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1、RobinsonCrusoeByDanielDefoeDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.CHAPTERI-STARTINLIFEIWASbornintheyear1632,inthecityofYork,ofagoodfamily,thoughnotofthatcountry,myfatherbeingafor-eignerofBremen,whosettledfirstat
2、Hull.Hegotagoodestatebymerchandise,andleavingoffhistrade,livedaf-terwardsatYork,fromwhencehehadmarriedmymother,whoserelationswerenamedRobinson,averygoodfam-ilyinthatcountry,andfromwhomIwascalledRobinsonKreutznaer;but,bytheusualcorruptionofwordsinEng-land,wearenowcalled-naywecalloursel
3、vesandwriteourname-Crusoe;andsomycompanionsalwayscalledme.Ihadtwoelderbrothers,oneofwhomwaslieuten-ant-coloneltoanEnglishregimentoffootinFlanders,formerlycommandedbythefamousColonelLockhart,andwaskilledatthebattlenearDunkirkagainsttheSpaniards.WhatbecameofmysecondbrotherIneverknew,any
4、morethanmyfatherormotherknewwhatbecameofme.Beingthethirdsonofthefamilyandnotbredtoanytrade,myheadbegantobefilledveryearlywithramblingthoughts.Myfather,whowasveryancient,hadgivenmeacompetentshareoflearning,asfarashouse-educationandacountryfreeschoolgenerallygo,anddesignedmeforthelaw;bu
5、tIwouldbesatisfiedwithnothingbutgoingtosea;andmyinclinationtothisledmesostronglyagainstthewill,nay,thecommandsofmyfather,andagainstalltheRobinsonCrusoeentreatiesandpersuasionsofmymotherandotherfriends,thatthereseemedtobesomethingfatalinthatpropensityofnature,tendingdirectlytothelifeo
6、fmiserywhichwastobefallme.Myfather,awiseandgraveman,gavemeseriousandex-cellentcounselagainstwhatheforesawwasmydesign.Hecalledmeonemorningintohischamber,wherehewascon-finedbythegout,andexpostulatedverywarmlywithmeuponthissubject.Heaskedmewhatreasons,morethanamerewanderinginclination,Ih
7、adforleavingfather’shouseandmynativecountry,whereImightbewellintroduced,andhadaprospectofraisingmyfortunebyapplicationandindustry,withalifeofeaseandpleasure.Hetoldmeitwasmenofdesperatefortunesononehand,orofaspir-ing,superiorfortunesontheother,whowentabroaduponadventures,torisebyenterp
8、rise,
