The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner; The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.; Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With His Vision of the Angelick World.

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Creator

Daniel Defoe

Title

The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner; The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.; Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With His Vision of the Angelick World.

Coverage

London

Publisher

William Taylor

Date

1719; 1719; 1720

Subject

2nd edition; 1st edition, 2nd issue; 1st edition

Description

A mixed-edition set of Defoe’s iconic novel and its two sequels. The first edition of The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, published on 25 April 1719, was so popular that the second edition (this set), followed less than three weeks later.  

The character of Crusoe was likely inspired in part by the Scottish castaway, Alexander Selkirk, who was rescued from an uninhabited island in the South Pacific by Captain Woodes Rogers in 1709.