Round 2: Tossup 8

In Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone, Gabriel randomly opens pages of this novel and interprets them as prophecy. A character in this novel has renewed faith and prays before planting barley after a vision of God tells him “now thou shalt die.” This novel’s protagonist is attacked by wolves in the Pyrenees (15[2])after refusing to sail from Portugal. A ship traveling from a (*) Brazilian plantation to Africa in this novel is caught in a hurricane. The story of Alexander Selkirk inspired this 1719 (10[1])novel, in which a (10[1])footprint on a beach leads the title character to eventually rescue a man he names Friday. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Daniel Defoe novel about a man shipwrecked on an island. ■END■

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