鲁滨逊漂流记英文版简介

1. Robinson Crusoe is a novel written by Daniel Defoe, first published on April 25, 1719.

2. The protagonist, Robinson Crusoe, belongs to a middle-class family and spends his life traveling the world.

3. Caught in a storm during a voyage to Africa, Crusoe is shipwrecked and washes up on a deserted island, where he begins a life of solitude.

4. With tenacious will and unremitting efforts, Crusoe survives stubbornly on the desert island and returns home after 28 years, 2 months, and 19 days.

5. The novel is inspired by the true story of a Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk, who was abandoned by his captain in the Atlantic Ocean and lived on a desert island for four years and four months before being rescued by Captain Woods Rogers.

6. Defoe bases the novel on the legend of Selkirk, pouring his own years of sea experience into the characters and using his rich imagination for literary processing.

7. Robinson Crusoe becomes not only the hero of the middle and lower bourgeoisie at the time but also the first idealized new bourgeoisie in Western literature.

8. After many years of publication, the novel has been translated into many languages and spread widely around the world, adapted multiple times for film and television.