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1、RobinsonCrusoeByDanielDefoeDownloadfreeeBooksofclassicliterature,booksandnovelsatPlaneteBook.SubscribetoourfreeeBooksblogandemailnewsletter.CHAPTERI-STARTINLIFEIWASbornintheyear1632,inthecityofYork,ofagoodfamily,thoughnotofthatcountry,myfatherbeingafor-
2、eignerofBremen,whosettledfirstatHull.Hegotagoodestatebymerchandise,andleavingoffhistrade,livedaf-terwardsatYork,fromwhencehehadmarriedmymother,whoserelationswerenamedRobinson,averygoodfam-ilyinthatcountry,andfromwhomIwascalledRobinsonKreutznaer;but,byth
3、eusualcorruptionofwordsinEng-land,wearenowcalled-naywecallourselvesandwriteourname-Crusoe;andsomycompanionsalwayscalledme.Ihadtwoelderbrothers,oneofwhomwaslieuten-ant-coloneltoanEnglishregimentoffootinFlanders,formerlycommandedbythefamousColonelLockhart
4、,andwaskilledatthebattlenearDunkirkagainsttheSpaniards.WhatbecameofmysecondbrotherIneverknew,anymorethanmyfatherormotherknewwhatbecameofme.Beingthethirdsonofthefamilyandnotbredtoanytrade,myheadbegantobefilledveryearlywithramblingthoughts.Myfather,whowas
5、veryancient,hadgivenmeacompetentshareoflearning,asfarashouse-educationandacountryfreeschoolgenerallygo,anddesignedmeforthelaw;butIwouldbesatisfiedwithnothingbutgoingtosea;andmyinclinationtothisledmesostronglyagainstthewill,nay,thecommandsofmyfather,anda
6、gainstalltheRobinsonCrusoeentreatiesandpersuasionsofmymotherandotherfriends,thatthereseemedtobesomethingfatalinthatpropensityofnature,tendingdirectlytothelifeofmiserywhichwastobefallme.Myfather,awiseandgraveman,gavemeseriousandex-cellentcounselagainstw
7、hatheforesawwasmydesign.Hecalledmeonemorningintohischamber,wherehewascon-finedbythegout,andexpostulatedverywarmlywithmeuponthissubject.Heaskedmewhatreasons,morethanamerewanderinginclination,Ihadforleavingfather’shouseandmynativecountry,whereImightbewell
8、introduced,andhadaprospectofraisingmyfortunebyapplicationandindustry,withalifeofeaseandpleasure.Hetoldmeitwasmenofdesperatefortunesononehand,orofaspir-ing,superiorfortunesontheother,whowentabroaduponadventures,torisebyenterprise,
