The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology, and the supernatural. We set out on the 5th of February from Ireland, and had a very fair gale of wind for some days. As I remember, it might be about the 20th of February in the evening late, when the mate, having the watch, came into the round-house and told us he saw a flash of fire, and heard a gun fired; and while he was telling us of it, a boy came in and told us the boatswain heard another. This made us all run out upon the quarterdeck, where for a while we heard nothing; but in a few minutes we saw a very great light, and found that there was some very terrible fire at a distance; immediately we had recourse to our reckonings, in which we all agreed that there could be no land that way in which the fire showed itself, no, not for five hundred leagues, for it appeared at WNW. Upon this, we concluded it must be some ship on fire at sea; and as, by our hearing the noise of guns just before, we concluded that it could not be far off, we stood directly towards it, and were presently satisfied we should discover it, because the further we sailed, the greater the light appeared; though, the weather being hazy, we could not perceive anything but the light for a while. In about half-an-hour's sailing, the wind being fair for us, though not much of it, and the weather clearing up a little, we could plainly discern that it was a great ship on fire in the middle of the sea. . . .

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Fiction, Classics

Humor & Entertainment

DEFOE, DANIEL

Humor

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Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin, largely through his best-known work, The Canterbury Tales. The tales are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The most well-known tales are included here in Middle English with a glossary to help the reader comprehend the less obvious words..

Selections from the Canterbury Tales

Literature & Fiction

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Poetry

Joel Chandler Harris was one of the most famous and beloved of all American story tellers. One of the most colorful characters he ever created was Uncle Remus, who spun endless series of delightful stories of animals for the eager children who clustered around his knee.Here are some of Uncle Remus’ best and most beloved stories. Many of these stories of Brer Rabbit and his friends Brer Fox, Brer Bear and other members of the animal kingdom have so endeared themselves to generations of children that today they are truly a part of the American heritage.The story of the Wonderful Tar Baby is only one of the many famous tales in this sparkling collection whose wit and wisdom will capture the affection of every reader who has not yet enjoyed this great book.

Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings

Children's Books

Harris, Joel Chandler

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

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