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Robinson Crusoe
is a 1719 book by Daniel Defoe. It may also refer to:
Adaptations of the novel:
Other uses:
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and...
is a 1719 book by Daniel Defoe. It may also refer to:
Adaptations of the novel:
- Robinson CrusoéRobinson CrusoéRobinson Crusoé is an opéra comique, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach.The French libretto was written by Eugène Cormon and Hector-Jonathan Crémieux, which was loosely adapted from the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, though the work owes more to British pantomime than to the book...
, an 1867 operetta by Jacques Offenbach - Robinson Crusoe (1927 film)Robinson Crusoe (1927 film)- Cast :*M.A. Wetherell as Robinson Crusoe*Fay Compton as Sophie*Herbert Waithe as Friday*Reginald Fox...
, a 1927 film by M.A. Wetherell - Mr. Robinson CrusoeMr. Robinson CrusoeMr. Robinson Crusoe is a 1932 American film. It is one of the few "talkie" films starring Douglas Fairbanks in his penultimate film role, who also produced the film and provided the story. The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland, a veteran silent film director, for Fairbanks's Elton...
, a 1932 Douglas Fairbanks film - Robinson Crusoe (1954 film)Robinson Crusoe (1954 film)Robinson Crusoe , also known as Aventuras de Robinson Crusoe, is a film by director Luis Buñuel, based on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe....
, a 1954 film by Luis Buñuel - The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (TV series)The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (TV series)The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was a French children's television drama series made by Franco London Films . The show was first aired in Germany in October 1964 under the title Robinson Crusoe as four 90 minute episodes by co-producers ZDF television, and syndicated in the USA the same year...
1964 French children's television drama series made by Franco London Films - Robinson Crusoe (1997 film), a 1997 British/American film
Other uses:
- Robinson Crusoe IslandRobinson Crusoe IslandRobinson Crusoe Island , formerly known as Más a Tierra , or Aguas Buenas, is the largest island of the Chilean Juan Fernández archipelago, situated 674 kilometres west of South America in the South Pacific Ocean...
(Chile) - Robinson Crusoe Island (Fiji)Robinson Crusoe Island (Fiji)Robinson Crusoe Island is a small island off the southwest coast of Fiji's main Viti Levu island. It is home to a small resort, mainly geared towards backpackers. It is approximately a two-hour drive south of Nadi , followed by an hour-long boat trip...
- Robinson Crusoes of WarsawRobinson Crusoes of WarsawRobinson Crusoes of Warsaw were people who, after the end of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and the subsequent planned destruction of Warsaw by Nazi Germany, decided to stay and hide in the ruins of the German-occupied city...
- individuals, like Władysław Szpilman, who hid in ruins of Warsaw after the Warsaw UprisingWarsaw UprisingThe Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army , to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces...
. - Robinson Crusoe economyRobinson Crusoe economyA Robinson Crusoe Economy is a simple framework to study trade in economics. It assumes an economy with one consumer, one producer and two goods. The title "Robinson Crusoe" is a reference to the novel of the same name authored by Daniel Defoe in 1719...
, a framework to study trade in economics.
See also
- Crusoe (disambiguation), for other adaptations of Defoe's novel
- Robinson Crusoe on MarsRobinson Crusoe on MarsRobinson Crusoe on Mars is a 1964 Techniscope science fiction film retelling of the classic novel by Daniel Defoe. It was directed by Byron Haskin, produced by Aubrey Schenck and starred Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin and Adam West...
, a 1964 film - RobinsonadeRobinsonadeRobinsonade is a literary genre that takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned enough imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a "desert island story"...
, an entire genre inspired by Robinson Crusoe