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Crusoe, Robinson

Crusoe, Robinson

experiences adventures among pirates, cannibals, and slavers. [Br. Lit.: Defoe Robinson Crusoe]

Crusoe, Robinson

shipwreck victim who lives on desert island with savage he names Friday. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe]

Crusoe, Robinson

man marooned on a desert island for 24 years. [Brit. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe, Magill I, 839–841]

Crusoe, Robinson

inventive when shipwrecked on an island. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe]

Crusoe, Robinson

only survivor of shipwreck. [Br. Lit.: Robin-son Crusoe]
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"I'm playing Mrs Crusoe, Robinson's mother, who's played by Paul Zerdin.
Biggins, who has enjoyed a hugely-successful career in television, film and theatre, will take on the role of Mrs Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe's mother.
Claude Robinson, a graphic designer and writer with a penchant for wilderness adventures in remote locations, had come up with the idea of an animation series based on his vision of himself as a modern Robinson Crusoe, Robinson claims that he attracted Cinar's interest, and then after years of heavy pitching, development hell and an apparent dead end, the company surreptitiously turned his Robinson Curiosite into their own Robinson Sucroe, a co-production with European partners who had originally liked his idea.
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