Audiobooks by Daniel Defoe

'Робинзон Крузо'(англ. Robinson Crusoe) — роман Даниэля Дефо, впервые опубликованный в апреле 1719 года, названный по имени главного героя. Полное название произведения звучит как «Жизнь, необыкновенные и удивительные приключения Робинзона Крузо, моряка из Йорка, прожившего 28 лет в полном одиночестве на необитаемом острове у берегов Америки близ устьев реки Ориноко, куда он был выброшен кораблекрушением, во время которого весь экипаж корабля кроме него погиб, с изложением его неожиданного освобождения пиратами; написанные им самим» Книга написана как вымышленная автобиография Робинзона Крузо, жителя Йорка, который мечтал о путешествиях к далёким морям. Вопреки воле своего отца, он в 1651 году покидает родной дом и отправляется с приятелем в своё первое морское плавание. Оно оканчивается кораблекрушением у английских берегов, однако это не разочаровало Крузо, и вскоре он совершил несколько путешествий на торговом судне. Желая быстрее разбогатеть, он принимает участие в нелегальном торговом рейсе в Африку за чёрными невольниками. Однако корабль попадает в шторм и садится на мель у неизвестного острова недалеко от устья Ориноко. Крузо оказался единственным выжившим из экипажа, добравшись вплавь до острова, который оказался необитаемым. Преодолев отчаяние, он спасает с корабля все нужные инструменты и припасы, прежде чем тот был окончательно разрушен штормами. Он обосновывается на острове, строит себе хорошо укрытое и защищённое жилище, учится шить одежду, печь посуду из глины, засевает поля ячменём и рисом с корабля. Также ему удаётся приручить диких коз, которые водились на острове, это даёт ему стабильный источник мяса и молока, а также шкуры для изготовления одежды. Исследуя остров в течение многих лет, Крузо обнаруживает следы дикарей-каннибалов, которые иногда посещают разные части острова и устраивают людоедские пиршества...

Daniel Defoe (Author), Maksim Suslov (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Robinson Crusoe

Este clásico de la literatura escrito en 1719, nos presenta Las aventuras increíbles y mágicas de Robinson Crusoe, un naufrago que pasó 28 años alejado del mundo civilizado, es el relato autobiográfico de Robinson Kreutznaer, un expedicionario inglés que naufragó en una isla desierta, y cuyas vivencias están basadas en supuestos hechos reales. Concretamente, se considera que la obra es la adaptación del naufragio del marinero Alexander Selkik, quien sobrevivió en el archipiélago chileno por más de cinco años. Robinson Crusoe es una historia cautivadora que aborda las vicisitudes que implica satisfacer las necesidades humanas más elementales en un entorno totalmente virgen. Un clásico de la literatura donde el ingenio y la audacia son requisitos para sobrevivir a lo inexplorado e inesperado, pero, por sobre todo, a la soledad más cruenta.

Daniel Defoe (Author), Armando Hernandez (Narrator)

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The Storm

The Storm (1704) holds a special place in the writings of Daniel Defoe. Widely considered a founding document of modern journalism, The Storm narrates the calamitous events of November 1703 that are framed by the author in the first four chapters. These are followed by verbatim eyewitness accounts, solicited from survivors through a newspaper advertisement that Defoe placed shortly after the hurricane struck. Defoe is primarily known for his later fiction, loosely based on historical calamities, such as his Journal of the Plague Year (1722), and by fictionalized novels purporting to be first-person accounts, including Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Moll Flanders (1722). It can be argued that The Storm was the journalistic crucible in which the master realist Defoe forged his later novelistic artistry, with its penchant for "the telling detail." In fact, his fiction novel The Plague Year remains a required reading for journalism students to this day, side-by-side with the non-fiction account of The Storm.

Daniel Defoe (Author), Denny Sayers (Narrator)

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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Unabridged)

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers to believe he was a real person and the book a travelogue of true incidents. Crusoe set sail from Kingston upon Hull on a sea voyage in August 1651, against the wishes of his parents, who wanted him to pursue a career in law. After a tumultuous journey where his ship is wrecked in a storm, his lust for the sea remains so strong that he sets out to sea again. This journey, too, ends in disaster, as the ship is taken over by Salé pirates (the Salé Rovers) and Crusoe is enslaved by a Moor. Two years later, he escapes in a boat with a boy named Xury; a captain of a Portuguese ship off the west coast of Africa rescues him. The ship is en route to Brazil. Crusoe sells Xury to the captain. With the captain's help, Crusoe procures a plantation.

Daniel Defoe (Author), Ben Hynes (Narrator)

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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Captured by pirates, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adventures before winning his way back to civilization. But Crusoe proves willing to chance his luck a second time when, after sweating his way to prosperity as a planter in Brazil, he undertakes another voyage and is marooned on a small island off South America. With the supplies he's able to salvage from the wrecked ship, Crusoe eventually builds a fort and creates a kingdom for himself by taming animals, gathering fruit, growing crops, and hunting, and spends more than two decades in isolation before acquiring a sidekick-the man Friday.

Daniel Defoe (Author), Mark Smith (Narrator)

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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe (Author), Donny Parker (Narrator)

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The History of the Pirates

Daniel Defoe is most well-known for his classic novels Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders. Born around 1660, he was also a journalist, a pamphleteer, a businessman, a spy. His life was long and colourful, and the breadth of his work, still highly regarded, is infused with similar vigour.It is said that only the bible has been printed in more languages than Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is also noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel. He was extremely prolific and a very versatile writer, producing several hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of economic journalism though was made bankrupt on more on one occasion and usually mired in debt. In later life Defoe was often most seen on Sundays when bailiffs and the like could legally make no move on him. Allegedly it was whilst hiding from creditors that he died on April 24th, 1731. He was interred in Bunhill Fields, London.

Daniel Defoe (Author), Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Unabridged)

'The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe' is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Just as in its significantly more popular predecessor, Robinson Crusoe (1719), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author. It was published under the considerably longer original title: The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe. Although intended to be the last Crusoe tale, the novel is followed by a non-fiction book involving Crusoe by Defoe entitled Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With his Vision of the Angelick World (1720). The story is speculated to be partially based on Moscow embassy secretary Adam Brand's journal detailing the embassy's journey from Moscow to Peking from 1693 to 1695. The book starts with the statement about Crusoe's marriage in England. He bought a little farm in Bedford and had three children: two sons and one daughter. Our hero suffered a distemper and a desire to see 'his island.' He could talk of nothing else, and one can imagine that no one took his stories seriously, except his wife. She told him, in tears, 'I will go with you, but I won't leave you.' But in the middle of this felicity, Providence unhinged him at once, with the loss of his wife.

Daniel Defoe (Author), Ben Hynes (Narrator)

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The Daniel Defoe BBC Radio Drama Collection: Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders & A Journal of the Plagu

Three lively retellings of Daniel Defoe's classic novels, plus two bonus programmes about his extraordinary life and far-reaching influence. Robinson Crusoe and his Farther Adventures An imaginative blend of the famous castaway tale and its lesser-known sequel, this thrilling drama sees Crusoe setting sail for the far north. Facing danger in the Siberian wastes, he keeps terror at bay by telling his companions campfire tales of his many adventures on his beloved island. Starring Tim McInnerney as Crusoe. Moll Flanders When Daniel Defoe meets Elizabeth Atkins in Newgate jail, she recounts her stranger-than-fiction story of a rags-to-riches life that took her from prostitution to prosperity - but culminated in destitution. Inspired, Defoe mixes fact and fiction to re-invent her as one of his most engaging characters: Moll Flanders. Starring Ben Miles as Defoe and Jessica Hynes as Elizabeth Atkins. A Journal of the Plague Year Writing a fictional journal of the Great Plague of 1665, Defoe soon comes to be haunted by the characters he is conjuring. Starring Ben Miles as Defoe. This exciting new collection of reinvented tales will also include two bonus programmes about Daniel Defoe himself: Defoe: Merchant, Writer, Convict, Spy by Philip Palmer - A biographical drama about Defoe's life, starring Ben Miles as Defoe and Niamh Cusack as his wife Mary. Defoe: The Facts and Fictions - A documentary by Mark Lawson, exploring the far-reaching influence of the pioneering author.

Daniel Defoe, Philip Palmer (Author), , Ben Miles, Jessica Hynes, Niamh Cusack, Tim Mcinnerny (Narrator)

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The Apparition of Mrs. Veal

Daniel Defoe (Author), Calls Nelson (Narrator)

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The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Another great audiobook classic from the world's most prolific and prestigious new company, Icon Audio Arts. Presented by actor author Geoffrey Giuliano, here is an exciting 'listen while you learn' audio production which promises to entertain, enlighten and enliven the listener. Icon productions offer a daring, fresh perspective on the hundreds of perennial favorite tales which have inspired generations and imbued a deep love of literature and art in millions over time. Welcome to the wonderful, unparalleled world of Icon Audio Arts.

Daniel Defoe (Author), Geoffrey Giuliano & Company (Narrator)

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Roxana

Beautiful, proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a rich whore. Embarking on a career as a courtesan and kept woman, Roxana passes from man to man in order to maintain her lavish, glamorous lifestyle. But this life comes at a cost; she is torn between sinful prosperity and the respectability she craves.

Daniel Defoe (Author), Juanita McMahon (Narrator)

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