Robinson Crusoe
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Robinson Crusoe is a classic 1719 adventure novel by Daniel Defoe about a castaway who survives for years on a remote tropical island, often regarded as one of the earliest English novels.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
English novel
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adventure novel → novel → |
| adaptedAs |
children's book
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comic → film → radio drama → stage play → television series → |
| author |
Daniel Defoe
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| containsEvent |
encounter with cannibals
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rescue of Friday → shipwreck → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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| firstEditionDate |
25 April 1719
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| firstEditionFormat |
three-volume book
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| form |
prose narrative
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| genre |
adventure fiction
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realistic fiction → survival fiction → |
| hasCharacter |
Friday
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Friday's father → a Spanish castaway → |
| hasMotive |
economic ambition
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religious conversion → |
| hasSequel |
Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe → |
| influenced |
Robinsonade genre
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The Swiss Family Robinson → desert island fiction genre → |
| inspiredBy |
Alexander Selkirk
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| literaryPeriod |
18th-century literature
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| literarySignificance |
foundational work of the novel form in English
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one of the earliest English novels → |
| mainCharacter |
Robinson Crusoe
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| narrativePointOfView |
first-person
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| placeOfPublication |
London
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| plotSummary |
A man is shipwrecked and survives for years on a remote island.
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| protagonistOccupation |
sailor
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| publicationDate |
1719
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| publisher |
William Taylor
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| setting |
Atlantic Ocean
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tropical island → |
| theme |
civilization versus nature
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colonialism → individualism → religion and providence → survival → |
| timePeriod |
17th century
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| titleCharacter |
Robinson Crusoe
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Referenced by (10)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Augustan literature
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Daniel Defoe → |
notableWork |
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Faulks on Fiction
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featuresWork |
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Robinson Crusoe
("Robinsonade genre")
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influenced |
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Robinson Crusoe Island
("novel "Robinson Crusoe"")
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inspirationFor |
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Juan Fernández Islands
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inspiredWork |
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Robinson Crusoe
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mainCharacter |
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Robinson Crusoe Island
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namedAfter |
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A Journal of the Plague Year
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relatedWorkByAuthor |
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Robinson Crusoe
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titleCharacter |