Name: Captain Singleton
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Author: Daniel Defoe
ISBN: 9781979827645

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Defoe

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

162

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm

Weight

0.24 kg.

ISBN13

9781979827645

Synopsis "Captain Singleton"

The Life, Adventures, and Pyracies, del famoso Captain Singleton (1720) cubre tanto la tierra como el mar en un solo volumen, en dos mitades cuidadosamente compuestas. La primera mitad de la novela incluye una notable travesía por tierra a través de África después de que los personajes están varados en Madagascar, y la segunda mitad está casi enteramente en el mar, involucrando robo de piratas en las Indias Orientales . Eventualmente, el Capitán Bob y su amigo cercano William Walters regresan a Inglaterra con su botín a través de Venecia disfrazados de armenios . == Trama (en profundidad) == Al comienzo de la novela, Singleton, cuando era un niño, es secuestrado y vendido a un gitano por una mendiga. Él es 'criado como pupilo de una parroquia y enviado al mar a los doce años. Pronto es capturado por piratas turcos, rescatados por marineros de Portugal, y después de una estadía de dos años en ese país, navega hacia las Indias Orientales. Según su propia versión, el joven singleton es un pícaro que roba al capitán del barco y alberga el deseo de matar a su amo. Casi ahorcado por su participación en un intento de motín, Singleton aterriza con cuatro compañeros en la costa de Madagascar. Una veintena de marineros del barco se unen a ellos y la narración que sigue relata sus esfuerzos por sobrevivir en la isla ". Los marineros encuentran y reconstruyen un bote abandonado y, finalmente, deciden emprender un viaje por África. "En sus encuentros con nativos africanos, los europeos proporcionan recursos pero brutal".

Daniel Defoe

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English writer and journalist, Daniel Defoe is mainly known for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), though he also stood out for his role in the development of the press and for his political and social essays

Defoe left his studies to become a discreet businessman, whose activities were not entirely profitable, even receiving prison time for his debts

From 1695, after several years of exile due to his political ideology, he starts a new business dedicated to tiles and bricks which begins to work, providing his family—he was married and had six children—with greater economic stability

However, his political activism leads him to publish several essays or pamphlets that cost him days of imprisonment and the pillory. After returning to jail, Defoe begins working from a magazine supporting political factions of the government, participating in the English secret services

In 1719 he publishes his great novel, Robinson Crusoe, which allows him to launch into a literary career marked by successes such as The Adventures of Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, or Moll Flanders. His popularity grew and his influence on subsequent generations of writers by enhancing the novelistic genre is notable

Despite all his success and his connections with the government, Defoe never achieved stable economic solvency for long. His death in 1731 occurred while fleeing from new creditors

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