Daniel Defoe
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English
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Contemporary fiction. 'I walk'd about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapt up in the contemplation of my deliverance . . . reflecting upon all my comrades that were drown'd, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but my self . . . ' Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the...
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Language
English
Description
Born in Newgate Prison to an incarcerated mother, Moll Flanders is compelled from earliest childhood to make her own way in the world and to live off her wit and beauty. Her desire to climb the rungs of society leads her through a tangled web of incest, adultery, prostitution, deception and theft, before she is eventually transported to the New World for her crimes. Presented as Moll's autobiography, and published anonymously, the novel, through its...
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Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this graphic retelling of the classic novel, eighteen-year-old Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to travel the world in 1659, and ends up shipwrecked on a deserted island where he lives for more than twenty-eight years, facing many dangers with a native he rescues from cannibals, and calls Friday.
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Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 4
Language
English
Description
As he and Joe try to get to the eighth-grade basketball game in time, Wishbone the dog imagines himself as Robinson Crusoe, the sole survivor of a shipwreck who lived on a deserted island for nearly thirty years.
12) Robinson Crusoe
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Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
87 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm + 2 audio discs (CD, 110 min. ; 4 3/4 in.).
Language
English
Description
"The young Robinson Crusoe ignores his father's advice and decides to become a sailor. But Crusoe is soon caught up in violent storms and finds himself shipwrecked on a remote island. He will have to live on this island for the next twenty-eight years"--Back cover note.
14) Robinson Crusoe
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Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
vi, 151 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An abridged version of the tale of Englishman Robinson Crusoe, who, after becoming the sole survivor of a 1659 shipwreck, lives on a deserted island for more than twenty-eight years.
Series
Criterion collection volume 40
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm + 1 booklet (12 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper must fight for survival, with a pet monkey his only companion until he meets "Friday," an alien.
16) Moll Flanders
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Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Moll is a headstrong woman whose lowly station in 18th century London leaves her in the most dire of circumstances forcing her into a lifestyle that could easily break her spirit. Her story involves husbands and numerous lovers, shocking family secrets, and travels to bustling London and the New World's Virginia. Moll's dangerous misdeeds stretch from sexual adventures to criminal acts, leaving her with a price on her head as she strives to triumph...
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 190 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Ever since her birth in Newgate Prison, Moll has survived by her cunning wit, and considerable powers of seduction. She goes through five husbands and countless lovers to escape a life on the streets. In between using and deceiving her besotted paramours, she is not above picking a pocket or two. All the while, though, her heart belongs to the charismatic Jemmy. Inevitably, even the most clever criminal's luck runs out and Moll is soon facing hangman's...