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Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe (c.1660 - 1731)
Narrated by Mark F. Smith

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Start in Life
00:31:15 - 02 - Slavery & Escape
00:59:59 - 3a - Wrecked On a Desert Island, Part 1
01:22:05 - 3b - Wrecked On a Desert Island, Part 2
01:43:08 - 4a - First Weeks On the Island, Part 1
02:03:05 - 4b - First Weeks On the Island, Part 2
02:33:33 - 05 - Builds a House - The Journal
03:04:45 - 06 - Ill and Conscience-Stricken
03:37:42 - 07 - Agricultural Experience
03:59:10 - 08 - Surveys His Position
04:23:41 - 09 - A Boat
05:02:27 - 10 - Tames Goats
05:29:43 - 11 - Finds Prints of Man's Foot on the Sand
06:01:31 - 12 - A Cave Retreat
06:42:23 - 13 - Wreck of a Spanish Ship
07:13:48 - 14 - A Dream Realized
07:52:09 - 15 - Friday's Education
08:28:23 - 16 - Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals
09:07:12 - 17 - Visit of Mutineers
09:43:20 - 18 - The Ship Recovered
10:21:24 - 19 - Return to England
10:55:58 - 20 - Fight Between Friday and a Bear

Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to civilization. But Crusoe proves willing to chance his luck a second time when, after sweating his way to prosperity as a planter in Brazil, he undertakes a voyage that isn’t needful… and is marooned on a small island off South America.

Crusoe shows the value of single-minded labor as he pursues ways to feed, shelter, and clothe himself. His ardent wish is to escape his island – why is it that the only people who come there are cannibals? But he spends more than two decades in isolation before acquiring a sidekick – the man Friday you’ve probably heard of. And who would guess his way to salvation would depend on leading a last-ditch fight against a shipful of mutineers?

For other castaway stories inspired by “Robinson Crusoe”, listen to “The Swiss Family Robinson” (http://snipurl.com/swiss_family) and “The Mysterious Island” (http://snipurl.com/mysterious_island). (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

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