TY - BOOK AU - Defoe , Daniel TI - Robinson Crusoe SN - 9780190141127 U1 - F823 PY - 2005/// CY - Hong Kong PB - Oxford university press KW - English- Novel Book KW - Oxford English fiction book N2 - "Robinson Crusoe" is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. It narrates the adventures of its protagonist, Robinson Crusoe, an Englishman who defies his family's wishes to pursue a life at sea. Crusoe's journey begins when he sets sail from England, despite his father's advice to lead a stable life. After surviving a shipwreck, he is captured by Moorish pirates and enslaved in North Africa. He eventually escapes, makes his way to Brazil, and becomes a successful plantation owner. Seeking to expand his wealth, he embarks on a voyage to West Africa to acquire slaves but is shipwrecked on a deserted island near the Orinoco River in Venezuela. Crusoe is the sole survivor of the wreck ER -