![]() “The true symbol of the British conquest is Robinson Crusoe who, shipwrecked on a lonely island, with a knife and a pipe in his pocket, becomes an architect, carpenter, knife-grinder, astronomer, and cleric. Defoe’s works were groundbreaking and deserve to be read through an historical lens, giving today’s readers an opportunity to see how much the world has, thankfully, changed.” One can read the text of the book alone and enjoy the beautiful writing of Daniel Defoe and this rather incredible adventure story, or one can begin with the amazing introduction by Jamaica Kincaid and read the book with today’s point of view…. In this edition, readers really can have it both ways. ![]() One can read it viewing the world as it was in the time the book was written, or one can assume today’s societal values and political correctness. ![]() ![]() “There are a couple of ways to read a book written three hundred years ago. Samuel Johnson, who rightly asks, ‘Was there ever anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers?’” This is a wonderfully published book, right down to the ‘blurbs,’ which come waltzing through history from Ms. ![]() Kincaid, at the start, writes that she herself is a ‘Friday in all but name,’ giving the main character, his creator, and the empire that birthed them what-for the Mexican artist Eko contributes gorgeous and striking illustrations throughout the text. ![]()
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