ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -He moved the island to the Caribbean and peopled it with cannibals, one of whom becomes Crusoe’s faithful servant Friday. While Selkirk was stranded for a mere four years, the fictional Crusoe spends 28 years, two months and 19 days as a castaway, as he meticulously notes in his journal.

Detailed explanation-2: -During his 40 days as a lone castaway, some unexpected treasures turn up. The “real” Robinson Crusoe is the title character in the 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe.

Detailed explanation-3: -The adventures of Robinson Crusoe involve eight voyages in all. The first voyage, set in 1652, takes the adventurous twenty-year old Robinson from his home in York to Great Yarmouth, and then to London.

Detailed explanation-4: -Crusoe considers moving his habitation to the lush side of the island, but thinks better of removing to the interior, away from the sea. Instead, he decides to build a tiny vacation hut and spend his summer months there.