Project Gutenberg 2023-10-09 Public domain in the USA. 267 Drury, Robert 1687 1743 Drewry, Robert Defoe, Daniel 1731 Defo, Daniel John, Gabriel Moreton, Andrew Defoë, Daniel The pleasant and surprising adventures of Robert Drury, during his fifteen years' captivity on the island of Madagascar $aLondon :$bPrinted for Hunt and Clarke, $c1826. Sometimes attributed to Daniel Defoe. Richard Tonsing, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Pleasant and Surprising Adventures of Robert Drury, During His Fifteen Years’ Captivity on the Island of Madagascar" is an autobiographical account written in the early 19th century. This narrative recounts the harrowing experiences of Robert Drury, who was shipwrecked and subsequently captured by natives on the island of Madagascar when he was just sixteen years old. The story provides a vivid glimpse into the customs, culture, and challenges that Drury faced during his lengthy captivity. At the start of the book, Drury introduces himself and outlines the events leading up to his fateful voyage aboard the Degrave, which culminated in a shipwreck. Following the shipwreck, he details the immediate chaos, as he and the surviving crew members are uncertain of their fate and have to navigate the reactions of the locals. The narrative quickly escalates as he finds himself thrust into a life of captivity, where he must adapt to the stark realities of his new environment while reflecting on his past and the stubbornness that led him there. This opening sets the stage for Drury's transformative journey as he confronts extraordinary challenges and the complexities of human interaction with those vastly different from himself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/pleasantsuprisin00deforich 20200202221903defoe 1826 GB Reading ease score: 59.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Madagascar -- Description and travel CT DT Text Category: Biographies Category: Adventure Category: Travel Writing 764141 2025-07-28T11:33:53.269648 text/html 739023 2023-10-29T10:43:30 text/html 497176 2025-07-28T11:34:02.800592 application/epub+zip 504797 2025-07-28T11:33:55.423573 application/epub+zip 427883 2025-07-28T11:33:54.245583 application/epub+zip 1099285 2025-07-28T11:34:08.600601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1062721 2025-07-28T11:34:01.776576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 698311 2025-07-28T11:33:52.325591 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 678169 2023-10-29T10:43:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17466 2025-07-28T11:34:08.765526 application/rdf+xml 16830 2025-07-28T11:33:54.616576 image/jpeg 2032 2025-07-28T11:33:54.429585 image/jpeg 1266002 2025-07-28T11:33:53.361613 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia