Chapter I: Front Matter

HE SETTLES IN THE BRAZILS AS A PLANTER--MAKES ANOTHER VOYAGE
AND IS SHIPWRECKED 42

CHAPTER V

ROBINSON FINDS HIMSELF ON A DESOLATE ISLAND AND PROCURES
A STOCK OF ARTICLES FROM THE WRECK--HE CONSTRUCTS HIS
HABITATION 61

CHAPTER VI

ROBINSON CARRIES ALL HIS RICHES, PROVISIONS, ETC., INTO HIS
HABITATION--DREARINESS OF SOLITUDE--CONSOLATORY REFLECTIONS
77

CHAPTER VII

ROBINSON’S MODE OF RECKONING TIME--DIFFICULTIES ARISING FROM
WANT OF TOOLS--HE ARRANGES HIS HABITATION 83

CHAPTER VIII

ROBINSON’S JOURNAL--DETAILS OF HIS DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND
CONTRIVANCES--SHOCK OF AN EARTHQUAKE 91

CHAPTER IX

ROBINSON OBTAINS MORE ARTICLES FROM THE WRECK--HIS ILLNESS AND
AFFLICTION 109

CHAPTER X

HIS RECOVERY--HIS COMFORT IN READING THE SCRIPTURES--HE MAKES
AN EXCURSION INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND--FORMS HIS
“BOWER” 120

CHAPTER XI

ROBINSON MAKES A TOUR TO EXPLORE HIS ISLAND--EMPLOYED IN BASKET
MAKING 139

CHAPTER XII

HE RETURNS TO HIS CAVE--HIS AGRICULTURAL LABORS AND SUCCESS
146

CHAPTER XIII

HIS MANUFACTURE OF POTTERY, AND CONTRIVANCES FOR BAKING BREAD
157

CHAPTER XIV

MEDITATES HIS ESCAPE FROM THE ISLAND--BUILDS A CANOE--FAILURE
OF HIS SCHEME AND RESIGNATION TO HIS CONDITION--HE MAKES
HIMSELF A NEW DRESS 164

CHAPTER XV

HE MAKES A SMALLER CANOE IN WHICH HE ATTEMPTS TO CRUISE ROUND
THE ISLAND--HIS PERILOUS SITUATION AT SEA--HE RETURNS HOME
180

CHAPTER XVI

HE REARS A FLOCK OF GOATS--HIS DIARY--HIS DOMESTIC HABITS AND
STYLE OF LIVING--INCREASING PROSPERITY 192

CHAPTER XVII

UNEXPECTED ALARM--CAUSE FOR APPREHENSION--HE FORTIFIES HIS
ABODE 203

CHAPTER XVIII

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SURPRISE--ROBINSON DISCOVERS THAT HIS
ISLAND HAS BEEN VISITED BY CANNIBALS 215

CHAPTER XIX

ROBINSON DISCOVERS A CAVE, WHICH SERVES HIM AS A RETREAT
AGAINST THE SAVAGES 229

CHAPTER XX

ANOTHER VISIT OF THE SAVAGES--ROBINSON SEES THEM DANCING--HE
PERCEIVES THE WRECK OF A VESSEL 240

CHAPTER XXI

HE VISITS THE WRECK AND OBTAINS MANY STORES FROM IT--AGAIN
THINKS OF QUITTING THE ISLAND--HAS A REMARKABLE DREAM 249

CHAPTER XXII

ROBINSON RESCUES ONE OF THEIR CAPTIVES FROM THE SAVAGES, WHOM
HE NAMES FRIDAY, AND MAKES HIS SERVANT 266

CHAPTER XXIII

ROBINSON INSTRUCTS AND CIVILIZES HIS MAN FRIDAY AND ENDEAVORS
TO GIVE HIM AN IDEA OF CHRISTIANITY 279

CHAPTER XXIV

ROBINSON AND FRIDAY BUILD A CANOE TO CARRY THEM TO FRIDAY’S
COUNTRY--THEIR SCHEME PREVENTED BY THE ARRIVAL OF A PARTY
OF SAVAGES 294

CHAPTER XXV

ROBINSON RELEASES A SPANIARD--FRIDAY DISCOVERS HIS
FATHER--ACCOMMODATION PROVIDED FOR THESE NEW GUESTS,
WHO WERE AFTERWARD SENT TO LIBERATE THE OTHER
SPANIARDS--ARRIVAL OF AN ENGLISH VESSEL 310

CHAPTER XXVI

ROBINSON DISCOVERS HIMSELF TO THE ENGLISH CAPTAIN--ASSISTS HIM
IN REDUCING HIS MUTINOUS CREW, WHO SUBMIT TO HIM 335