Robinson Crusoe is a classic novel by Daniel Defoe, widely considered to be one of the first English novels. The story is narrated as the autobiography of Crusoe, a man who is shipwrecked and spends twenty-eight years on a remote tropical island near the mouth of the Orinoco River. The book details his struggles for survival, his resourcefulness in building a life from scratch, and his later encounter with a native man he names Friday. It is a seminal work exploring themes of colonialism, civilization, and self-reliance.
