Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The book is presented as an autobiography of the title character, a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. Listen to your favorite books with accompanying visuals and music. Presented by Vbooks. TV