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Books in the Robinsonnade genre:

The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719)

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Robinson goes back to the island. This is the third edition. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Robinson Crusoe (1719)

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The first of the desert island castaway adventures. This is the fourth edition. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

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Masterman Ready: or The Wreck of the Pacific (1841)

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This is a robinsonnade written by a captain in the British navy. A family going to settle in Australia is wrecked on a desert island and the old seaman, Ready, helps them survive. Read online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Allen Robert Branston

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The Coral Island (1858)

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Three young men are shipwrecked on a desert island in the south Pacific. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): R. M. Ballantyne
Illustrator(s): R. M. Ballantyne

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An American Robinson Crusoe (1883)

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French edition illustrated by Leon Benett

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Robinson Crusoe (1883)

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First published in 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank

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The Adventures of Captain Horn (1895)

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Castaways on the desert coast of South America discover a mountain of gold. How to safely secure it? Read for free online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Frank R. Stockton
Illustrator(s): None

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The Story of the Five Rebellious Dolls (1904)

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The five dolls escape from their owner, Eva, to have their own adventures.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): E. Stuart Hardy

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Robinson Crusoe (1909)

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The first of the desert island castaway adventures. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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The Children of the New Forest (1911)

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During the English civil war, a family of children take to the woods to escape from the Parliamentary forces. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Smuggler's Island (1915)

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Marian Hadley is cast away on a desert island in the Sea of Cortez along with her four younger siblings, one only a baby, and successfully keeps them alive for seven years until they are finally rescued. This is the first edition which does not have ... View More

Author(s): Clarissa Kneeland
Illustrator(s): Wallace Goldsmith

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The Mysterious Island (1918)

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During the American Civil War five prisoners of war and a dog escape from Richmond in a balloon and are driven across the country by a fierce storm and wrecked on a desert island in the Pacific. They proceed to make a home for themselves with all the... View More

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Robinson Crusoe (1920)

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First published in 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Robinson Crusoe (1921)

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First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Frederick Alfred Rhead
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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The Swiss Family Robinson (1921)

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A family is shipwrecked on a tropical island and proceed to make a new life for themselves. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Isabelle de Montolieu
Johann David Wyss
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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Nobody's Girl (1922)

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Born of a Hindu mother and a French father, Perrine is on her way to France to meet her curmudgeonly grandfather when both her parents die. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hector Malot
Illustrator(s): Thelma Gooch

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Den hemmelighedsfulde Ø (1923)

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Prisoners of war held by the Union forces escape in a balloon and are blown out over the Pacific Ocean before crashing near a desert island. Interior illustrations by Tenggren.... View More

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren
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The Wings of the Morning (1924)

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Miss Iris Deane is shipwrecked in the South China Sea along with the only other survivor, Robert Jenks, a cashiered British army officer who was working as a steward. The J.C. Winston edition has eleven color plates, the Doran edition only eight, but... View More

Author(s): Louis Tracy
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

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The Children of the New Forest (1927)

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When the Roundheads triumph in the English civil war they burn down the Beverley family’s home. The orphaned children escape to the forest where they are taken in by Jacob Armitage, an old family servant. As in a Robinsonnade, they must learn t... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Bernhard Stafford Good

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Masterman Ready: or The Wreck of the Pacific (1928)

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This is a robinsonnade written by a captain in the British navy. A family going to settle in Australia is wrecked on a desert island and the old seaman, Ready, helps them survive.

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): John Rae
Frank Schoonover

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