Robinson Crusoe has been printed in many editions worldwide‎.‎ Defoe‎'‎s first and most famous novel appeared in 1719‎.‎ A fictional tale of a shipwrecked sailor‎,‎ it was based on the adventures of a seaman‎.‎ The novel‎,‎ which chronicles Crusoe‎'‎s ingenious attempts to overcome the island‎'‎s hardships‎,‎ has become one of the classics of children‎'‎s literature‎.‎ It becomes the subject of many other plays‎,‎ opera‎,‎ cartoons and computer games‎.‎ The novel is highly praised by great figures‎,‎ such as Coleridge and Wordswort