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Robinson Crusoe
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Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ...
Jan 20, 2017 rated it liked it
Shelves: classics, young-adult, 1001-books
I notice that almost all of the reviews are five star raves and I just cannot get there. Immediately before reading this book I read Ivanhoe (Scott) and Kidnapped (Stevenson). I was new to all of these books and read them for a personal challenge to read more classics. I did not like Robinson Crusoe as much as either of the other two I mentioned. I do have a few observations:

1. I had a hard time getting beyond the racism contained in this book. I recognize that it is a reflection of the times an ...more
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Charlotte Clementine
Feb 07, 2019 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
DNF.
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