The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Read the Complete Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe, a mariner from York, describes his life and the strange and surprising events that transpired during his eighteen years on an uninhabited island off the coast of America, not far from the mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque. With an Account of his Strange Deliverance by Pirates at Last. First published in London in 1719, Written by Himself is a novel by Daniel Defoe. Defoe's first major work of fiction, Robinson Crusoe and Friday have become two of the most iconic figures in the history of the English language.