The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Shakespeare Head Edition of the Writings of Daniel Defoe Series Volume 13) [Hardcover]

Daniel Defoe (Author)

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ISBN-10: 158201065X | ISBN-13: 978-1582010656 | Publication Date: March 1999

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: We immediately fpread our Antient to let them know we faw them, and hung a Waft out as a Signal for them to come on Board, and then made more Sai;, landing directly to them. In little more than half an Hour we came up with them, and in a Word tcok them all in, being no iefs than fixty four, Men, Women, and Children, for there were a great many Pallengers. Upon the whole, we found it was a French Mer- diant-Ship of 300 Ton, homeward bound from Qaelreck, in the River of Canada. The Mafter gave I;k a long Account of the Diftrefs of his Ship, how theFire began in the Steerage by the Negligence of the Steerfman, but on his crying out for Help, was, as every body thought, entirely put out, when they found that fome Sparks of the firft Fire had gotten into iome Part of the Ship, fo difficult to come at, that they could not effectually quench it, till getting in between the Timbers, and within the Ceiling of the Slap, it proceeded into the Hold, and mafter'd all the Skill, and all the Application they were able to exert. They had no more to do then but to get into their Boats, which to their great Comfort were pretty large, being their Long-Boat, and a great Shalloup, befides a finall Skirt" which was of no great Service to them, other than to get fome frem Water and Proviiions into her, after they had fecur'd their Lives from the Fire. They had indeed fmall Hope of their Lives by getting into thefe Boats at that Diftance from any Land, only, as they faid well, that they were efcap'd from the Fire, and had a Poflibility that fome Ship might happen to be at Sea, and might take them in. They had Sails, Oars, and a Compafs, and were preparing to make the beft of their way back to Newfound Land, the Wind blowing pretty fair, for it blew an eafie Gale at S. E. by E. They had as much ...

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Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Classic Books (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158201065X
• ISBN-13: 978-1582010656
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Who would have thought, February 6, 2003

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This review is from: Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Great Stories) (Paperback)

That Crusoe would have so matured and improved with age having been stuck on an island for most of his life? Life begins at sixty for Robinson Crusoe. Friday is dead in Robinson Crusoe though, so the blurb is wrong.