Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable

By Aikin, Lucy

Book Id: WPLBN0002951127
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File Size: 86.08 MB
Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable
Author:	Aikin, Lucy
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Children
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable; by Mary Godolphin
Historic Publication Date:	1864
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Aikin, B. L., & Godolphin, M. (1864). Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
Mary Godolphin was the pseudonym of Lucy Aikin who undertook translating great literature into single-syllable words so that young readers could enjoy plots that were considerably more interesting than, say, the McGuffey readers of the 1880's or the Dick and Jane primers of the 1950s (still around today as decodable readers in elementary schools). She produced this volume based on Daniel Defoe's most famous work, considered by many to be the first English novel (1719). She also rendered Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Wyss' Swiss Family Robinson, which she translated as well.

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Children