Robinson Crusoe: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Robinson Crusoe, credited to Daniel DeFoe, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel Defoe. Read by Mark F. Smith. Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to civilization. But Crusoe proves willing to chance his luck a second time when, after sweating his way to prosperity as a planter in Brazil, he undertakes a voyage that isn’t needful… and is marooned on a small island off South America. Crusoe shows the value of single-minded labor as he pursues ways to feed, shelter, and clothe himself. His ardent wish is to escape his island – why is it that the only people who come there are cannibals? But he spends more than two decades in isolation before acquiring a sidekick – the man Friday you’ve probably heard of. And who would guess his way to salvation would depend on leading a last-ditch fight against a shipful of mutineers? For other castaway stories inspired by “Robinson Crusoe”, listen to “The Swiss Family Robinson” (http://snipurl.com/swiss\_family) and “The Mysterious Island” (http://snipurl.com/mysterious\_island). (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Robinson Crusoe
• Author credits: Daniel DeFoe
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 11:24:18

Catalogue topics

• crusoe
• defoe
• sea stories
• shipwreck

Track guide

1. Chapter 1: Start in Life — 31:16
2. Chapter 2: Slavery & Escape — 28:44
3. Chapter 3a: Wrecked On a Desert Island, Part 1 — 22:06
4. Chapter 3b, Part 2 — 21:03
5. Chapter 4a: First Weeks On the Island, Part 1 — 19:58
6. Chapter 4b, Part 2 — 30:27
7. Chapter 5: Builds a House - The Journal — 31:12
8. Chapter 6: Ill and Conscience-Stricken — 32:57
9. Chapter 7: Agricultural Experience — 21:28
10. Chapter 8: Surveys His Position — 24:31
11. Chapter 9: A Boat — 38:46
12. Chapter 10: Tames Goats — 27:16
13. Chapter 11: Finds Print of Man's Foot on the Sand — 31:48
14. Chapter 12: A Cave Retreat — 40:52
15. Chapter 13: Wreck of a Spanish Ship — 31:24
16. Chapter 14: A Dream Realized — 38:21
17. Chapter 15: Friday's Education — 36:14
18. Chapter 16: Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals — 38:49
19. Chapter 17: Visit of Mutineers — 36:09
20. Chapter 18: The Ship Recovered — 38:04
21. Chapter 19: Return to England — 34:34
22. Chapter 20: Fight Between Friday and a Bear — 28:28

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