Robinson Crusoe (Illust. Z. Burian). Defoe D.

It is difficult to imagine a more “home”, a writer known from early childhood for family reading than Daniel Defoe - the creator of the legendary Robinson Crusoe! Any of us will recognize this literary hero and his “extraordinary and amazing adventures” almost earlier than he learns to read. Daniel’s Peru, not one hundred works of various genres belongs, but most accurately his contribution to world literature and culture is characterized by a laconic inscription carved on his grave plate: “Daniel Defoe, creator of Robinson Crusoe”. However, for all its apparent simplicity, this work is surprisingly multifaceted: it is a book of travels, an exemplary adventurous novel, and a special type of island utopia, called “Robinsonada”, and “Treatise on Natural Education”, and a soulful confession of the title hero, and a philosophical parable On the meaning of human life...

in this publication for the first time in Russia, a complete set of illustrations of the Czech artist Zdenek Burian, one of the most famous illustrator artists in the world, is presented. This unique edition of Robinson Crusoe will be a great gift for all lovers of immortal literature!