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The Daniel Defoe Library

The Daniel Defoe Library

Di: Daniel Defoe
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 Step into an audio-cabinet of curiosities, where the works of Daniel Defoe are read in their full measure, without haste or abridgment. Each episode presents a faithful narration, as though a traveller’s journal opened by candlelight - tales of shipwreck and survival, of commerce, conscience, and the restless spirit of adventure.

Designed for listeners who favour patience over noise, this podcast invites you to keep company with rogues, merchants, and solitary islanders, hearing every page as it might have been spoken in a London coffee-house of old.Public domain
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  • Robinson Crusoe Chapter 18 - The Ship Recovered

    Robinson Crusoe Chapter 18 - The Ship Recovered
    Apr 21 2026
    In which a careful stratagem unfolds as a small company, beleaguered yet resolute, confronts a band of mutinous men whose defeat and surrender marks a turning point in their fortunes. The narrative gently traces the parley, the securing of prisoners, and the gracious provision for their confinement, all bathed in reflections on providence and the hard-won deliverance granted by Heaven’s unseen hand.
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    38 min
  • Robinson Crusoe Chapter 17 - Visit of Mutineers

    Robinson Crusoe Chapter 17 - Visit of Mutineers
    Apr 20 2026
    In which the good Robinson, after much discourse with a loyal Spaniard and his aged savage guide, contemplates the relief of shipwrecked countrymen stranded on the main, prudently securing provisions and allies ere venturing forth. At length, a confounding arrival of mutinous Englishmen sets the stage for cautious parley and stratagem, as he prepares to assert command and recover lost honour and safety upon his solitary isle.
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    36 min
  • Robinson Crusoe Chapter 16 - Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals

    Robinson Crusoe Chapter 16 - Rescue of Prisoners From Cannibals
    Apr 19 2026
    In which the narrator and his devoted companion Friday undertake the labourious construction of a large canoe, fully rigged for navigation, as they prepare for a bold voyage to the mainland with hopes of seeking out fellow men. Their quiet preparations are interrupted by the arrival of hostile natives, prompting a fierce encounter in which the narrator rescues two prisoners, including Friday’s father, thus transforming his solitary domain into a small but varied community under his command.
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    39 min
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