ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -This is the first edition of the famous castaway tale, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719). It was written by Daniel Defoe (1660?

Detailed explanation-2: -This is the first edition of the famous castaway tale, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719). It was written by Daniel Defoe (1660?

Detailed explanation-3: -Origins of the Crusoe saga In Robinson Crusoe Defoe wished to reveal the transformative powers of endurance, fortitude and energy. He wanted to invent a character broadened by his island experience and not lessened by it. And the adventure turned out even more extensive than Defoe might have originally hoped.

Detailed explanation-4: -Robinson Crusoe tells the ‘true story’, narrated retrospectively in the first person, of a young Englishman who, against the wishes of his parents, sets sail on a dangerous sea voyage. Daniel Defoe’s novel draws on contemporary travel narratives and tales of real-life castaways, such as Alexander Selkirk.

Detailed explanation-5: -Robinson Crusoe, as a young and impulsive wanderer, defied his parents and went to sea. He was involved in a series of violent storms at sea and was warned by the captain that he should not be a seafaring man. Ashamed to go home, Crusoe boarded another ship and returned from a successful trip to Africa.