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The King of Pirates
He was a British merchant, manufacturer, insurer, and spy, but Daniel Defoe eventually found his true calling as a writer—and his masterful fiction has endeared him to readers all over the world. A prolific author who published over 500 novels, travel guides, pamphlets, and journals, he was best known for his 1719 adventure novel Robinson Crusoe . Soon after the enormous success of Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote this compelling account of high-seas drama featuring the antics of a lovable rogue and pirate known as Captain Avery.
Enraged that a slanderous book has been written about him in England, Captain Avery responds with a fiery letter to set the record straight. His goal is to deny everything written about his exploits—and more important, to give his own spectacular account of how he survived by his wits in a series of swashbuckling adventures. In doing so, he draws a rousing portrait of pirate life—deadly deeds, buried treasure, and perilous journeys from South America to Asia. A thrilling tale filled with action and humor that reads like an eighteenth-century travelogue, this behind-the-scenes look at the world of a pirate captain and his crew will appeal to readers of all ages.
Enraged that a slanderous book has been written about him in England, Captain Avery responds with a fiery letter to set the record straight. His goal is to deny everything written about his exploits—and more important, to give his own spectacular account of how he survived by his wits in a series of swashbuckling adventures. In doing so, he draws a rousing portrait of pirate life—deadly deeds, buried treasure, and perilous journeys from South America to Asia. A thrilling tale filled with action and humor that reads like an eighteenth-century travelogue, this behind-the-scenes look at the world of a pirate captain and his crew will appeal to readers of all ages.
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First published January 1, 1719
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Daniel Defoe
4,962 books1,882 followersDaniel Defoe was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of the English novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson. Defoe wrote many political tracts, was often in trouble with the authorities, and spent a period in prison. Intellectuals and political leaders paid attention to his fresh ideas and sometimes consulted him.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.
Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.
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October 9, 2020
De Daniel Defoe, apenas conhecia o famoso Robinson Crusoe, de que gostei bastante. Encontrei este livro por acaso, numa ida à livraria, e, tratando-se de Defoe, e para mais, de piratas, não lhe resisti.
O livro consiste em duas longas cartas, escritas por um suposto Capitão Avery, Rei dos Piratas, a um amigo, com o objetivo de limpar o seu nome das infâmias divulgadas a seu respeito. Nelas faz uma descrição sucinta das sua vida de corsário, na qual se assume como ladrão, sim senhor, e com muita honra, mas recusa as acusações de assassino e violador.
O problema é que as cartas são extremamente descritivas. A certa altura, tive a impressão de estar a ler livros de contas, com infindáveis listagens de saques, ou diários de bordo, com indicações acerca da orientação dos ventos e latitudes atravessadas. Faltou a caracterização das principais personagens, a descrição dos inúmeros locais por onde passaram, enfim, os pormenores que fazem a diferença entre um relato seco de uma sucessão de acontecimentos, e uma verdadeira história.
Posto isto, mais do que a ler o livro, acabei por ter prazer a procurar informação acerca de Henry Every, o pirata que inspirou esta obra de ficção e cuja vida não parece ter sido muito diferente da relatada por Defoe (https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_E...), e a observar num mapa-mundo os sucessivos pontos por onde Every/Avery passou, que formam um conjunto impressionante!
O livro consiste em duas longas cartas, escritas por um suposto Capitão Avery, Rei dos Piratas, a um amigo, com o objetivo de limpar o seu nome das infâmias divulgadas a seu respeito. Nelas faz uma descrição sucinta das sua vida de corsário, na qual se assume como ladrão, sim senhor, e com muita honra, mas recusa as acusações de assassino e violador.
O problema é que as cartas são extremamente descritivas. A certa altura, tive a impressão de estar a ler livros de contas, com infindáveis listagens de saques, ou diários de bordo, com indicações acerca da orientação dos ventos e latitudes atravessadas. Faltou a caracterização das principais personagens, a descrição dos inúmeros locais por onde passaram, enfim, os pormenores que fazem a diferença entre um relato seco de uma sucessão de acontecimentos, e uma verdadeira história.
Posto isto, mais do que a ler o livro, acabei por ter prazer a procurar informação acerca de Henry Every, o pirata que inspirou esta obra de ficção e cuja vida não parece ter sido muito diferente da relatada por Defoe (https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_E...), e a observar num mapa-mundo os sucessivos pontos por onde Every/Avery passou, que formam um conjunto impressionante!
October 23, 2022
I purchased a number of copies of this little (85 pages) book from Dover several years ago to be given out to friends and family for Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th, mark your calendars), but never got around to actually reading it till now. Of course, Mr. Defoe is most well known for “Robinson Crusoe,” (1719) but had had a quite varied, nay checkered, life and career, including merchant and seaman, and was a prolific writer. This book was written in 1720 and takes the form of two letters in which the writer, a Captain Avery, corrects “a most ridiculous book, entitled ‘My Life and Adventures,’” in which Avery is described as a murderer and rapist, which Avery states is false and misleading.
Captain Avery then launches on an extended narrative chronicling the stealing of many ships and their treasures (taking pains to explain that although he and his crews fought and killed savagely during battle, they typically spared those left alive, many times providing them with a small boat and provisions to reach a harbor. As for the accusations of rape, Avery claims that women were never forced to have sex, although he also claims that many women, whether captured or in port, were most willing to have dalliances with the crews. (my suspicion, of course, is that these claims may have been somewhat exaggerated in the “gentlemanly, virtuous” direction).
Although a British citizen, Avery spent most of his time cruising the coasts of Africa and India, using the island of Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa, as a safe haven, and indeed where his crew socialized and traded with others of the piratical persuasion. Indeed, my wife recently sent me an article about a “Pirate Cemetery” on the small island of Sainte Marie (four miles off the east coast of Madagascar), which thrived throughout the heyday of piracy. By most accounts, the natives were friendly and welcoming, as also described by Avery.
And as for the crews themselves, Avery describes a close-knit group with strong mutual loyalty and respect, which endured through any separations (some years) and going off with other crews.
I found this book quite readable and entertaining; Mr. Defoe keeps up an exciting, swash-buckling narrative and holds the reader’s interest. I always like reading more obscure works by well-known authors, and this one fits the bill quite well. Four stars.
Captain Avery then launches on an extended narrative chronicling the stealing of many ships and their treasures (taking pains to explain that although he and his crews fought and killed savagely during battle, they typically spared those left alive, many times providing them with a small boat and provisions to reach a harbor. As for the accusations of rape, Avery claims that women were never forced to have sex, although he also claims that many women, whether captured or in port, were most willing to have dalliances with the crews. (my suspicion, of course, is that these claims may have been somewhat exaggerated in the “gentlemanly, virtuous” direction).
Although a British citizen, Avery spent most of his time cruising the coasts of Africa and India, using the island of Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa, as a safe haven, and indeed where his crew socialized and traded with others of the piratical persuasion. Indeed, my wife recently sent me an article about a “Pirate Cemetery” on the small island of Sainte Marie (four miles off the east coast of Madagascar), which thrived throughout the heyday of piracy. By most accounts, the natives were friendly and welcoming, as also described by Avery.
And as for the crews themselves, Avery describes a close-knit group with strong mutual loyalty and respect, which endured through any separations (some years) and going off with other crews.
I found this book quite readable and entertaining; Mr. Defoe keeps up an exciting, swash-buckling narrative and holds the reader’s interest. I always like reading more obscure works by well-known authors, and this one fits the bill quite well. Four stars.
March 6, 2018
It might have been a rollicking good yarn in the late 1600s but it sure is dated. Captain Avery seems to be the luckiest pirate alive who was able to attract a crew of cut throats and murderers all were very agreeable to his plans. He sailed the seas, captured many ships and returned to England one happy man.
January 12, 2020
The King Of Pirates was written in 1719 by Daniel Defoe. Almost no one knows about this book. No one now and no one then as far as I can figure. According to Wikipedia (be prepared, this is rather long):
The King of Pirates is a fictional adventure by Daniel Defoe. It is one of the author's more obscure fictional books.
And that's it, two sentences, I can find more things to say about it than that, of course I can find more things to say about quite a few things that the average person. And the plot summery in Wikipedia won't give away much, so here it is:
Plot summary
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (November 2018)
See, you are safe from spoilers on there. I can't help it either, even if I knew how to do such a thing, plot summaries seem like they should be more formal than I could ever write. Here we go with my plot summary:
The King of Pirates is the story of Captain Avery, the captain of a pirate ship. That seemed pointless to say but I'll leave it there. Although it is a short book, only about 100 pages, the book is written in the form of two letters. Two very long letters, I certainly never wrote two letters that altogether equaled 100 pages. Not only can I hardly imagine writing a letter of 50 or more pages, I also can't imagine reading the thing either.
In these letters our Captain Avery is defending himself against scandalous accusations. Being a pirate I would think there would be a lot of accusations about you out there, so I'm not sure what he is all worked up about. Google books says this:
In two long letters, Captain Avery tries to exonerate himself from the evil deeds he is accused of. He doesn’t enjoy killing and he isn’t interested in raping women; gold and jewels are all he actually wants. Witness his ‘honorable’ life from his humble beginnings to a true King of Pirates.
It's good to know he doesn't really enjoy killing, that should count for something, I guess it should.
The book is based on the real pirate Henry Every. He was known as "The Arch Pirate" and "The King of Pirates", and was the most notorious pirate of his time. I never heard of the guy before, I guess he didn't remain notorious after awhile.
As I said before the book is in the form of two letters, the pirate writes these letters to defend himself against false accusations. The preface tells us that there have been former ridiculous and extravagant accounts of his life which have been published already. It goes on to say that he is denying the claims that have been published of his participating in rape and murder, but that on the contrary "the Lady was used with all the Decency and Humanity" than any woman found among pirates has even been treated before, that sounds about as comforting as not enjoying killing people did. The captain is going to explain these stories and more here in the form of these very long letters and the public are to be the only judges.
So begins the first letter. Our captain in his words taking "no Notice of my Birth, Infancy, Youth, or any of that Part" starts with the beginning of his becoming a pirate. Now we get a full report of life as a pirate, the sailing, the ships, the gold, the jewels, the buried treasure kind of thing; his perilous journeys on the sea. He begins to get on my nerves pretty early because of his high opinion of himself. Almost from the beginning he works on and off ships as a foremast-man and a log wood cutter but he finds that he is not formed by nature for these laboring jobs so he must free himself of the "fatigue of that laborious Life", because it was "as visible to others as to himself" he was meant for greater things. He should become master of a good ship. After this it seems that whether things on the seas go bad for them or good, all the men anywhere and everywhere look up to and respect Avery, even before he is a captain, and he sure likes to point this out. Then the story goes on, they get lots of plunder, food, ammunition, jewels and treasure. They go to a lot of places and have lots of adventures. Now it seems like it should be an adventure story, a fascinating look at pirates life on the high seas. I wasn't fascinated; the whole book seemed to me to be filled with lines like these:
we fell to work to new rig our Ship, mending our Sails, and cleaning our Bottom.
....we had a Tent set up on Shore, and 50 of our Men employ'd themselves wholly in killing Goats and Fowls for our fresh Provisions
It was we did this and we did that all the time, no "extras" to the story that would have made it interesting for me. Just an exact account of what they did or where they went with no description of the place at all. Or paragraphs like this one:
With this Resolution, and under these Measures, we set Sail from the Island of St. Juan Fernando the 23d of September, (being the same there as our March is here) and keeping the Coast of Chili on Board, had good Weather for about a Fortnight, Octob. 14. till we came into the Latitude of 44 Degrees South; when finding the Wind come squally off the Shore from among the Mountains, we were oblig'd to keep farther out at Sea, where the Winds were less uncertain; and some Calms we met with, till about the Middle of October, when the Wind springing up at N. N. W. a pretty moderate Gale, we jogg'd S. E. and S. S. E. till we came into the Latitude of 55 Degrees; and the 16th of November, found our selves in 59 Degrees, the Weather exceeding cold and severe. But the Wind holding fair, we held in with the Land, and steering E. S. E. we held that Course till we thought ourselves entirely clear of the Land, and enter'd into the North Sea, or Atlantick Ocean; and then changing our Course, we steer'd N. and N. N. E. but the Wind blowing still at N. N. W. a pretty stiff Gale, we could make nothing of it till we made the Land in the Latitude of 52 Degrees; and when we came close under Shore, we found the Winds variable; so we made still N. under the Lee of the Shore, and made the Point of St. Julien the 13th of November, having been a Year and seven Days since we parted from thence on our Voyage Outwardbound.
The latitudes and degrees and winds at S.E. or N.W. or whatever, steering N. or N.E. weren't interesting to me at all. You get the idea. It's not the book for me, but that's just me. I'm moving on to the next one. Happy reading.
The King of Pirates is a fictional adventure by Daniel Defoe. It is one of the author's more obscure fictional books.
And that's it, two sentences, I can find more things to say about it than that, of course I can find more things to say about quite a few things that the average person. And the plot summery in Wikipedia won't give away much, so here it is:
Plot summary
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (November 2018)
See, you are safe from spoilers on there. I can't help it either, even if I knew how to do such a thing, plot summaries seem like they should be more formal than I could ever write. Here we go with my plot summary:
The King of Pirates is the story of Captain Avery, the captain of a pirate ship. That seemed pointless to say but I'll leave it there. Although it is a short book, only about 100 pages, the book is written in the form of two letters. Two very long letters, I certainly never wrote two letters that altogether equaled 100 pages. Not only can I hardly imagine writing a letter of 50 or more pages, I also can't imagine reading the thing either.
In these letters our Captain Avery is defending himself against scandalous accusations. Being a pirate I would think there would be a lot of accusations about you out there, so I'm not sure what he is all worked up about. Google books says this:
In two long letters, Captain Avery tries to exonerate himself from the evil deeds he is accused of. He doesn’t enjoy killing and he isn’t interested in raping women; gold and jewels are all he actually wants. Witness his ‘honorable’ life from his humble beginnings to a true King of Pirates.
It's good to know he doesn't really enjoy killing, that should count for something, I guess it should.
The book is based on the real pirate Henry Every. He was known as "The Arch Pirate" and "The King of Pirates", and was the most notorious pirate of his time. I never heard of the guy before, I guess he didn't remain notorious after awhile.
As I said before the book is in the form of two letters, the pirate writes these letters to defend himself against false accusations. The preface tells us that there have been former ridiculous and extravagant accounts of his life which have been published already. It goes on to say that he is denying the claims that have been published of his participating in rape and murder, but that on the contrary "the Lady was used with all the Decency and Humanity" than any woman found among pirates has even been treated before, that sounds about as comforting as not enjoying killing people did. The captain is going to explain these stories and more here in the form of these very long letters and the public are to be the only judges.
So begins the first letter. Our captain in his words taking "no Notice of my Birth, Infancy, Youth, or any of that Part" starts with the beginning of his becoming a pirate. Now we get a full report of life as a pirate, the sailing, the ships, the gold, the jewels, the buried treasure kind of thing; his perilous journeys on the sea. He begins to get on my nerves pretty early because of his high opinion of himself. Almost from the beginning he works on and off ships as a foremast-man and a log wood cutter but he finds that he is not formed by nature for these laboring jobs so he must free himself of the "fatigue of that laborious Life", because it was "as visible to others as to himself" he was meant for greater things. He should become master of a good ship. After this it seems that whether things on the seas go bad for them or good, all the men anywhere and everywhere look up to and respect Avery, even before he is a captain, and he sure likes to point this out. Then the story goes on, they get lots of plunder, food, ammunition, jewels and treasure. They go to a lot of places and have lots of adventures. Now it seems like it should be an adventure story, a fascinating look at pirates life on the high seas. I wasn't fascinated; the whole book seemed to me to be filled with lines like these:
we fell to work to new rig our Ship, mending our Sails, and cleaning our Bottom.
....we had a Tent set up on Shore, and 50 of our Men employ'd themselves wholly in killing Goats and Fowls for our fresh Provisions
It was we did this and we did that all the time, no "extras" to the story that would have made it interesting for me. Just an exact account of what they did or where they went with no description of the place at all. Or paragraphs like this one:
With this Resolution, and under these Measures, we set Sail from the Island of St. Juan Fernando the 23d of September, (being the same there as our March is here) and keeping the Coast of Chili on Board, had good Weather for about a Fortnight, Octob. 14. till we came into the Latitude of 44 Degrees South; when finding the Wind come squally off the Shore from among the Mountains, we were oblig'd to keep farther out at Sea, where the Winds were less uncertain; and some Calms we met with, till about the Middle of October, when the Wind springing up at N. N. W. a pretty moderate Gale, we jogg'd S. E. and S. S. E. till we came into the Latitude of 55 Degrees; and the 16th of November, found our selves in 59 Degrees, the Weather exceeding cold and severe. But the Wind holding fair, we held in with the Land, and steering E. S. E. we held that Course till we thought ourselves entirely clear of the Land, and enter'd into the North Sea, or Atlantick Ocean; and then changing our Course, we steer'd N. and N. N. E. but the Wind blowing still at N. N. W. a pretty stiff Gale, we could make nothing of it till we made the Land in the Latitude of 52 Degrees; and when we came close under Shore, we found the Winds variable; so we made still N. under the Lee of the Shore, and made the Point of St. Julien the 13th of November, having been a Year and seven Days since we parted from thence on our Voyage Outwardbound.
The latitudes and degrees and winds at S.E. or N.W. or whatever, steering N. or N.E. weren't interesting to me at all. You get the idea. It's not the book for me, but that's just me. I'm moving on to the next one. Happy reading.
December 16, 2023
This story is almost entirely about, in a Word, prodigious Booty. Captain Avery and his gang have a Booty laundering problem. Their immense riches don't do them much good in Madagascar and they can't just show up back in England with Treasure chests. Defoe wrote this account in the style of Avery's personal narrative.
September 26, 2023
I was a bit hesistant about giving 4 or 5 stars... But it's a 300-years old book, so for that publishing period that would be definitely 5.
I think this book layed foundation for a "good, noble pirate" stereotype, widely used in the literature years after. But besides that, it shows the real life issues pirates encountered - like, what to do with the treasures? How to get back to lawful life without being hanged? How to treat your mates and captured sailors? That is what makes this book really interesting.
I think this book layed foundation for a "good, noble pirate" stereotype, widely used in the literature years after. But besides that, it shows the real life issues pirates encountered - like, what to do with the treasures? How to get back to lawful life without being hanged? How to treat your mates and captured sailors? That is what makes this book really interesting.
January 2, 2025
I'm biased because Henry Avery is hands down my favorite pirate, but this is a really interesting book. Short of Avery's actual writings, this has been my favorite account on him. It's probably not for the average pirate enthusiast and I fully understand lower ratings because of that, but it's great if you're well versed in Avery and his history. There were a few points where Defoe contradicts some of the more accepted accounts of Avery, but that's where it's valuable to have some additional background or knowledge of the man and time period before reading it.
May 31, 2022
Very cut-and-dry fictional narrative about Captain Avery's exploits during his pirating years. There's not a lot here, to be honest; it's almost historical in its telling, and holds itself closely to "facts" to give Defoe's fantasy a sense of actual realism. However, it's a bunk telling in its entirety. Rarely entertaining, it's at least interesting in the way that a relic can be interesting: it speaks something of its time and place.
But read not in hopes of women ravaged or timbers shivered.
But read not in hopes of women ravaged or timbers shivered.
August 3, 2020
No swashbuckler, Defoe's Avery is a drag, a monotonous braggart, an outlaw accountant; field dressed of romance one finds the King of Pirates has not much to bleed: a bold rendering, altogether, understandably forgotten for more marketable antiheroes.
September 6, 2024
First published in 1719, 'The King of Pirates' is a novella written as a kind of spoof first hand account by a pirate. I found it a bit tame, even by the standards of the time, and rather dry. This made the whole thing quite soulless, but also mercifully short and undemanding.
July 2, 2018
An enjoyable high "real life" adventure as lived by pirates.
April 7, 2023
I have come to the conclusion that Defoe may be one of the first English novelists, but I really just can't quite get along with his work.
February 29, 2012
This is a somewhat strange adventure story, being the narrated adventures, in the form of two long letters, of one Captain Avery. He was a most Christian pirate, being averse to murdering his captives or ravishing the women. He was in it strictly for the gold, silver, and jewels.
What makes this particularly interesting is that Defoe raises the interesting question: Once you've got all the booty you can handle, how do you get out of pirating? At one point, he tries by indirection to get a pardon from Queen Anne -- but to no avail.
In the end, he travels with a few trusted companions to Basra in present day Iraq. Little by little, his fellow pirates melt away in caravans headed in different directions. At the end of The King of Pirates, the Good Captain ends of in Constantinople, still intending to go overland through Europe to England.
This is a quick read, written in such a simple breezy style that this reader had difficulty is was written so early in the 18th century.
What makes this particularly interesting is that Defoe raises the interesting question: Once you've got all the booty you can handle, how do you get out of pirating? At one point, he tries by indirection to get a pardon from Queen Anne -- but to no avail.
In the end, he travels with a few trusted companions to Basra in present day Iraq. Little by little, his fellow pirates melt away in caravans headed in different directions. At the end of The King of Pirates, the Good Captain ends of in Constantinople, still intending to go overland through Europe to England.
This is a quick read, written in such a simple breezy style that this reader had difficulty is was written so early in the 18th century.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 5, 2013
What's strangest about Defoe's pirate fictions is what their narrators are interested in: specifically, accounting-like details of booty acquired, rather than what I think of as the most interesting elements of piracy--viz., the spending (in several senses) of the joy of piracy. The English novel is, by most accounts, in its infancy when this is written, which I think explains why this novel feels like an early video game: one with a super-simple, yet addictive, gameplay mechanic based largely on racking up points. What does 1,000,000 points in a pinball game actually get you? About as much as Captain Avery's money gets him: after all, the novel leaves off before he can actually do anything with his money.
I'm writing (and riding) the idea behind an academic article here, but I return to this book to find my idea mostly confirmed: that Defoe's pirate fantasy is not about actually enjoying things, but about the pleasures of piracy as endlessly deferred.
I'm writing (and riding) the idea behind an academic article here, but I return to this book to find my idea mostly confirmed: that Defoe's pirate fantasy is not about actually enjoying things, but about the pleasures of piracy as endlessly deferred.
October 14, 2024
Excellent, especially the first 50 pages when Capt. Audrey & his mates are pillaging and plundering their way through the seven seas capturing ship after ship after ship while reaping the benefits of enough silver, gold, jewels and pieces of eight to make every one of his 800 pirates aboard 3-4 ships and later in his Madagascar camp rich beyond imagination. And now desirous to retire and enjoy it, our pirates bog down in the drudgery of hoarding what's been plundered amidst warnings of hangings and worse from every civilized and many uncivilized societies where a right wealthy and proper pirate might choose to retire.
Seems pirates do better at storytelling on the way up to riches, for when the riches are had all hell breaks loose, where even the most bloodthirsty pirate is aghast at a world that would steal his plunder.
I had no idea Defoe, writing in 1720, was such a good storyteller.
Seems pirates do better at storytelling on the way up to riches, for when the riches are had all hell breaks loose, where even the most bloodthirsty pirate is aghast at a world that would steal his plunder.
I had no idea Defoe, writing in 1720, was such a good storyteller.
July 30, 2016
Böylesine ilginç bir karakteri ve 3-4 ciltlik tuğla ebatında seri yazılabilecek heyecanlı olaylar zincirini 80 sayfalık bir kitaba hem de olabildiğince tatsız tuzsuz sığdırmış Daniel Defoe. Kitap zaten kötü buna ek olarak çeviri de özensiz olunca iyice kötü bir okuma deneyimi yaşıyorsunuz. "Halep" metinde Aleppo diye, "Kervan" Karavan diye, bildiğimiz "Kadı" ise sıkı durun "Cadi" diye çevrilmiş. Kitabın daha ilk cümlesinin düşük olduğunu gördüğünüzde başınıza geleceği anlıyorsunuz. İnsan ister istemez düşünüyor bu kitaplar basılmadan önce hiç mi editör kontrolünden geçmiyor diye.
July 24, 2013
Well not much to say about it found it extremely boring at times and every once in awhile interesting. The Pirate did have an amusing personality but for the most part it doesn't shine through enough to save this book. Which is very descriptive almost too much so. It was short which was good if it hadn't been I might of quit it half way through. Beautiful cover pic but yeah not much else going for it. Might wanna just skip it.
February 23, 2015
This is an ancient and difficult to read book, not very long and not very exciting, about the supposed activities of a pirate called Captain Avery.
The writing style is very old-fashioned (naturally) and contains a vast overuse of commas in somewhat awkward places. The story consists of two letters written by Captain Avery defending his reputation and trying to put to rest the outlandish stories and rumors being put about concerning his activities.
The writing style is very old-fashioned (naturally) and contains a vast overuse of commas in somewhat awkward places. The story consists of two letters written by Captain Avery defending his reputation and trying to put to rest the outlandish stories and rumors being put about concerning his activities.
October 1, 2008
haven't read it yet, but Defoe is my writerly hero, cranking out yards of what ought to have been crap for freelance wages but somehow making it golden, wonderful, always charged with curiosity and insight and a tenacious love for this fallen world.
April 11, 2016
If you want to be an expert in Pirate fiction/lore, this is a must read since it is credited with being one of the earliest versions of this genre. If you want a thrilling book about pirates, you don't want to read this.
October 10, 2009
I read the Dover edition. It was enjoyable (and short, only 85 pages), but no MOLL FLANDERS.
Read
October 12, 2011Did not finish.
April 28, 2017
Sadly free of plank walking and timber shivering.
July 22, 2012
My paternal grandmother was an Avery so I had to read this............
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