Robinson Crusoe is considered the second most read book in history after the Bible. First published in 1719 and based on real events that happened to the Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the original and complete title of the book is : The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. Written by Himself. The success of the novel was immediate and universal. Robinson Crusoe is the most popular English novel of all time. This premium edition comes with original paintings by the artist-painter Onsimo Colavidas.
