《鲁宾逊漂流记：ROBINSON CRUSOE（英文原版）》

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　　《鲁宾逊漂流记：ROBINSONCRUSOE（英文原版）》被誉为英国第一部真正意义上的小说，是现实主义小说的奠基之作。在小说发表后，一直受到学界的关注，不同时期和不同国度的学者，从不同的维度和立场对这部小说进行解读和重构

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《鲁宾逊漂流记：ROBINSONCRUSOE（英文原版）》被誉为英国第一部真正意义上的小说，是现实主义小说的奠基之作。在小说发表后，一直受到学界的关注，不同时期和不同国度的学者，从不同的维度和立场对这部小说进行解读和重构。《鲁宾逊漂流记：ROBINSON CRUSOE（英文原版）》为英文原版，同时提供配套英文朗读免费下载，让读者在阅读精彩故事的同时，亦能提升英文阅读水平。

内容简介

《鲁宾逊漂流记：ROBINSONCRUSOE（英文原版）》，英国著名小说家丹尼尔·笛福代表作。表面上看，这部小说讲述的是一个奇迹般的历险故事，但故事背后却隐含着人类共同面临的问题，也隐藏着人们所普遍渴望和梦想的东西，如向往的自由、孤筏重洋、英雄梦想、敢于行动、自立于世、勇于担当等。这部小说也启示读者：没有冒险就没有成功，只有那些不畏艰险的人，才能享受冒险的乐趣。《鲁宾逊漂流记：ROBINSON CRUSOE（英文原版）》为英文原版，同时提供配套英文朗读免费下载，让读者在阅读精彩故事的同时，亦能提升英文阅读水平。

RobinsonCrusoeisa1719novelbyEnglishauthorDanielDefoe.Withitssimplenarrativestyleitisconsideredtheoriginaladventurenovelandthefirstnovelintherealisticfictiongenre.RobinsonCrusoeisthestoryofamanwhowasshipwreckedforalmost30yearsonatropicalisland.ThenovelrecountsRobinson’sstruggletosurvivealoneaswellashisadventuresamongcannibalsandwithhisfriendandservantFriday.

RobinsonCrusoewasverypopularin1719withsixeditionsprintedinthefirstfourmonths.ThisledDanielDefoetowritingsequelstothebooksuchasTheFartherAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe.Theoriginalbookispopularinschoolsaroundtheworld.Ithasbeenadaptedintocomicbookschildren’sbooksplayspantomimesandfilms.

SincepublicationcountlesscopiesofRobinsonCrusoehavebeensoldandithasbeentranslatedintomanylanguages.Itremainsoneofthemostpublishednovelsinhistory.

作者简介

丹尼尔·笛福（1660—1731），在18世纪英国四大著名小说家中，笛福名列首位（其余三位分别是乔纳森·斯威夫特、塞缪尔·理查逊和亨利·菲尔丁），被誉为“英国与欧洲小说之父”。　笛福生于伦敦一个油烛商家庭，年轻时是一位成功的商人。在经商的同时，他还从事政治活动，代表当时日益上升的资产阶级出版了大量政治性小册子，并因此被捕。笛福直到晚年才开始创作小说。创作《鲁宾逊漂流记》时，他已59岁了。此后，他又创作了《辛格顿船长》《杰克上校》《摩尔·弗兰德斯》等小说，这些小说对英国及欧洲小说的发展都起到了巨大的影响。

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CHAPTER1

STARTINLIFE

Iwasbornintheyear1632,inthecityofYork,ofagoodfamily,thoughnotofthatcountry,myfatherbeingaforeignerofBremen,whosettledfirstatHull.Hegotagoodestatebymerchandise,andleavingoffhistrade,livedafterwardsatYork,fromwhencehehadmarriedmymother,whoserelationswerenamedRobinson,averygoodfamilyinthatcountry,andfromwhomIwascalledRobinsonKreutznaer;but,bytheusualcorruptionofwordsinEngland,wearenowcalled—naywecallourselvesandwriteourname—Crusoe;andsomycompanionsalwayscalledme.

Ihadtwoelderbrothers,oneofwhomwaslieutenant-coloneltoanEnglishregimentoffootinFlanders,formerlycommandedbythefamousColonelLockhart,andwaskilledatthebattlenearDunkirkagainsttheSpaniards.WhatbecameofmysecondbrotherIneverknew,anymorethanmyfatherormotherknewwhatbecameofme.

Beingthethirdsonofthefamilyandnotbredtoanytrade,myheadbegantobefilledveryearlywithramblingthoughts.Myfather,whowasveryancient,hadgivenmeacompetentshareoflearning,asfarashouse-educationandacountryfreeschoolgenerallygo,anddesignedmeforthelaw;butIwouldbesatisfiedwithnothingbutgoingtosea;andmyinclinationtothisledmesostronglyagainstthewill,nay,thecommandsofmyfather,andagainstalltheentreatiesandpersuasionsofmymotherandotherfriends,thatthereseemedtobesomethingfatalinthatpropensityofnature,tendingdirectlytothelifeofmiserywhichwastobefallme.

Myfather,awiseandgraveman,gavemeseriousandexcellentcounselagainstwhatheforesawwasmydesign.Hecalledmeonemorningintohischamber,wherehewasconfinedbythegout,andexpostulatedverywarmlywithmeuponthissubject.Heaskedmewhatreasons,morethanamerewanderinginclination,Ihadforleavingfather’shouseandmynativecountry,whereImightbewellintroduced,andhadaprospectofraisingmyfortunebyapplicationandindustry,withalifeofeaseandpleasure.Hetoldmeitwasmenofdesperatefortunesononehand,orofaspiring,superiorfortunesontheother,whowentabroaduponadventures,torisebyenterprise,andmakethemselvesfamousinundertakingsofanatureoutofthecommonroad;thatthesethingswerealleithertoofarabovemeortoofarbelowme;thatminewasthemiddlestate,orwhatmightbecalledtheupperstationoflowlife,whichhehadfound,bylongexperience,wasthebeststateintheworld,themostsuitedtohumanhappiness,notexposedtothemiseriesandhardships,thelabourandsufferingsofthemechanicpartofmankind,andnotembarrassedwiththepride,luxury,ambition,andenvyoftheupperpartofmankind.HetoldmeImightjudgeofthehappinessofthisstatebythisonething—viz.thatthiswasthestateoflifewhichallotherpeopleenvied;thatkingshavefrequentlylamentedthemiserableconsequenceofbeingborntogreatthings,andwishedtheyhadbeenplacedinthemiddleofthetwoextremes,betweenthemeanandthegreat;thatthewisemangavehistestimonytothis,asthestandardoffelicity,whenheprayedtohaveneitherpovertynorriches.

Hebademeobserveit,andIshouldalwaysfindthatthecalamitiesoflifeweresharedamongtheupperandlowerpartofmankind,butthatthemiddlestationhadthefewestdisasters,andwasnotexposedtosomanyvicissitudesasthehigherorlowerpartofmankind;nay,theywerenotsubjectedtosomanydistempersanduneasinesses,eitherofbodyormind,asthosewerewho,byviciousliving,luxury,andextravagancesontheonehand,orbyhardlabour,wantofnecessaries,andmeanorinsufficientdietontheotherhand,bringdistemperuponthemselvesbythenaturalconsequencesoftheirwayofliving;thatthemiddlestationoflifewascalculatedforallkindofvirtueandallkindofenjoyments;thatpeaceandplentywerethehandmaidsofamiddlefortune;thattemperance,moderation,quietness,health,society,allagreeablediversions,andalldesirablepleasures,weretheblessingsattendingthemiddlestationoflife;thatthiswaymenwentsilentlyandsmoothlythroughtheworld,andcomfortablyoutofit,notembarrassedwiththelaboursofthehandsorofthehead,notsoldtoalifeofslaveryfordailybread,norharassedwithperplexedcircumstances,whichrobthesoulofpeaceandthebodyofrest,norenragedwiththepassionofenvy,orthesecretburninglustofambitionforgreatthings;but,ineasycircumstances,slidinggentlythroughtheworld,andsensiblytastingthesweetsofliving,withoutthebitter;feelingthattheyarehappy,andlearningbyeveryday’sexperiencetoknowitmoresensibly.