The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)

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Defoe Daniel. The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)

PREFACE

THE. OF. LIFE AND ADVENTURES. ROBINSON CRUSOE

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF. ROBINSON CRUSOE

ROBINSO NCRUSOE'S

CHAP. I. Of SOLITUDE

CHAP. II. Of HONESTY

CHAP. III Of the present state of Religion in the world

CHAP. IV. Of listening to the voice of Providence

CHAP. V. Of suffering Afflictions

CHAP. VI. Of the immorality of conversation, and the vulgar errors of behaviour

THE. OF. REMARKABLE HISTORY. ALEXANDER SELKIRK

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I was born at York, in the year 1632, of a reputable family. My father was a native of Bremen, who by merchandizing at Hull for some time, gained a very plentiful fortune. He married my mother at York, who received her first breath in that country: and as her maiden name was Robinson, I was called Robinson Kreutznaer: which not being easily pronounced in the English tongue, we are commonly known by the name of Crusoe.

I was the youngest of three brothers. The eldest was a lieutenant colonel in Lochart's regiment, but slain by the Spaniards: what became of the other, I could never learn.

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June 16. As I was wandering towards the sea-side, I found a large tortoise or turtle, being the first I had seen on the island, though, as I afterwards found, there were many on the other side of it.

June 17. This day I spent in cooking it, found in her threescore eggs, and her flesh the most savoury and pleasant I ever tasted in my life.

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