Captain Singleton
Captain Singleton (Engl. The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton ) is a by Daniel Defoe authored and in 1720 published novel . This describes the life of Bob Singleton, a fictional person .
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The novel takes place in the middle of the 17th century . The narrator Bob Singleton (apparently baptized in the name of Robert) describes his life from his childhood, his adventures as a sailor and pirate and finally his life as a commercial contractor in England.
As the child of wealthy parents, Bob Singleton is kidnapped by a thief, passed on to a beggar and sold to a gypsy for 12 shillings . After the violent death of this woman hanging on a rope , a parish takes care of the boy. He attended a parish school and then began his seafaring life with the service on board a galione or karake on the India route to Goa . He becomes a helmsman . Bob Singleton is abandoned along with other mutineers as a result of a mutiny in Madagascar . He reaches the mainland by boat. Then he crosses Africa . First he made his fortune, reached the west coast of Africa and returned to England laden with riches. After losing his wealth in a short time, he begins a new life as a pirate. With a frigate he sails to Indonesia , China and Tasmania . He begins trading in goods and returns to England as a successful trader. There he marries the sister of his friend William, who is close to him like a brother.
Literary classification
Defoe's description of piracy focuses primarily on its economic and logistical problems, which makes reading the book informative and still engaging today. Singleton's pirate trains are more like a business venture than an adventure, perhaps read as Defoe's commentary on capitalism .
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- German editions
- German first edition 1919.
- Arena-Verlag, Würzburg 1986; ISBN 3-401-00215-5
- Aufbau-Verlag Berlin and Weimar 1980; License number 301.120 / 179/80
- Unionsverlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-293-20676-2
- together with “ Robinson Crusoe ” and “The Plague in London”, Hanser-Verl. 1968
- together with “Robinson Crusoe” and “The Plague in London”, Gütersloh 1969
- as a comic published by Bildschriftenverlag in the series Illustrierte Klassiker as No. 118: Captain Singleton's Adventure
- English
- First edition 1720.
- Lightning Source UK Ltd 2004; ISBN 1-4191-1205-8
- Wildside Press 2003; ISBN 1-59224-713-X