Date of publication: 1882
This novel tells of a young adventurer, Godfrey Morgan, and his instructor, Professor Tartlett, who embark on a round-the-world ocean voyage. Their ship is wrecked and they are cast away on a remote island, where they rescue and befriend an African slave, Carefinotu.
The novel is a robinsonade - a play on Daniel Defoe's 1791 novel Robinson Crusoe.
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L'école des Robinsons
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