Abridged by Sue Hackman.'I, poor miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked during a dreadful storm, came on shore on this dismal island...'It's the year 1659 and Robinson Crusoe is the only survivor swept onto the sandy shore of a tropical island after his ship is wrecked. Live with him through his first few days as he realises that he is all alone in a tropical paradise. Find out how he survives, what he finds to eat, what he finds for shelter and comfort and how he copes with days of loneliness which turn into months, and then into years...