Het leven en de lotgevallen van Robinson Crusoe, t. 2

Now in his sixties, the famed castaway looks back on a life marked by shipwreck, survival, and unexpected prosperity. After years of toil and a spell of comfortable wealth, he has built a modest home and a small family, yet the restless spirit that once drove him across oceans still whispers in his mind. He finds little pleasure in his settled routine, feeling a strange pull toward the deserted shore he once called home.

The narrative follows his quiet evenings, haunted by vivid recollections of the island and the men he left behind. Dreams of the jungle, the ruined fort, and the mutinous crew surface as both comfort and torment, prompting him to question whether his past deeds were justly judged. As his wife senses his growing unease, she urges him to heed a deeper, perhaps divine, call, setting the stage for a new chapter of inner turmoil.