ase study of Robinson Crusoe?Moll Flanders?A list of Defoe’s other important writings?The features of Daniel Defoe’s novelsР7РA case study of Robinson CrusoeРDefoe's "Robinson Crusoe" was one of the forerunners of the English realistic novel, which won him the title of “father of the English novel”. It creates the image of an enterprising Englishman, typical of the English bourgeoisie of the 18th century.Р8РBackground on the novel?Main Story ?The Theme?The image of Robinson Crusoe?Friday?The Symbolic meaning of the footprint?Writing mentsР9РBackground on the novelРIt was based on the true adventures of a Scottish sailor, Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned on one of the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile for 5 years. The story reveals the essence of British colonialism .Р10