After a shipwreck, the sailor Robinson Crusoe washes ashore as the sole survivor on a deserted island. Left to fend for himself, he struggles against the relentless forces of nature and his fiercest adversary - loneliness. Until one morning, he discovers a human footprint in the sand. The story of Robinson Crusoe, who lives on a deserted island for twenty-eight years with his friend Friday, is one of the most famous adventure novels of all time. "Defoe has written one of the most beautiful books in the world with his 'Robinson'." (Hermann Hesse).