{"product_id":"robinson-crusoe-9780451530776","title":"Robinson Crusoe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Defoe's classic tale of a solitary castaway's survival and triumph, widely considered to be the first English novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked, came on shore on this dismal unfortunate island, all the rest of the ship's company being drowned. In despair of any relief, I saw nothing but death before me...\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thus Crusoe begins his journal in Daniel Defoe's classic novel: the vividly realistic account of a solitary castaway's triumph over nature--and over the fears, self-doubt and loneliness that are parts of human nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For almost three centuries, \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe \u003c\/i\u003ehas remained one of the best known and most read tales in modern literature, a popularity owing as much to the enduring freshness and immediacy of its style as to its widely acknowledged status as the very first English novel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Defoe\u003c\/b\u003e (1660-1731) is the author of \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoll Flanders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Journal of the Plague Year\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul Theroux\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of such novels as \u003ci\u003ePicture Palace \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast \u003c\/i\u003eas well as numerous bestselling travel books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Great Railway Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Thayer\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of British Literature and Director of the Screen Studies Program at Oklahoma State University and the author of \u003ci\u003eHistory and the Early English Novel: Matters of Fact from Bacon to Defoe.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Signet Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617362186514,"sku":"9780451530776","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5b2621c8-fca3-4858-9ff6-172cf5f14183.jpg?v=1764754631","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/robinson-crusoe-9780451530776","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}