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1、RobinsonCrusoeDanielDefoeThiseBookwasdesignedandpublishedbyPlanetPDF.FormorefreeeBooksvisitourWebsiteathttp://www.planetpdf.com/.TohearaboutourlatestreleasessubscribetothePlanetPDFNewsletter.RobinsonCrusoeCHAPTERI-STARTINLIFEIWASbornintheyear1632,inthecityofYork,
2、ofagoodfamily,thoughnotofthatcountry,myfatherbeingaforeignerofBremen,whosettledfirstatHull.Hegotagoodestatebymerchandise,andleavingoffhistrade,livedafterwardsatYork,fromwhencehehadmarriedmymother,whoserelationswerenamedRobinson,averygoodfamilyinthatcountry,andfro
3、mwhomIwascalledRobinsonKreutznaer;but,bytheusualcorruptionofwordsinEngland,wearenowcalled-naywecallourselvesandwriteourname-Crusoe;andsomycompanionsalwayscalledme.Ihadtwoelderbrothers,oneofwhomwaslieutenant-coloneltoanEnglishregimentoffootinFlanders,formerlycomma
4、ndedbythefamousColonelLockhart,andwaskilledatthebattlenearDunkirkagainsttheSpaniards.WhatbecameofmysecondbrotherIneverknew,anymorethanmyfatherormotherknewwhatbecameofme.Beingthethirdsonofthefamilyandnotbredtoanytrade,myheadbegantobefilledveryearlywithramblingthou
5、ghts.Myfather,whowasveryancient,hadgivenme2of487RobinsonCrusoeacompetentshareoflearning,asfarashouse-educationandacountryfreeschoolgenerallygo,anddesignedmeforthelaw;butIwouldbesatisfiedwithnothingbutgoingtosea;andmyinclinationtothisledmesostronglyagainstthewill,
6、nay,thecommandsofmyfather,andagainstalltheentreatiesandpersuasionsofmymotherandotherfriends,thatthereseemedtobesomethingfatalinthatpropensityofnature,tendingdirectlytothelifeofmiserywhichwastobefallme.Myfather,awiseandgraveman,gavemeseriousandexcellentcounselagai
7、nstwhatheforesawwasmydesign.Hecalledmeonemorningintohischamber,wherehewasconfinedbythegout,andexpostulatedverywarmlywithmeuponthissubject.Heaskedmewhatreasons,morethanamerewanderinginclination,Ihadforleavingfather’shouseandmynativecountry,whereImightbewellintrodu
8、ced,andhadaprospectofraisingmyfortunebyapplicationandindustry,withalifeofeaseandpleasure.Hetoldmeitwasmenofdesperatefortunesononehand,orofaspiring,superiorfort
