Girl/Gal Friday

The other day in class, one of my students mentioned that she and a co-worker were the office "gal Fridays" and it got me thinking about the origens of the expression. I thought I knew what it was, but I wasn't entirely sure. Turns out I was right. It is originally based on Man Friday a character from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, one of those great classics of English literature that I have never read.

Has anyone read the book? What did you think of it? If you haven't read it, why not check it out at Project Gutenberg?