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Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Start date: February 8, 2016

Finish date: February 8, 2016

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Aug 21, 2014 Melanie Fritz rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014-reads, guardian-100-greatest

Wow, the first half of this was excruciatingly boring. I read this a) because it's #3 on the Guardian 100 list and b) because it's still read in schools due to its status as the "first English novel". It's a story of religious awakening - in recurring patterns of imprisonment and deliverance through "divine providence" Robinson Crusoe learns to trust in rational thought and God's guidance instead of passion and nearsighted decisions. It surprised me to learn that the novel doesn't begin with Cru ...more

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Nov 29, 2021 Kate rated it it was ok

I feel like I should have liked this more because it’s a classic and has influenced so much culture but it was quite boring. It has very little emotion despite being told in the first person. And, I know it’s a lot to ask for, from a book written in the 1700s but some contributing female characters and less racism would be nice.

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