Robinson Crusoe

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Summary: Zzzzzzzzz...
Review: I didn't thorougly enjoy reading "Robinson Crusoe." It was very repetitious--why did Crusoe tell us about his adventures and then go back and retell what he already told in his journal? Also, I found some of the story confusing. I saw the movie, it's very different from the book...I didn't particularly like either.

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Summary: A wonderful adventure for youngsters to read or be read to!
Review: This retelling of the original is a wonderful introduction to classical literature. I read it to my 6-year-old girl, who kept saying, "Oh, please, just one more chapter!" Anne DeGraf keeps the excitement in her abridgement. The words are easily understood by young readers (or listeners). This is an adventure that won't soon be forgotten. Anne leaves in the Christian content of the original story and edits out the outdated language. A fast and engaging chapter book to be enjoyed!

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Summary: THE Shipwreck Novel
Review: Robinson Crusoe is the shipwreck novel. Its a great book about how one man can survive in the wilderness with only his own hard work. A classic book and an excellent read.

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Summary: Excellent!!!!
Review: A must read. A great book that tells you just what it is like to be stranded on island. I liked it and so will you if you can just give it a chance.

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Summary: Deserves its classic status!
Review: I re-read Robinson Crusoe and found it to be very rewarding. In addition to being a good adventure story, it has great insights into human nature and the struggle of a man in his relations with God, other humans and nature. Crusoe serves as a character with whom many people can identify. Contrary to what a few other reviewers said, a careful reading of Robinson Crusoe shows that the main character is very sympathetic to persons of other races and religions. Slavery and religious conflict pervaded the world when this book was written. For his time, Robinson Crusoe treats persons of other backgrounds with respect, decency and understanding.

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Summary: This book is imaginative and suprising!I loved it!
Review: Robinson Crusoe is a great book.It let's you imagine what it would be like to live on an island by yourself and it tells you what he did to survive.Some parts of the book were a tad boring but overall,it was an exsperiance of a lifetime!

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Summary: Every person's middle name is "Robinson Crusoe"
Review: It's a good adverture story for children, but it is a GREAT BOOK for ADULTS. Get an unedited version and ponder this man's feelings when he finally realizes that he is absolutely alone (aren't we all?) and may never again see another human being. Then ponder his feelings when he finds comfort in that little Bible that beckons "Ask, and I will deliver you". It's powerful stuff, folks, and must reading for every thinking adult.

Your middle name is "Robinson Crusoe".

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Summary: What a disappointment
Review: I read this book aloud to my son. We both agreed it was like being punished. The famous scenes we've all heard of, having to do with Crusoe's relationship with Friday, don't come along until far, far into the book. Even allowing for the era in which the book was written, we were put off by the unbelievably long sentences, the deliberate repetition of things that weren't all that interesting the first time ("The fortification, the construction of which I have previously described, viz., ...") and the frequent and long sermonizing about his (Crusoe's? DeFoe's?) rather strange view of Christianity. The most troubling part, though, was the pervasive bigotry. Crusoe/DeFoe never even slightly questions Crusoe's divine right to dominate, cheat, enslave and kill anyone who isn't a white Christian. Again, even allowing for the times in which this book was written, it was nauseating. Those who insist that Huckleberry Finn is a racist book should compare it to t! his one and see the difference between Twain's attitude toward racism and DeFoe's. 2 stars only because of its historical place in literature.

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Summary: Crusoe is the Best!
Review: Robinson Crusoe is one of my favorite books that illustrates in some detail what it would be like to survive on an island alone after a shipwreck. The are some similarities to the Classic book Swiss Family Robinson but this book does a good job placing the reader's mind on the island.

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Summary: Sole survivor seeks slave
Review: Robinson Crusoe escapes from slavery himself and (after selling his fellow escapee) sails off to acquire a supply of duty-free slaves. When he is marooned, he spends YEARS figuring out how to acquire a slave for himself on his desert island -- which he does! After a lifetime of religious contemplation, the only regret he has about his slave-trading is that he should've stayed home and just bought them at the market.