'I Made Him Know His Name Should Be Friday, Which Was the Day I Sav'd His Life...I Likewise Taught Him to Say Master' Robinson Crusoe's Seafaring Adventures Are Abruptly Ended When He is Shipwrecked, the Solitary Survivor on a Deserted Island. He Gradually Creates a Life for Himself, Building a House, Cultivating the Land, and Making a Companion From the Native Whose Life He Saves. Daniel Defoe's Enthralling Story-Telling and Imaginatively Detailed Descriptions Have Ensured That His Fiction Masquerading As Fact Remains One of the Most Famous Stories in English Literature. on One Level a Simple Adventure Story, the Novel Also Raises Profound Questions About Moral and Spiritual Values, Society, and Man's Abiding Acquisitiveness. This New Edition Includes a Scintillating Introduction and Notes That Illuminate the Historical Context.