Some of Western literature's most famous novels have given us pirates, choppy seas, shipwrecks, and mysterious islands. Now they all come together in Shipwrecked: The Classic Island Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island and The Swiss Family Robinson.
Daniel Defoe was a prolific English writer who became one of the first Western writers to write novels and turn them into a sought after literary genre. Defoe’s name has lived on through Robinson Crusoe, one of the first and finest novels ever written. The book is written as a fictional autobiography of Robinson Crusoe, a castaway who spends nearly 30 years on a tropical island, where he encounters all kinds of danger and adventures. Robinson Crusoe also inspired Treasure Island and The Swiss Family Robinson.
The Swiss Family Robinson involves a family being shipwrecked, allowing the father to teach his four sons about Christian values and morality, including naturalism and self-reliance. The influence of Enlightenment thinkers like Rousseau is evident in the writings of the Swiss pastor Johann David Wyss. The family encounters several adventures, with each one teaching the children certain lessons. Today the novel is considered a classic of Western literature
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island’s influence on the popularity and stereotypical portrayal of pirates is unmistakable, with its inclusion of treasure maps where X marks the spot, schooners, tropical islands, and one legged pirates with parrots on their shoulders.
This edition of the three classics is specially formatted with a Table of Contents, includes original introductions and commentary for each novel, and includes dozens of images in all three books.
