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I was born in the year 1632, in the city of york, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a for. Alexander selkirk 16761721 mariner, castaway, and probable source of inspiration for the character robinson crusoe. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at york, from whence he had married my mother. I was born in the old city of york, where there is a broad river, with ships coming and going. Robinson crusoe, a british traveler who sets out for the so called new world against the advice of his father, quickly becomes marooned on an island where he remains trapped for 28 years. Crusoe is the youngest of three brothers, the eldest being a soldier and the. Iwasnowa slave and this turkishcaptainwas my master. Pdf oxford bookworms library level 2 robinson crusoe. Robinson crusoe oxford worlds classics 9780199553976 by defoe, daniel. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title character, an english castaway who spends 28 years on a remote island, encountering savages, captives, and mutineers before being rescued.
It furthers t h e universitys objective of excellence in research. 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. In 1659 robinson crusoe was shipwrecked on a small island off the coast of south america. Robinson crusoe free pdf ebooks archive by planet pdf.
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