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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

For Students 4th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1884), an illustrated children's novel.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

For Students 5th - 9th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1888). This is the children's classic Robinson Crusoe plus a memoir of the author and an essay on his writings.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner by Daniel Defoe

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner by Daniel Defoe. This includes Parts I and II of Robinson Crusoe.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Robinson Crusoe

For Students 9th - 10th
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, a fiction book for children.
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Interactive
Princeton University

Strait Through: Magellan to Cook & the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the Pacific Islands and their explorers, including Magellan and James Cook. Includes a look at literary classics such as the Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Robinson Crusoe.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Robinson Crusoe

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Travel, Colonialism and Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
From Robinson Crusoe to the anti-slavery activism of Olaudah Equiano and the letters of Ignatius Sancho: explore a range of writing produced during an age of travel, trade and colonial conquest, in which Britain vastly expanded its...
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Rise of the Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how the novel emerged as a new literary form in the 18th century and examine pioneering texts, from Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe to Gulliver's Travels and Pamela.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Robinson Crusoe: A World Classic

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how Daniel Defoe came to write Robinson Crusoe, and why the novel and its protagonist have fascinated readers for centuries.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: The Rise of the Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how the novel took shape in the 18th century with the works of Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, and Laurence Sterne, and how the book industry responded to the new genre.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: An Introduction to Robinson Crusoe

For Students 9th - 10th
Playwright Stephen Sharkey describes his own first encounter with Robinson Crusoe and examines how the novel was shaped by Daniel Defoe's religious dissent, imperialist beliefs, and fascination with money.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Robinson Crusoe

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Robinson Crusoe

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The full text of the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.