WM Book Therapy Affinity Group

Join us to discuss the classic, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The book is 320 pages and was first published in 1719. It is widely considered to have popularized the then-new art form known as the novel.

Robinson Crusoe sets is the only man still alive when his ship is destroyed in a terrible storm. Washing up on a deserted island, he realizes that he is stranded, with no immediate hope of rescue. Displaying remarkable ingenuity, Crusoe builds a crude home, raises crops, and keeps track of the passing days with a rudimentary calendar. Loneliness is his greatest adversary until a tribe of cannibals arrives with their intended victims. When one of the prisoners escapes, Crusoe rescues him. The shipwrecked sailor and his newfound companion, Friday – named for the day of the week on which Crusoe first meets him – band together to vanquish the cannibals and leave the Island of Despair forever.

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Angela Sanborn, ASanborn@ibcp.com