One of the great adventure novels in English literature, Robinson Crusoe is the remarkable story of a man shipwrecked and marooned on an uninhabited island for 24 years. This newly condensed version retains all the excitement and vivid detail of the original as it recounts Crusoe's efforts to survive as a castaway: his struggle to build a shelter, his attempts to grow crops and tame wild animals, his dramatic encounter with Friday—a native he saves from being cannibalized by other savages—and the pair's eventual escape and return to civilization.