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Robinson Crusoe
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Robinson Crusoe is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. It is often credited as marking the beginning of realistic fiction as a literary genre, and has been de
Title page from the first edition
Title page from the first edition
The route taken by Robinson Crusoe over the Pyrenees mountains in chapters 19 and 20 of Defoe's novel, as envisaged by Joseph Ribas [fr]
The route taken by Robinson Crusoe over the Pyrenees mountains in chapters 19 and 20 of Defoe's novel, as envisaged by Joseph Ribas [fr]
Statue of Robinson Crusoe at Alexander Selkirk's birthplace of Lower Largo in Scotland, by Thomas Stuart Burnett
Statue of Robinson Crusoe at Alexander Selkirk's birthplace of Lower Largo in Scotland, by Thomas Stuart Burnett
Book on Alexander Selkirk
Book on Alexander Selkirk
Friday (Robinson Crusoe)
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Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe and its sequel The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Robinson Crusoe names the man Friday, with whom he cannot at
Robinson Crusoe
…servants by freeing some prisoners; during the cannibals' next visit to the island, when a prisoner escapes, Crusoe helps him, naming his new companion "Friday" after the day of the week he appeared. Crusoe teaches Friday the English language and converts him to Christianity. Crusoe soon learns from Friday…
Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday by Carl Offterdinger
Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday by Carl Offterdinger
A. F. Lydon illustration, 1865: "Robinson Crusoe and Friday attacking the savages"
A. F. Lydon illustration, 1865: "Robinson Crusoe and Friday attacking the savages"