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R.M. 발렌타인의 1879년 소설
R.M. Ballantyne(1825-1894)은 스코틀랜드의 예술가이자 대부분 어린이 소설의 다작 작가였다. Edinburgh에서 태어난 Ballantyne은 열 자녀 중 아홉 번째였다. 16세에 Ballantyne은 캐나다로 이주하여 Hudson's Bay Company에서 일하면서 모피 무역을 위해 전국을 여행했다. 1847년 아버지가 세상을 떠나 스코틀랜드로 돌아온 그는 평생 동안 100권이 넘는 어린이 모험 책을 쓰면서 본격적으로 문학 활동을 시작했다. 'The Coral Island' 및 'The Young Fur Traders'와 같은 이야기는 큰 인기를 얻었으며 많은 이야기가 캐나다 전역을 여행한 자신의 경험을 바탕으로 했다.
그의 대표작으로는 "The Coral Island"(《산호섬》)과 "The Gorilla Hunters"(《고릴라 사냥꾼》) 등이 있으며, 이들 작품은 당시 영국에서 매우 인기가 있었습니다. 또한, 그는 자연과학에 관심을 가지고 있어 책에도 관련 내용을 많이 썼다.


R.M. Valentine's 1879 novel
R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish artist and prolific author of mostly children's fiction. Born in Edinburgh, Ballantyne was the ninth of ten children. At the age of 16, Ballantyne moved to Canada, where he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, where he traveled the country in the fur trade. Returning to Scotland after his father's death in 1847, he began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children's adventure books during his lifetime. His stories, such as 'The Coral Island' and 'The Young Fur Traders', were hugely popular and many of them were based on his own experiences traveling across Canada.
His representative works include "The Coral Island" and "The Gorilla Hunters", which were very popular in England at the time. In addition, he was interested in natural science and wrote a lot of related contents in books.

요약
사냥 원정을 위해 아프리카에 있는 영국 탐험가 그룹의 이야기다. 이 그룹은 각자 고유한 동기와 목표를 가진 다양한 개인으로 구성되어 있다. 그들은 정글을 여행하면서 위험한 동물, 적대적인 원주민, 혹독한 기상 조건 등 많은 도전과 장애물에 직면하게 되는데...

Summary
It is the story of a group of British explorers in Africa on a hunting expedition. This group is made up of diverse individuals, each with their own motivations and goals. As they travel through the jungle, they face many challenges and obstacles such as dangerous animals, hostile natives and harsh weather conditions...

CONTENTS

Chapter One. Begins to Unfold the Tale of the Lions by Describing the Lion of the Tale.
Chapter Two. Sport Begins in Earnest.
Chapter Three. In which Great Deeds are Done, and Tom Brown has a Narrow Escape.
Chapter Four. Tom Sees Wonderful Sights, and at last has his Dreams Fulfilled.
Chapter Five. More about Lions!
Chapter Six. Gives a Few Hints to Would-be Hunters, and a Friend in Need is Introduced.
Chapter Seven. Describes River Hunting.
Chapter Eight. Shows that too High a Price is Sometimes Paid for Success in Hunting.
Chapter Nine. The Last.