Description

This is a vintage 1957 edition of Robinson Crusoe from “The Children’s Classics” series published by John C. Winston Company.

The hardcover book features a red cloth binding with gold embossed lettering and a distinct black illustration on the spine.

Robinson Crusoe is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in April 1719. It is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre. It relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades. An ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances, Robinson Crusoe wrestles with fate and the nature of God.