Let’s journey back to a story enjoyed by almost twenty generations of boys and girls, to a deserted island in the Southern Atlantic, and the adventures of a shipwrecked gentleman by the name of Robinson Crusoe. This radio adaptation of Daniel Defoe’s classic tale is full of adventure and excitement for listeners of all ages, as the proud and youthful Crusoe learns some valuable lessons about life during his years on the island. It was originally broadcast as an episode of “Adventure Ahead!” back on September 2, 1944. Enjoy!
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The “Real” Robinson Crusoe – Alexander Selkirk
March 8th, 2011 § 0
Want to hear the true story of the man who inspired Defoe’s fictional story of “Robinson Crusoe”? Sure you do! Here is a portion of one of the rare “Ports of Call” radio programs which tells the true story of Alexander Selkirk, the sailor whose real-life story became the inspiration upon which Defoe based his famous tale.
The Story of the REAL Robinson Crusoe
MP3 audio / 6 minutes
<~~~~~ Author of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives and mutineers before being rescued.
The story was perhaps influenced by Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on the Pacific island called "Más a Tierra" (in 1966 its name was changed to Robinson Crusoe Island), Chile. The details of Crusoe's island were probably based on the Caribbean island of Tobago, since that island lies a short distance north of the Venezuelan coast near the mouth of the Orinoco river, in sight of Trinidad. It is also likely that Defoe was inspired by the Latin or English translations of Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, an earlier novel also set on a desert island. Another source for Defoe's novel may have been Robert Knox's account of his abduction by the King of Ceylon in 1659 in "An Historical Account of the Island Ceylon," Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons (Publishers to the University), 1911.
SOURCES: http://homeschoolradioshows.com/
The Story of the REAL Robinson CrusoeMP3 audio / 6 minutes
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives and mutineers before being rescued.
The story was perhaps influenced by Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on the Pacific island called "Más a Tierra" (in 1966 its name was changed to Robinson Crusoe Island), Chile. The details of Crusoe's island were probably based on the Caribbean island of Tobago, since that island lies a short distance north of the Venezuelan coast near the mouth of the Orinoco river, in sight of Trinidad. It is also likely that Defoe was inspired by the Latin or English translations of Ibn Tufail's Hayy ibn Yaqdhan, an earlier novel also set on a desert island. Another source for Defoe's novel may have been Robert Knox's account of his abduction by the King of Ceylon in 1659 in "An Historical Account of the Island Ceylon," Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons (Publishers to the University), 1911.
SOURCES: http://homeschoolradioshows.com/
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