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《鲁滨孙漂流记(英文版)》:I WAS born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family,though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called-nay we call ourselves and write our name-Crusoe; and so my companions always called me.
Rob/nson Crus0e is a novel by Daniel Defoe. Itwas first published in I7I9, and is sometimesconsidered to be the first novel in English. Thebook is a fictional autobiography of the titlecharacter, an English castaway who spends 28years on a remote tropical island nearVenezuela, encountering Native Americans,captives, and mutineers before being rescued.This device, presenting an account ofsupposedly factual events, is known as a “falsedocument” and gives a realistic frame story.
内容简介
《鲁滨孙漂流记(英文版)》内容简介:1704年,苏格兰水手赛尔科在船上反叛,被抛到智利外海的一座荒岛上,生活了五年。笛福受到这一事件的启发,写成此书。《鲁滨孙漂流记》以真实具体、亲切自然的文风描写鲁滨孙孤独地在海上生活二十八年的经历,不仅在英国文学目前是个里程碑,而且在世界文学目前都可称作靠前部以现实主义文风写出的现代小说,由此,作者笛福就有了“现代小说之父”的美称。笛福一生笔耕不辍,作品包括新闻报道、政治宣传册等共有250种(另一说有500种)之巨。大量的写作磨练了笛福的笔锋,《鲁滨孙漂流记》不论是叙事,还是写景,大都能够使人如闯其声、如临其境,因而,阅读这部书的人在各国的小说读者群中一直高居靠前。此书自出版至今已被译成各种文字,在优选行销不衰几百版。据说,除《圣经》之外,《鲁滨孙漂流记》是世界上出版很多的一本书。
作者简介
Daniel Defoe(c.I659——I73I, bornDaniel Foe), was an Englishwriter, journalist, andpamphleteer, who gainedenduring fame for his novelRobinson Crusoe. Defoe is notablefor being one of the earliestpractitioners of the novel, as hehelped to popularize the form inBritain, and is even referred to bysome as one of the founders ofthe English novel. As a prolificand versatile writer, he wrotemore than five hundred books,pamphlets, and journals onvarious topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism.
目录
CHAPTER I START IN LIFE
CHAPTER II SLAVERY AND ESCAPE
CHAPTER III WRECKEDON A DESERT ISLAND
CHAPTER IV FIRST WEEKS ON THEISLAND
CHAPTER V BUILDS A HOUSE THE JOURNAL
CHAPTER VI ILL AND CONSCIENCE STRICKEN
CHAPTER VII AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER VIII SURVEYS HIS POSITION
CHAPTER IX A BOAT
CHAPTER X TAMES GOATS
CHAPTER XI FINDS PRINT OF MAN'S FOOT ON THE SAND
CHAPTER XII A CAVE RETREAT
CHAPTER XIII WRECK OF A SPANISH SHIP
CHAPTER XIV A DREAM REALISED
CHAPTER XV FRIDAY'S EDUCATION
CHAPTER XVI RESCUE OF PRISONERS FROM CANNIBALS
CHAPTER XVII VISIT OF MUTINEERS
CHAPTER XVIII THE SHIP RECOVERED
CHAPTER XIX RETURN TO ENGLAND
CHAPTER XX FIGHT BETWEEN FRIDAY AND A BEAR
摘要
CHAPTER I START IN LIFE
Was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family, though not of that country, my father being a foreigner of Bremen, who settled first at Hull. He got a good estate by merchandise, and leaving off his trade, lived afterwards at York, from whence he had married my mother, whose relations were named Robinson, a very good family in that country, and from whom I was called Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called——nay we call ourselves and write our name Crusoe; and so my companions always called me.
I had two elder brothers, one of whom was lieutenant-colonel to an English regiment of foot in Flanders, formerly commanded by the famous Colonel Lockhart, and was killed at the battle near Dunkirk against the Spaniards. What became of
my second brother I never knew, any more than my father or mother did know what was became of me.
we got well in again,though with a great deal of labour and some danger;for the wind began to blow pretty fresh in themorning;but particularly we were all、ery hungry.But our paffon,warned by this disaster,resolved to takemore care of himself for the future;and having lying byhim the longboat of our English ship which he had taken,he resolved he would not go a·fishing any more without acompass and some provision;SO he ordered the carpenterof his ship,who also was an English slave,to build a littlestateroom or cabin in the middle of the longboat,like thatof a barge.with a place to stand behind it to steer and haulhome the main-sheet;and room before for a hand or twoto stand and work the sails.She sailed with what we call ashoulder-of-mu~on sail;and the boom jibed over the top ofthe cabin,which lay very snug and low,and had in it roomfor him to lie,with a slave or two,and a table to eat on.withsome small lockers to put in some bottles of such liquor as hethought fit to drink;particularly his bread,rice,and coffee.We went frequen
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