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Initial Publication
- When
- 25 April 1719
- Where
- Unspecified
Defoe published Robinson Crusoe on 25 April 1719.
The English adventure novel was first published on 25 April 1719. Defoe, an English writer, journalist, merchant, and spy, was in his late fifties when the book appeared. It relates the story of a man's shipwreck on a desert island for twenty-eight years.
Sources
- Robinson Crusoe Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-26
- Daniel Defoe Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-08
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