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The Young Crusoe or The Shipwrecked Boy

by Barbara Hofland

The Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy (1829) Novel. At the novel's opening, Charles Crusoe, thirteen years of age, asks his mother if he is related to the famous Robinson Crusoe, and is told that he is not. His future adventures, however, strongly resemble those of the earlier Crusoe.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1830

Genre/Category

Adventure Action

Tags/Keywords

Children's novel Action Adventure

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Barbara Hofland

United Kingdom

Barbara Hofland was an English writer of some 66 didactic, moral stories for children, and of schoolbooks and poetry. She was asked by John Soane to write a description of his still extant museum in L...

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