Longman Classics – Vanity Fair

One of Dickens’ most enduringly popular stories is Oliver Twist. Its central theme is the hardship faced by the dispossessed and those of the outside of ‘polite’ society.

The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is stranded on an uninhabited island far away from any shipping routes. With patience and ingenuity, he transforms his island into a tropical paradise. For twenty-four years he has no human company, until one Friday, he rescues a prisoner from a boat of cannibals.