Kirjahaku

Beautiful, proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her foolish husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a rich whore. Embarking on a career as a courtesan and kept woman, the glamour of her new existence soon becomes too enticing and Roxana passes from man to man in order to maintain her lavish society parties, luxurious clothes and amassed wealth. But this life comes at a cost, and she is fatally torn between the sinful prosperity she has become used to and the respectability she craves. A vivid satire on a dissolute society, Roxana (1724) is a devastating and psychologically acute evocation of the ways in which vanity and ambition can corrupt the human soul.

'Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence' Simon ArmitageDaniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, regarded by many to be first novel in English, is also the original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island. The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and clothes, enlists the help of a native islander who he names 'Friday', and fights off cannibals and mutineers. Written in an age of exploration and enterprise, it has been variously interpreted as an embodiment of British imperialist values, as a portrayal of 'natural man', or as a moral fable. But above all is a brilliant narrative, depicting Crusoe's transformation from terrified survivor to self-sufficient master of an island. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life and times, explanatory notes, glossary and a critical introduction discussing Robinson Crusoe as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism.Edited with an introduction and notes by John Richetti.

Robinson Crusoe es un marino de York que, en una expedici n por frica en barco, es capturado por unos piratas y se convierte en esclavo. Consigue escapar y es ayudado por un capit n de marina portugu s, que se dirige a Brasil. En este ltimo lugar se establece por un tiempo pero surge la opci n de navegar nuevamente a frica en busca de negros para asistir las necesidades dom sticas de l y un grupo de inmigrantes en Brasil; es all donde el barco naufraga y es el nico superviviente, logrando llegar a una isla de la que parece ser el nico habitante.

Crusoe (the family name corrupted from the German name "Kreutznaer") sets sail from the Queen's Dock in Hull on a sea voyage in August 1651, against the wishes of his parents, who want him to pursue a career, possibly in law. After a tumultuous journey where his ship is wrecked in a storm, his lust for the sea remains so strong that he sets out to sea again. This journey, too, ends in disaster, as the ship is taken over by Sal

En 1651, Robinson Cruso quitte York, en Angleterre, contre la volont de ses parents qui voulaient qu'il devienne avocat, pour naviguer. Le navire est arraisonn par des pirates de Sal (les fameux Sallee Rovers) et Cruso devient l'esclave d'un Maure. Il parvient s' chapper sur un bateau et ne doit son salut qu' un navire portugais qui passe au large de la c te ouest de l'Afrique. Arriv au Br sil, Cruso devient le propri taire d'une plantation gr ce au mat riel qu'il y avait sur le bateau.

Robinson Crusoe figlio di un mercante di Brema (il cui nome originale Kreutznaer) emigrato in Inghilterra. Nato nel 1632 nella citt portuale di York, il padre lo educa severamente alla nuova condizione di rappresentante cadetto della classe media e vuole che in futuro diventi un avvocato; il giovane per , da sempre fortemente appassionato alla vita di mare, decide appena compiuti diciannove anni di andar contro le direttive paterne, fermamente contrarie ai suoi 'istinti di viaggio', e quindi d'imbarcarsi.

Moll Flanders est l'histoire d'une jeune femme n e et abandonn e dans la prison de Newgate (prison de Londres au xviiie si cle), et qui est forc e de se d brouiller seule pour faire sa vie. Ainsi, elle se mariera cinq fois dans l'espoir chaque fois d'acqu rir une certaine s curit , notamment conomique, partira s'installer dans la colonie britannique de Virginie, en Am rique, et, d couvrant que par un hasard malencontreux, elle s'est mari e son propre fr re, elle reviendra en Angleterre, et entamera une vie de voleuse des bas-fonds londoniens du xviiie si cle.

La madre di Moll una reclusa nella prigione di Newgate che riceve un rinvio "appellandosi al ventre", ovvero invocando la consuetudine di rimandare l'esecuzione per le criminali incinte. La madre viene poi deportata in America e Moll Flanders (questo, lei sottolinea, non il suo vero nome, che non rivela mai) allevata fino all'adolescenza da una buona madre adottiva; poi decide di andare a lavorare come serva presso una famiglia, dove viene amata da entrambi i figli.

Le roman est une r flexion sur les dangers d'une ambition effr n e et les conflits entre cette ambition et les lois civiles et morales. C'est aussi un manifeste f ministe, car il exalte la libert d'une femme jusqu' la licence. Cependant, Defoe prend garde de temp rer cette tendance en faisant de son h ro ne une criminelle: en un ultime d sir de respectabilit , Roxana pouse un titre de noblesse et rencontre peu apr s sa fille qui a t t moin de ses frasques pass es. Alors, afin de ne pas voir son nouveau statut r duit n ant, elle laisse sans vergogne ni remords son alter ego Amy la supprimer.