Book Review - Robinson Crusoe
This was our latest in the year of classics for my second book club. None of us had read it before and we all enjoyed it. I was familiar with the story - man stranded on island with only his companion called Friday.
What I didn't know was that the vast majority of the book recounts the 20 some years Crusoe was alone before Friday made his appearance. In those years, he spent his time trying to create his own version of England. He had his castle, his summer home, his lands and eventually his servant in the form of Friday.
None of us found him a particularly likeable character, however. He was overly preachy with the God stuff and he clearly thought he was better than Friday and the other people who made their way to the island. Yeah, there were other people. Didn't know that.
I'm really glad we read this and I would recommend it as a great piece of writing for its time and a story that is part of our culture.
What I didn't know was that the vast majority of the book recounts the 20 some years Crusoe was alone before Friday made his appearance. In those years, he spent his time trying to create his own version of England. He had his castle, his summer home, his lands and eventually his servant in the form of Friday.
None of us found him a particularly likeable character, however. He was overly preachy with the God stuff and he clearly thought he was better than Friday and the other people who made their way to the island. Yeah, there were other people. Didn't know that.
I'm really glad we read this and I would recommend it as a great piece of writing for its time and a story that is part of our culture.
