内容简介
Fromitsfirstpublicationin1719,RobinsonCrusoehasbeenprintedinover700editions.Ithasinspiredalmosteveryconceivablekindofimitationandvariation,andbeenthesubjectofplays,opera,cartoons,andcomputergames.ThecharacterofCrusoehasenteredtheconsciousnessofeachsucceedinggenerationasreadersaddtheirowninterpretationtotheadventuressothrillingly'recorded'byDefoe.PraisedbyeminentfiguressuchasColeridge,RousseauandWordsworth,thisperenniallypopularbookwascitedbyKarlMarxinDasKapitaltoillustrateeconomictheory.Howeveritisreadersofallagesoverthelast280yearswhohavegivenRobinsonCrusoeitsabidingpositionasaclassictaleofadventure.
作者简介
DanielDefoe(c.1660-1731),oneofthemostfamouswritersinEnglishliterature,wasborninLondon,thesonofJamesFoe,abutcher.ItwasDanielwhochangedhisnametoDeFoeorDefoeinabout1705.HewasinterestedinpoliticsandopposedKingJamesII.AftertheGloriousRevolutionin1688andWilliamIIIwasonthethrone,Defoebecameoneofhispersonalfriends.Hebecameawriterforthegovernmentandasatircalwriteronvarioussocialissuesofthetime.HeturnedtofulltimewritingafterhearingtheinspirationalstoryofasailorwhowasrescuedafterlivingaloneonadesertislandinthePacific,theresultbeinghisfirstnovelROBINSONCRUSOE.Severalotheradventurestoriesfollowed,includingMOLLFLANDERS.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.