Background of Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe was inspired by a true story, which was written by a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk, who had a quarrel with his captain at sea in September 1704 and was abandoned by the captain in the Atlantic Ocean of South America, living alone on the island of Ann Fernandez, 400 miles away from Chile, for four years and four months. for four years and four months, and four years later he was rescued by Captain Woods Rogers.
Author's Introduction
The author of Robinson Crusoe is Daniel Defoe, who is a famous English novelist, known as "the father of the English and European novel". Defoe was a successful businessman when he was young, and only began to write novels in his later years. Robinson Crusoe was written when he was 59 years old, and later he wrote Captain Singleton, Colonel Jack, Moore and Flanders. Flanders and other novels, which played a huge role in the development of British and European fiction.