内容简介
ThisclassicstoryofashipwreckedmarineronadesertedislandisperhapsthegreatestadventureinallofEnglishliterature.Fleeingfrompirates,RobinsonCrusoeissweptashoreinastormpossessingonlyaknife,aboxoftobacco,apipe-andthewilltosurvive.Hisisthesagaofamanalone:amanwhoovercomesself-pityanddespairtoreconstructhislife;whopainstakinglyteacheshimselfhowtofashionapot,bakebread,buildacanoe;andwho,aftertwenty-fouragonizingyearsofsolitude,discoversahumanfootprintinthesand...Consistentlypopularsinceitsfirstpublicationin1719,DanielDefoe'sstoryofhumanenduranceinanexotic,farawaylandexertsatimelessappeal.ThefirstimportantEnglishnovel,RobinsonCrusoehastakenitsrightfulplaceamongthegreatmythsofWesterncivilization.
作者简介
DanielDefoewasbornDanielFoeinLondonin1660.Itwasperhaps,ineveitablethatDefoe,anoutspokenman,wouldbecomeapoliticaljournalist.AsaPuritanhebelievedGodhadgivenhimamissiontoprintthetruth,thatis,toproselytizeonreligionandpolitics,andinfact,hebecameaprolificpamphleteersatirizingthehypocrisiesofbothChurchandState.DefoeadmiredWilliamIII,andhispoemTheTrue-BornEnglishman(1701)wonhimtheKing'sfriendship.Butanill-timedsatireonHighChurchextremists,TheShortestWaywiththeDissenters,publishedduringQueenAnne'sreign,resultedinhisbeingpilloriedandimprisonedforseditiouslibelin1703.Atfifty-nineDefoeturnedtofiction,completingTheLifeandStrangeSurprisingAdventuresofRobinsonCrusoe(1719),partlybasedonthesagaofAlexanderSelkirk,aScottishsailor;MollFlanders(1722);ColonelJack(1722);AJournalofthePlagueYears(1722);andRoxanaortheFortunateMistress(1724).