Captain Singleton

Captain Singleton ( engl. The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton ) is authored by Daniel Defoe and 1720 published novel. This describes the life of Bob Singleton, a fictitious person.

Content

The novel is set in the mid-17th century. The narrator Bob Singleton (apparently baptized in the name of Robert ) describes his life from his childhood, his adventures. Than sailors and pirate and eventually his life as a commercial contractor in England

Bob Singleton is kidnapped as a child of wealthy parents of a thief, passed on to a beggar and sold to a gypsy for 12 shillings. After the violent death of this woman on the train, a parish of the boy accepts. He attended a parish school and then his navigator life begins with the service on board a galleon or Karake on the India route to Goa. He is helmsman. Bob Singleton is exposed due to a mutiny in Madagascar along with other mutineers. With a boat he reached the mainland. Then he crossed Africa. First, he makes his fortune, reaches the west coast of Africa, and returns laden with riches back to England. After he lost his wealth in a short time, he begins a new life as a pirate. With a frigate he sailed to Indonesia, China and Tasmania. He begins to trade in goods and returns as a successful merchant, returned to England. There he married the sister of his friend William, who is close to him like a brother.

Literary classification

Defoe's description of piracy focuses on the economic and logistical problems, which makes reading the book informative and still captivating. Singletons pirate trains are more like a business enterprise as an adventure, may be read as a comment Defoe to capitalism.

Expenditure

  • German editions German first edition 1919.
  • Arena -Verlag, Wurzburg, 1986; ISBN 3-401-00215-5
  • Along with " Robinson Crusoe " and " The Plague in London ", Hanser Pub. 1968
  • Along with " Robinson Crusoe " and " The Plague in London ", Gütersloh 1969
  • As a comic book published by Nobert - Hethke -Verlag in the series Classics Illustrated as No. 142: Captain Singleton's Adventure
  • First edition 1720.
  • Lightning Source UK Ltd 2004; ISBN 1-4191-1205-8
  • Wildside Press 2003; ISBN 1-59224-713 -X
  • Grafisk Forlag, 1992; ISBN 2-04-011019-4
  • Literary Figure
  • Literary work
  • Literature (18th century)
  • Literature ( English )
  • Novel, epic
  • Work of Daniel Defoe
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