Defoe's novel begins among the alleyways of London and ends in the plantations of Virginia, providing a vivid recollection of a life of crime, marital disaster, political adventurism and penitent prosperity. The elusive hero, Colonel Jack, has been compared to Oliver Twist and Lucky Jim.
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Colonel Jack is a classic crime fiction novel by Daniel Defoe, which chronicles the life journey of a young orphan who adapts his nickname into an identity to aid his social standing.
Originally published under a much lengthier title, as was custom in 18th century books, the story gained recognition for its lengthy narrative and adventurous tone. After formative years spent pickpocketing, Jack eventually sees the damage his thievery has wrought on other lives and resolves to live differently. Eventually he becomes 'Colonel Jacque', adopting French mannerisms and speech inflections to aid his passage through the upper classes of English society.
This book shares a common theme with Defoe's more famous work Moll Flanders, in that the protagonists marry multiple times and resort to crime and deception as a means of advancing in society. The presence of colonial America and Spain as a trading nation, together with the wars of Europe, also offer up the fast changing world which characterised Defoe's period.
Daniel Defoe, de son vrai nom Daniel Foe, né en 1660 et décédé en 1731 à Londres, est issu d’une famille originaire des Flandres. Après avoir été commerçant à travers l’Europe, fervent partisan du libéralisme et du mercantilisme, il s’est fait connaître en politique avec la publication de pamphlets prônant le renversement du roi Jacques II. En 1719, il invente Robinson Crusoé, ce marin échoué sur une île déserte qui ne s’est pas seulement contenté de parcourir le monde, mais a également traversé les siècles : il représente l’imaginaire des contrées lointaines et des utopies sauvages pour chaque génération de lecteurs. Robinson Crusoé, tel un mythe, se réincarne de mille façons. Tantôt en littérature, tantôt au cinéma ou à la télévision, il inspire nombre d’artistes sur les thèmes du voyage, de la liberté et de la survie.
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