

Robinson Crusoe
Author: Daniel Defoe
Series: Classic Literature
Narrator: Jim Hodges
Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Jim Hodges Productions
Published: 05/02/2017
Author: Daniel Defoe
Series: Classic Literature
Narrator: Jim Hodges
Unabridged: 12 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Jim Hodges Productions
Published: 05/02/2017
Daniel Defoe (1660–1731), born in London as Daniel Foe, was a novelist, pamphleteer, journalist, and political spy. He is celebrated for his frank and dramatic realism in fiction and the accuracy, vigor, and lucidity of his journalism. Considered the father of the English novel, he was also the first author of ghost stories in English literature. He is best known for his novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.
Jim Hodges began reading aloud in the second grade with a stirring rendition of Dick and Jane. He continued to volunteer to speak throughout his schooling years, performed as a newscaster while in the Navy, and participated in community theater groups. His wife, Monica, once asked what his dream job would be. He answered, “I’d record books.” And so began Jim Hodges Audio Books, producing unabridged recordings of the G. A. Henty historical novels, children’s books, Overtly Christian titles, and classic literature.
It's really sad that people judge books from the 17th century from their 21st century politically-correct perspective. You don't have to agree with Defoe's worldview and religious beliefs to like the book. I'm repulsed by Homer's beliefs but I know his works deserve to be classics. People who think t......more
THE survival epic of all times. Robinson Crusoe is a young English man trying to escape the unbearable pressure of his loving but over demanding parents. On board on a sailing expedition, due to a terrible storm the vessel crashes and sinks somewhere near the Venezuelan coast. Crusoe the only rema......more
A story of ordeals at the sea of a feisty and valiant character, Robinson Crusoe, the 18-year from England! I proclaim him to be a “Man of Providence”, emerging victorious from all the mayhem, every time!! Marooned multiple times at various instances, he is saved every time by sheer Providence. Mayb......more
I know we shouldn't judge the books of yore by today's standards but...I am being tested. This doesn't just have the bigotry from days past, although yes oh man it has that. We're talking giving native people new names (colonizing even the idea of a first name!), acquiring slaves with the same ease a......more
As a novel Robinson Crusoe is not the easiest to read, three hundred years separate us, their world and ours will never connect too much has passed for that, however we are the same species with faults and all human . The well known story shows survival is the ultimate prize for the vast majority of......more
“The footprint scene in Crusoe [is] one of the four greatest in English literature and most unforgettable.”
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and travel writer