Young Robinson Crusoe longed to be a sailor. And his wish came true, although his parents wished it otherwise. He set out on a voyage and was shipwrecked. He spent many years alone on a desert island. Do you think he was bored? Of course he wasn’t!

He had lots of adventures, and he defied death many times. Guess how it all turned out. Better still, read about it! This abridged version of Daniel Defoe’s legendary work in a unique rendering by world-famous artist Vojtěch Kubašta encourages you to do just that. Did Crusoe wish he had obeyed his parents and not run away to sea, so sealing his fate as a castaway? You are about to find out…