2016-2017 7А Селиванов Денис "Д.Дефо."

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I can hardly imagine my life without books. They are my friends, advisers and teachers. While reading a book I live the life of its heroes. I’ve read a lot of different books, but my favourite one is the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. He was the first man to tell a story in such a way as to make people believe it to be true.

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Daniel Defoe was born in 1660 in London, England. He became a merchant and participated in several failing businesses He was also a prolific political pamphleteer which landed him in prison for slander. Late in life he turned his pen to fiction and wrote Robinson Crusoe , one of the most widely read and influential novels of all time. Defoe died on April 24, 1731.

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At the beginning of his story, Robinson Crusoe tells us that his father wanted him to become a lawyer, but that he himself wanted to become a sailor. His father was extremely against it. Without saying ‘good buy’ to his father or mother, he went away to sea. A few weeks later, he had a shipwreck , but he was rescued , and returned back to London. From there, he made a trading expedition to the African coast, and returned to London again after a voyage in which he had gained experience as a sailor and merchant.

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After some years of adventures he was still dissatisfied . So he spoke to his friends about his early voyage to Africa and as a result of this talk, they decided to fit out a ship, in which Crusoe should go to Africa and start trading. The ship had been sailing only a few days when they were caught in a terrible storm which lasted twelve days and their ship began to break to pieces. Crusoe with the other men got into a boat to reach the island. But this boat was soon upset by the high waves and the men were swallowed up by the sea. He was the only one who saved himself.

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For twenty-three years he saw no other human beings and it was twenty-eight years before he was able to leave the island. The greater part of the book tells us how Crusoe found shelter and food, how he built his ‘castle’, how he made his furniture and clothes, and how he taught himself many trades and became expert in doing all sorts of useful things. I enjoy reading this book very much. It was exciting to read about Crusoe’s adventures. This book has taught me to become brave, quick - minded and patient. By Selivanov Denis, 7a

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