100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (That Are Older Than 200 Years)

CGlanovsky: Published in 1818

aulsmith : Awful. Instead of an adventure story, I got a White Man triumphs over nature with a sermon.

Betelgeuse: Wonderful. A gripping adventure and morality tale. More than a shipwreck story, it is also about repentance and humility. Defoe's novel has several Biblical parallels, including Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden, the parable of Jonah, and the sufferings of Job. Lessons can be learned from this book, if one overlooks Crusoe's anachronistic imperialism. But Robinson Crusoe is not a dour sermon. It is surprisingly fast-paced, and the first-person narrative gives it even more immediacy. Everyone knows the basics of the plot: the shocking discovery of the footprint, the appearance of Friday, the threat of cannibals, Crusoe's mastery of the island and its elements. There are also lesser known action sequences, such as the exciting wolfpack scene near the end of the book. A great early novel.

aulsmith : Not the whole thing. I took a seminar on Donne, and we didn't even read them all.

aulsmith : I just read through them all and a lot of them are boring, repetitive and some of them are clearly drafts. Go with the ones that are anthologized.

PietWester: Geschreven in 1759 en nog steeds een van de geestigste werken uit de wereldliteratuur.

karenb: Squeaking by, barely (published 1812)

cemanuel : Agreed. The purpose of this list is specifically for alternatives to Amazon's. Great book though.

: yawwwwwwn

aulsmith : Definitely parts of it, but the whole thing? Nah.

aulsmith : This is an adaptation. There is another work on this list that represents the original.

aulsmith : There are four editions of this work on this list. One is more than enough.

yarb : duplicate

ManWithAnAgenda : Duplicate

ManWithAnAgenda : Duplicate

aulsmith : Published 1843