《鲁滨逊漂流记》的开头和结尾如下：

开头：

"I am cast upon a horrible, desolate island, void of all hope of recovery."（我被漂流到了一个荒凉可怕的小岛上，没有任何希望能够获救｡）

结尾：

"I had never felt so lonely as I did in that one moment. All the pleasures and advantages of life that I had ever known or imagined were lost to me for ever. I was cast upon a deserted island, and I had no hope of being saved."（在那一刻，我从未感到如此孤独。我曾经知道或想象过的所有生活的乐趣和优势都永远失去了。我被抛到了一个荒岛上，没有任何获救的希望。

这些摘抄分别描绘了鲁滨逊刚漂流到荒岛时的绝望心情，以及他在岛上生活了多年后，感到的深深孤独和对过去生活的怀念。