Tells the story of Robinson in distress after the sea, then in the island's experience. He is not satisfied with the ordinary life of the father of the hand, then go out sailing, several rounds of distress. Once, he was captured by the moors, slave; fled to Brazil, he became a planter, on their way to Africa buy slaves, he again suffered shipwreck, drifting to a no human habitation on the island, spent a full twenty-eight years. Where, by virtue of his strong will to overcome their own, to overcome the hard natural conditions, with labor and wisdom of reform of the environment around, he is hunting, planting crops, livestock, save the savage "Friday"...... Finally, he helped a captain to quell the rebellion, and finally returned to his hometown, a rich and carefree life.