Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Classics)

Penguin Classic /E

Daniel Defoe 저자(글)

Penguin UK · 2003년 04월 29일

책 소개

Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the power and originality of Defoe's famous book. Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being. First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been praised by such writers as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language.

작가정보

저자(글) Daniel Defoe

<table><tr><td>Daniel Defoe was a Londoner, born c. 1660 at St. Giles, Cripplegate, the son of James Foe, a tallow-chandler and member of the Butchers' Company. Daniel began to use the name 'De Foe' c. 1695. He was educated for the Presbyterian ministry at Morton's Dissenting Academy at Newington Green, but decided he had no vocation and instead went into the wholesale hosiery business, acquiring premises in Cornhill. In 1685 he participated in Monmouth's unsuccessful rebellion. His business activities were extended into the wine trade and marine insurance, but in 1692 he was declared bankrupt. The consequences of this debacle pursued him for the rest of his life, though he profited from the experience by becoming an expert in bankruptcy law, which he had some influence in reforming.</td><td><image src="http://contents.kyobobook.co.kr/etc/magazine/Daniel Defoe.gif"></td></tr></table>


소설가 이전에 왕성한 저널리스트였던 다니엘 디포는 40대를 활발한 언론가로 보냈었다. 그후 60대가 그의 가장 활동적인 시절로 집필에 몰두하며 본격적인 소설가로 활약하였다. 59세 때 발표한 『로빈슨 크루소』가 성공함으로써 19세기의 가장 위대한 작가의 한 사람이 되었다. 이 밖에도 《해적 싱글턴 Captain Singleton》(1720) 《몰 플랜더스 Moll Flanders》(1722) 《로크사나 Roxana》(1724) 등 많은 작품이 있다. 디포의 소설은 악당(惡黨)의 일대기라고 하는 형식으로 된 이른바 ‘악당소설’이 많고, 그 사실적 수법 때문에 영국 최초의 근대적인 소설로 간주되고 있다. 그 밖에도 《영국 주유기(周遊記) A Tour through the Whole Island of Great Britain》(1724∼1726) 등이 있다.

목차

• 1. The Family Left Behind … 7
  2. First Adventures at Sea … 11
  3. In and Out of Slavery … 17
  4. From Brazil to a Shipwreck … 23
  5. Looting the Wrecked Ship … 31
  6. Making a Home … 39
  7. Getting Organized … 43
  8. Diary of a Castaway … 47
  9. A Turning Point … 57
  10. Finding Comfort … 63
  11. Exploring the Island … 75
  12. A New Pet … 79
  13. Baking Bread … 85
  14. Great Improvements … 91
  15. Ocean Danger … 99
  16. A Dairy Farm … 105
  17. The Footprint … 111
  18. Cannibals … 117
  19. A Secret Cave … 121
  20. Another Shipwreck … 125
  21. Wonderful Dream … 129
  22. Finding Friday … 137
  23. Friendship … 145
  24. Arrival of Savages … 151
  25. Rescuing Captives … 157
  26. The Mutineers … 167
  27. Heading Home … 177

기본정보

ISBN	9780141439822 ( 0141439823 )
발행(출시)일자	2003년 04월 29일
쪽수	304쪽
크기	132 * 198 * 20 mm / 204 g
총권수	1권
언어	영어