Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] – 1731)


Robinson Crusoe Movie (1997)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117496/

Robinson Crusoe (The Audiobook)

Chapter 20 - Fight Between Friday and a Bear - 00:35:06 CHAPTERS Read by Denny Sayers

Total runtime: 13:55:12

Chapter 1 - Start in Life - 00:39:07
Chapter 2 - Slavery and Escape - 00:34:59
Chapter 3 - Wrecked on a Desert Island - 00:48:32
Chapter 4 - First Weeks on the Island - 00:58:40
Chapter 5 - Builds a House - The Journal - 00:38:15
Chapter 6 - Ill and Conscience Stricken - 00:42:53
Chapter 7 - Agricultural Experience - 00:27:20
Chapter 8 - Surveys his Position - 00:30:38
Chapter 9 - A Boat - 00:48:42
Chapter 10 - Tames Goats - 00:32:36
Chapter 11 - Finds Print of Mans Foot on the Sand - 00:38:02
Chapter 12 - The Cave Retreat - 00:47:32
Chapter 13 - Wreck of a Spanish Ship - 00:38:08
Chapter 14 - A Dream Realised - 00:45:59
Chapter 15 - Friday’s Education - 00:44:17
Chapter 16 - Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals - 00:47:21
Chapter 17 - Visit of Mutineers - 00:43:44
Chapter 18 - The Ship Recovered - 00:48:04
Chapter 19 - Return to England - 00:45:11



Commentaries

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/crusoe/context.html
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-161.html
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/crusoe/


Questions
Are critics correct in their charges that Robinson Crusoe lacks emotion?
(Answer)

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375757327&view=rg
http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index.php?qid=20070319005535AAUguDN
http://www.robinsoncrusoe.ca/qanda.htm

Helpful Extras
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_Island
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/m/morillo/public/cruso.htm