In Robinson Crusoe,Defore traces the growth of Robinson from a naive and artless youth into a shrewd and hardened man,tempered by numerous trials in his eventfull life.

• 在这部小说中，笛福描写了鲁宾逊整个成长经历，从一个天真无邪的少年到一个精明而饱经沧桑的成年，受到了无数次坎坷的磨练。