets out to travel the world, he never imagines his ship will be caught up in a terrible storm that will leave him shipwrecked and the only survivor. But Robinson soon learns he's not alone on the island as he encounters pirates, cannibals, and even a new friend. A graphic novel retelling of Daniel Defoe's classic novel "Robinson Crusoe."