THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)***
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Editorial notes: Daniel Defoe's tale of Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719. Numerous--almost countless-- versions were published subsequently. Several are available in Project Gutenberg's library, including our e-books #521, 561, 5902, 6328, 6936, and 11239 (http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/521 etc.). Various tales have been included in the different versions, usually under the names of "The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe," "The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe," and "Robinson Crusoe's Vision of the Angelic World." Even an account of the adventures of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned for four years on an island in the Pacific Ocean, has been incorporated into some versions of the Robinson Crusoe stories. All of these tales are incorporated into this e-book taken from an 1801 edition.
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Transcriber's Note: Several pages (23, 90, 134, and 224-226) of the original book were unavailable for scanning. I was unable to find this exact story in other editions. Notes have been placed throughout the text to indicate the location of the missing material.
THE
LIFE
AND MOST
SURPRISING ADVENTURES
OF
ROBINSON CRUSOE,
OF YORK, MARINER.
WHO LIVED EIGHT AND TWENTY YEARS IN AN UNINHABITED ISLAND, ON THE COAST OF AMERICA, NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE GREAT RIVER OROONOQUE,
Including an Account of
HIS DELIVERANCE THENCE, AND HIS AFTER SURPRISING ADVENTURES.
WITH
HIS VISION OF THE ANGELIC WORLD.
AN IMPROVED EDITION,
Illustrated with eight Engravings, from Original designs.
To which is annexed,
THE REMARKABLE HISTORY OF
ALEXANDER SELKIRK;
Who lived four years and four months in a state of Solitude, on the Island of Juan Fernandez, in the Pacific Ocean,
1801
FRONTISPIECE.
[Illustration: I Was Wrapt Up In Contemplation And Often Lifted Up My Hands, With The Profoundest Humility, To The Divine Powers, For Saving My Life, When The Rest Of My Companions Were All Drowned. _Dr. and Eng. by A. Carse; Edin_.]
PREFACE.
If ever the story of any private man's adventures in the world were worth making public, and were acceptable when published, the Editor of this account thinks this will be so.
The wonders of this man's life exceed all that (he thinks) is to be found extant; the life of one man being scarce capable of a greater variety.
The story is told with modesty, with seriousness, and with a religious application of events to the uses to which wise men always apply them, viz. to the instruction of others by this example, and to justify and honour the wisdom of Providence in all the variety of our circumstances, let them happen how they will.
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