Name: Coronel Jack (in Spanish)
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Author: Daniel Defoe
ISBN: 9788496974623

Type

Physical Book

Author

Daniel Defoe

Publisher

Gadir

Topic

Literature

Language

Spanish

Pages

420

Format

Paperback

ISBN

8496974626

ISBN13

9788496974623

Edited in

España

Synopsis "Coronel Jack (in Spanish)"

Por fortuna, yo hablaba español y había combatido en las filas del rey de España, como ya he dicho. (...) No me faltó la ocasión de rendir tributo al espíritu caballeresco y a la bravura personal de Su Católica Majestad, que había podido apreciar en numerosas batallas (bien pudo añadir aquí que su Majestad no tomó parte en ellas ni yo tampoco). Como mis interlocutores no estaban al corriente de nada, no vacilé en ponderar las virtudes de la caballería española, de la cual, a Dios pongo por testigo, no vi ni un solo regimiento en el ejército durante el tiempo que tomé armas en él.Daniel Defoes es posiblemente el autor más leído de la literatura inglesa de todos los tiempos. Coronel Jack, inédita hasta hoy en castellano y en parte autobiográfica, es una obra de madurez, escrita poco después de Robinson Crusoe. Al igual que otras novelas de Defoe, marca la transición entre la novela de aventuras y la hoy llamada psicológica.El protagonista, Jack, un muchacho criado en los bajos fondos de Londres, sueña con salir de la pobreza, ascender en la escala social y alcanzar la gloria. Son los avatares de un aventurero en los convulsos principios del siglo XVIII en Europa y América, cuando Inglaterra, Francia y España se disputaban los dominios del mundo conocido. Buena parte de la obra transcurre en la América española -Veracruz, La Habana...- donde Jack es hecho prisionero en su busca de fortuna. Autor/Es: Defoe, Daniel Isbn: 9788496974623 Año: 2011 Edicion: 1ª Idioma: Castellano Encuadernación: Tapa Blanda Páginas: 424 Dimensiones: 21x14 Cm

Daniel Defoe

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English writer and journalist, Daniel Defoe is mainly known for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), though he also stood out for his role in the development of the press and for his political and social essays

Defoe left his studies to become a discreet businessman, whose activities were not entirely profitable, even receiving prison time for his debts

From 1695, after several years of exile due to his political ideology, he starts a new business dedicated to tiles and bricks which begins to work, providing his family—he was married and had six children—with greater economic stability

However, his political activism leads him to publish several essays or pamphlets that cost him days of imprisonment and the pillory. After returning to jail, Defoe begins working from a magazine supporting political factions of the government, participating in the English secret services

In 1719 he publishes his great novel, Robinson Crusoe, which allows him to launch into a literary career marked by successes such as The Adventures of Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, or Moll Flanders. His popularity grew and his influence on subsequent generations of writers by enhancing the novelistic genre is notable

Despite all his success and his connections with the government, Defoe never achieved stable economic solvency for long. His death in 1731 occurred while fleeing from new creditors

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