Thread: MobileRead May 2010 Book Club Nominations
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Old 04-21-2010, 07:51 AM   #31
kennyc
The Dank Side of the Moon
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I'll nominate Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Description (from the art of manliness):
Robinson Crusoe deals with mastery and morality. It addresses the ability of mankind to master his surroundings through hard work, and patience and faith, which eventually enable him to survive on an
unknown island and able to cope with the difficult terrain, less-than-friendly natives and basically every wicked trial that comes his way. The morality addressed in this book is the eponymous protagonist’s rejection of his father’s advice to accept the happiness of the middle class life from which he was born. Against the wishes of his family, he runs off to sea to find adventure. It is not until Crusoe literally recreates a primitive approximation of that middle class life for himself on his island that he is freed.


(that's 2 of my three)

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