The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, 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 Denny Sayers. Daniel Defoe's The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner (1719) is considered by many the first English novel. Based on the real-life experiences of the castaway Alexander Selkirk, the book has had a perrenial appeal among readers of all ages - especially the young adult reading public - who continue to find inspiration in the inventive resourcefulness of its hero, sole survivor of a shipwreck who is marooned on an uninhabited island. Especially poignant, after more than two decades of unbroken solitude, is the affection that Robinson develops for Friday, another survivor fleeing certain death at the hands of enemy tribesmen from the South American continent. (Summary by Denny Sayers)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner
• Author credits: Daniel Defoe
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 13:55:12

Catalogue topics

• adventure

Track guide

1. Chapter 1 - Start in Life — 39:08
2. Chapter 2 - Slavery and Escape — 34:59
3. Chapter 3 - Wrecked on a Desert Island — 48:32
4. Chapter 4 - First Weeks on the Island — 58:40
5. Chapter 5 - Builds a House - The Journal — 38:16
6. Chapter 6 - Ill and Conscience Stricken — 42:54
7. Chapter 7 - Agricultural Experience — 27:20
8. Chapter 8 - Surveys his Position — 30:38
9. Chapter 9 - A Boat — 48:43
10. Chapter 10 - Tames Goats — 32:36
11. Chapter 11 - Finds Print of Mans Foot on the Sand — 38:03
12. Chapter 12 - The Cave Retreat — 47:33
13. Chapter 13 - Wreck of a Spanish Ship — 38:09
14. Chapter 14 - A Dream Realised — 46:00
15. Chapter 15 - Friday's Education — 44:18
16. Chapter 16 - Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals — 47:22
17. Chapter 17 - Visit of Mutineers — 43:44
18. Chapter 18 - The Ship Recovered — 48:04
19. Chapter 19 - Return to England — 45:12
20. Chapter 20 - Fight Between Friday and a Bear — 35:07

Listen to this recording

Open the complete recording and player on Internet Archive. The player includes the full track list and available download formats.

Source and rights

This is a record from LibriVox's official Internet Archive collection, with a public-domain licence recorded in its metadata. LibriVox's policy includes its catalogue summaries as well as its recordings. Its public-domain assessment follows United States law; copyright status can differ elsewhere. The summary and track facts are reproduced and reformatted from that record. Dates attached to the archive upload are not treated as original book publication dates.