Robinson Crusoe

68 min

Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel, read at low tide. An island, a shelter built by hand, and years of quiet making-do.

Retold for sleep from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719 and long out of copyright. The story is Defoe's; every sentence here is our own.

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Claire Beaumont
Your storyteller
Claire Beaumont
Clear, grounding, light

Clear and grounding, present without weight, a few minutes to come back to the breath and carry on steadier.

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About this session

Robinson Crusoe is a sleep story from Salūs, a long bedtime story for adults, read slowly at a bedtime pace by Claire Beaumont.

Salūs is an ad-free sleep and meditation app for iOS and Android, hundreds of guided sessions, long bedtime stories for adults and 325 free sleep sounds. Hear the full session with a 7-day free trial. Every session is signed off by our BSc (Hons) & MSc Psychology team.