<영어로 읽는 고전 _ R.M. 발렌타인의 무인도 표류기>
1869년에 처음 출판된 'Sunk at Sea'는 모험가 Will Osten이 등장하는 다작 작가 RM Ballantyne의 이야기 시리즈 중 첫 번째 작품이다.
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.


First published in 1869, 'Sunk at Sea' is the first in a series of stories by prolific author RM Ballantyne featuring adventurer Will Osten.
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. After his father died in 1847, he returned to Scotland and began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children's adventure books during his lifetime. His stories like 'The Coral Island' and 'The Young Fur Traders' were hugely popular, and many of his stories 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
윌 오스틴이 타고 있던 배가 난파되었을 때 그는 자신이 신비한 무인도에 표류하게 된 것을 알게 되고, 곧 섬에는 식인종 무리가 살고 있음을 발견하게 되는데..

Summary
When the ship Will Austin was on is wrecked, he finds himself stranded on a mysterious uninhabited island, and soon discovers that a group of cannibals live on the island.

CONTENTS

Chapter I. Treats of Our Hero’s Early Life, and Touches on Domestic Matters.
Chapter II. Records a Sudden Departure, and Maryann’s Opinion Thereon.
Chapter III. Tells of the Sea, and some of the Mysteries Connected Therewith.
Chapter IV. A Storm and its Consequences.
Chapter V. Adrift on the Wide Ocean.
Chapter VI. Describes a Boat Voyage, and Touches on Coral Islands.
Chapter VII. Hopes, Fears, and Prospects on the Coral Island.
Chapter VIII. In which our Hero Suggests a Plan which gets the Party out of one Difficulty but Plunges them into Another.
Chapter IX. Contains an Account of the Desperate Circumstances of the Prisoners.
Chapter X. Our Hero and his Comrades in Distress Become Savage Warriors for the Nonce.
Chapter XI. A Fight, which Results in a Mistake and a Hasty Flight.
Chapter XII. Shows how South Sea Missionaries do their Work,
Chapter XIII. Remarkable Changes For The Better.
Chapter IV. Contains more than one Surprise, and Touches on “Love’s Young Dream.”