Novel Daniel Defoe about Robinson Crusoe everyone knows. Even those who have not read it remember the story of a young sailor who falls on a desert island after a shipwreck. He lives there for twenty-eight years.
Everyone knows a writer like Daniel Defoe. “Robinson Crusoe”, the brief content of which makes us once again convinced of his genius, is his most famous work.
For more than two hundred years, people have been reading the novel. A lot of parodies of him and sequels. Economists build models of human existence from this novel. What is the popularity of this book? The Robinson story will help find the answer to this question.
Robinson Crusoe Summary for Reader's Diary
Robinson was the third son of his parents, he was not prepared for any profession. He always dreamed of the sea and travels. His older brother fought with the Spaniards and died. The middle brother went missing. Therefore, parents did not want to let their youngest son go to sea.
Father with tears asked Robinson to simply exist modestly. But these requests only temporarily appeased the 18-year-old guy. The son is trying to gain the support of his mother, but this venture is unsuccessful. Another year he tries to take leave of his parents until in September 1651 he sailed to London because of free travel (the captain was the father of his friend).
Robinson Sea Adventures
Already on the first day, a storm broke out in the sea, Robinson repented of his soul for disobedience. But this condition was dispelled by a drinking bout. A week later, an even more severe storm hit. The ship sank and the sailors were picked up by a boat from a neighboring vessel. On the shore, Robinson wants to return to his parents, but an “evil fate” keeps him on his chosen path. The Robinson Crusoe summary for the reader's diary shows what a difficult fate Robinson had.
In London, the hero met the captain of a ship going to Guinea, and is going to sail with him, he becomes a friend of the captain. Robinson very soon regrets that he did not become a sailor, so he would learn to be a sailor. But he gets some knowledge: the captain is happy to work with Robinson, trying to pass the time. When the ship returns to England, the captain dies, Robinson himself sailed to Guinea. This expedition is unsuccessful: their ship is captured by Turkish pirates, and our hero turns into a slave of the Turkish captain. He forces Robinson to do all the homework, but does not take him to the sea. In this part, the novel "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", a brief outline of which describes the life of the protagonist, shows the determination and leadership of a man.
The owner sent the captive to fish, and once, when they were at a great distance from the coast, Robinson leads the boy Xuri to escape. He prepared for this in advance, so the boat had crackers and fresh water, tools and weapons. On the way, the fugitives get their animals, peaceful natives give them water and food. Later, a ship from Portugal picks them up. The captain promises to take Robinson to Brazil for free. He buys their boat and the boy Ksuri, promising to return his freedom in a few years. Robinson agrees with this. A summary of Robinson Crusoe for the reader’s diary will further tell about the hero’s life in Brazil.
Life in brazil
In Brazil, Robinson receives their citizenship, working on their own plantations of tobacco and sugarcane. Plantation neighbors help him. Workers were needed on plantations, and slaves were expensive. After listening to Robinson's stories about trips to Guinea, the planters decide to bring slaves to Brazil secretly on the ship and share them among themselves. Robinson is offered to be the ship clerk responsible for the purchase of blacks in Guinea. The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a summary of this work further reveals the recklessness of the protagonist.
He agrees and sets sail from Brazil on September 1, 1659, 8 years after leaving his parental home. In the second week of sailing, a hard storm began to ruffle the ship. He gets aground, and on the boat the command is given to fate. A large shaft turns the boat over and miraculously rescued Robinson will land. A summary of Robinson Crusoe for the reader’s diary further describes Robinson’s new home.
Wonderful Salvation - Uninhabited Island
He alone is saved and mourns for his dead friends. The first night, Robinson sleeps on a tree, frightened by wild animals. On the second day, the hero took many useful things from the ship (which brought closer to the shore) - weapons, nails, a screwdriver, sharpener, pillows. On the shore, he sets up a tent, transfers food, gunpowder into it and makes himself a bed. In total, he was on the ship 12 times, and always took from there something valuable - tackle, crackers, rum, flour. The last time he saw a bunch of gold and thought that in his condition they were not at all important, but he still took them with him. The novel "Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", a summary of its further parts will tell about further life on the island.
That night the storm left nothing from the ship. Now Robinson was expecting the construction of safe housing with sea views, from where rescue could be expected.
On a hill, he finds an even glade and pitches a tent on it, fencing it with a fence from trunks driven into the ground. It was possible to enter this house by a ladder. In a rock, he broke a cave and used it as a cellar. All the work took him a lot of time. But he quickly gained experience. Daniel Defoe "Robinson Crusoe", a brief summary of this novel, further talks about the adaptation of Robinson to a new life.
Adaptation to new life
Now his task was to survive. But Robinson was alone, he was confronted by a world unaware of his condition - the sea, rains, a wild deserted island. To do this, he has to master many professions and interact with the environment. He noted everything and studied. He learned to domesticate goats, make cheese. In addition to cattle breeding, Robinson took up farming when grains of barley and rice sprouted, which he shook out of the bag. The hero sowed a large field. Next, Robinson created a calendar in the form of a large pillar on which he put a notch every day.
The first date on the post is September 30, 1659. From this moment on, his every day is taken into account, and much is known to the reader. During the absence of Robinson in England, the monarchy was renewed, and Robinson returned to the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, which led to the throne of William of Orange.
Robinson Crusoe's Diary, short summary: continuation of the story
Among the not very necessary things that Robinson grabbed from the ship were ink, paper, three Bibles, telescopes. When his life got better (three cats and a dog from the ship still lived with him, then a parrot also appeared), he started a diary to ease his soul. In the diary, Robinson describes all his affairs, observations regarding the crop and weather.
The earthquake leads Robinson to think about new housing, as it is dangerous to stay under the mountain. The remains of the ship come to the island after the crash, and Robinson finds on it tools and material for construction. A fever falls off his feet, and he reads the Bible and is treated as best he can. Rum infused with tobacco helps him recover.
When Robinson recovered, he examined the island, where he had lived for about ten months. Among the unknown plants, Robinson finds melon and grapes, and from the latter he makes raisins. The island also has a lot of animals: foxes, hares, turtles, as well as penguins. Robinson considers himself the master of these beauties, because of the people no one else lives here. He puts a hut, strengthens it and lives there, as in a country house.
Robinson works two, three years, without straightening his back. He writes all this in his diary. So he recorded one of his days. In short, the day consisted of Robinson reading the Bible, hunting, then sorting, drying and preparing the caught game.
Robinson looked after crops, harvested crops, looked after cattle, made garden tools. All these classes took away a lot of his time and energy. With patience, he completed all matters. Even baked bread without oven, salt and yeast.
Building a boat and walking in the sea
Robinson did not stop dreaming of a boat and departure to the mainland. He just wanted to break out of captivity. Robinson fells a large tree and cuts a small ship out of it. But he never managed to lower him into the water (since it was far away in the forest). He suffers failure with patience.
Leisure Robinson spends on updating the wardrobe: he sews a suit of fur (jacket and trousers), a hat and makes an umbrella. Five years later, Robinson built a boat and launched it into the water. Having got out into the sea, he travels around the island. The current carries the boat into the open sea, and Robinson with great difficulty returns to the island. That is how D. Defoe describes the adventures of Robinson Crusoe. The summary of this novel shows the loneliness of the hero and his hope of salvation.
Footprints of savages in the sand
Because of fear, Robinson does not go to sea for a long time. He masters pottery, weaves baskets and makes a pipe. There is a lot of tobacco on the island. On one of the walks, a man sees a footprint in the sand. He is very scared, returns home and does not go out for three days, thinking whose trace it is. The hero is afraid that it can be savages from the mainland. Robinson thinks that they can destroy the crop, disperse the cattle, and eat it. When he leaves the "fortress", he makes a new pen for goats. The man again discovers traces of people and the remains of the feast of cannibals. The guests were again on the island. For two years, Robinson remains on one part of the island in his home. But then life returns to a calm direction. This will be described in the next part of the article by a brief summary (“Robinson Crusoe”). Daniel Defoe describes all the affairs of the hero in small details.
Salvation Friday - a savage from nearby lands
One night a man hears a shot from a gun - the ship gives a signal. All night Robinson burns a fire, and in the morning he sees fragments of the ship. From prayer and loneliness, he prays that someone from the team will be saved, but only the corpse of the young man carries ashore. There were no living people on the ship. Robinson still wants to get to the mainland and wants to take some savage to help. A year and a half, he comes up with plans, but the cannibals scare Robinson. Once he manages to meet the savage, whom he saves. He becomes his friend.
Robinson’s life is getting nicer. He teaches Friday (the so-called saved savage) to eat broth and wear clothes. Friday turned out to be a good and faithful friend. This is stated in the novel "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", a brief summary of which can be read in one go.
Salvation from imprisonment and return to England
Soon guests arrive on the island. The rebel team on the English ship brings the captain, assistant and passenger to death. Robinson frees the captain and his friends, and they pacify rebellion. The only desire voiced by Robinson to the captain is to deliver him Friday to England. Robinson spent 28 years on the island and returned to England on June 11 in 1686. His parents had long been dead, but the widow of his first captain was still alive. He finds out that his plantation was taken to himself by an official from the treasury, but all income is returned to him. A man helps his two nephews, prepares them for sailors. At 61, Robinson marries; he has three children. And this amazing story ends.