Friday, or, The Other Island "Araucanian" whom he names as Friday. Because of the deep change that happens in Crusoe during the stay, he finally does not want to return from the island, while Friday does. Friday, or, The Other Island Friday, or, The Other Island () is a 1967 novel by French writer Michel Tournier. It retells Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe". The first edition of the book was published 15 March 1967. It won that year's Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. In 1971, Tournier rewrote the book, adapting it for younger readers, under the title "Vendredi ou la Vie sauvage". The young
Tarzan the Magnificent (novel) Tarzan the Magnificent (novel) Tarzan the Magnificent is a book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the twenty-first in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was originally published as two separate stories serialized in different pulp magazines; "Tarzan and the Magic Men" in "Argosy" from September to October, 1936, and "Tarzan and the Elephant Men" in "Blue Book" from November 1937 to January 1938. The two stories were combined under the title "Tarzan the Magnificent" in the first book edition, published in 1939 by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. In order of writing, the book follows "Tarzan's