The Solitary of Juan Fernandez
CHAPTER I. The Royal Salmon.—Pretty
Kitty.—Captain Stradling.—William Dampier. —Reveries and Caprices of
Miss Catherine.
CHAPTER II. Alexander Selkirk.—The College.—First
Love.—Eight Years of Absence. —Maritime Combats.—Return and
Departure.—The Swordfish.
CHAPTER III. The Tour of the World.—The Way to
manufacture Negroes—California. —The Eldorado.—Revolt of
Selkirk.—The Log-Book.—Degradation. —A Free Shore.
CHAPTER IV. Inspection of the
Country.—Marimonda.—A City seen through the Fog. —The Sea every
where.—Dialogue with a Toucan.—The first Shot. —Declaration of
War.—Vengeance.—A Terrestrial Paradise.
CHAPTER V. Labors of the Colonist.—His
Study.—Fishing.—Administration. —Selkirk Island.—The New
Prometheus.—What is wanting to Happiness. —Encounter with
Marimonda.—Monologue.
CHAPTER VI. The Hammock.—Poison.—Success.—A Calm
under the Tropics.—Invasion of the Island.—War and Plunder.—The
Oasis.—The Spy-Glass. —Reconciliation.
CHAPTER VII. A Tete-a-tete.—The Monkey's
Goblet.—The Palace.—A Removal.—Winter under the Tropics—Plans for
the Future.—Property.—A burst of Laughter.—Misfortune not far off.
CHAPTER VIII. A New Invasion.—Selkirk joyfully
meets an ancient Enemy.—Combat on a Red Cedar.—A Mother and her
Little Ones.—The Flock.—Fete in the Island; Pacific Combats,
Diversions and Swings.—A Sail.—The Burning Wood.—Presentiments of
Marimonda.
CHAPTER IX. The Precipice.—A Dungeon in a Desert
Island.—Resignation.—The passing Bird.—The browsing Goat.—The
bending Tree.—Attempts at Deliverance. —Success.—Death of Marimonda.
CHAPTER X. Discouragement.—A Discovery.—A
Retrospective Glance.—Project of Suicide.—The Last Shot.—The Sea
Serpent.—The Porro.—A Message. —Another Solitary.
CHAPTER XI. The Island San Ambrosio.—Selkirk at
last knows what Friendship is.—The Raft.—Visits to the Tomb of
Marimonda.—The Departure.—The two Islands.—Shipwreck.—The Port of
Safety.
CHAPTER XII. The Island of Juan
Fernandez.—Encounter in the Mountains.—Discussion. —A New
Captivity.—A Cannon-shot.—Dampier and Selkirk.—Mas a Fuera. —News
of Stradling.—Confidences.—End of the History of the real Robinson
Crusoe.—Nebuchadnezzar.
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