Sequels: RC2 + RC3

Defoe actually wrote two sequels to this first part, refered to now as RC2 and RC3. Here's a picture of the first editions of each which were published within the year of the RC1.




Although these sequels were often attached or included after the original story to fatten up the edition so that they could be sold at higher prices, for the purposes of our research the text we covered is the RC1 about the man on the island. In case you're curious, though, RC2 is about Crusoe's life after he returns to England, makes a family and then develops an unquenchable desire to see his island again. And, so, "farther adventures” ensue as he travels to his island and then Madagascar, China, and Siberia. RC3, then, is just a series of moral essays with Crusoe's name attached to them. Not surprisingly this part was not as popular and not included in as many of the Robinson Crusoe editions. After all it's title alludes to "Serious Reflections" not "pyrates" or "farther adventures".