Looking forward to reading this for the first time not only because it’s one of the most famous classics I’ve not read. It just happens that I’m currently reading the Moonstone by Wilkie Collins and the book opens with an account by the manservant Betteredge who has a copy of Robinson Crusoe permanently at his side and refers to it constantly for wisdom and comfort. He states another book such as RC has never been written and never will be again.
I’ll be joining this read-along. My edition has 27 chapters and I’ve found your reading breaks, which leads me to believe my edition may be cut off as the first three sections are approximately 100 pages while the last section is only approximately 70 pages and ends with, “having been thirty and five years absent” rather than the ending you gave, “I may perhaps give a farther account of hereafter.” I’ll figure it out, though.
Long time lurker here, and excited to read along because among Crusoe’s many influences is J.M. Coetzee, a writer whose books saved my life in my teens. I’ve made many attempts at reading this book, but the theme of survival is evergreen. I’ll be reading from the Restless Classics, but if I can find the Oxford edition somewhere too, the reading schedule might be easier to follow. Thanks for this!
Looking forward to reading this for the first time not only because it’s one of the most famous classics I’ve not read. It just happens that I’m currently reading the Moonstone by Wilkie Collins and the book opens with an account by the manservant Betteredge who has a copy of Robinson Crusoe permanently at his side and refers to it constantly for wisdom and comfort. He states another book such as RC has never been written and never will be again.
I’ll be joining this read-along. My edition has 27 chapters and I’ve found your reading breaks, which leads me to believe my edition may be cut off as the first three sections are approximately 100 pages while the last section is only approximately 70 pages and ends with, “having been thirty and five years absent” rather than the ending you gave, “I may perhaps give a farther account of hereafter.” I’ll figure it out, though.
Long time lurker here, and excited to read along because among Crusoe’s many influences is J.M. Coetzee, a writer whose books saved my life in my teens. I’ve made many attempts at reading this book, but the theme of survival is evergreen. I’ll be reading from the Restless Classics, but if I can find the Oxford edition somewhere too, the reading schedule might be easier to follow. Thanks for this!