In the novel by Daniel Defoe, for how many years was Robinson Crusoe shipwrecked?
Friday (Robinson Crusoe) Friday (Robinson Crusoe) Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel "Robinson Crusoe". Robinson Crusoe names the man Friday, with whom he cannot at first communicate, because they first meet on that day. The character is the source of the expression "Man Friday", used to describe a male personal assistant or servant, especially one who is particularly competent or loyal. Current usage also includes "Girl Friday". It is possible that a Misquito pirate by the name of Will became the inspiration for the character "Friday". Robinson Crusoe spends twenty-eight years on an island off the coast
Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates, commonly known as Robinson Crusoe, () is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. The first edition credited the work's protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author, leading many readers