<영어로 읽는 고전 _ R.M. 발렌타인의 바위 이야기>
" The Story of the Rock"는 19세기 스코틀랜드 작가이자 모험가인 R. M. Ballantyne이 쓴 소설로, 1857년에 출간되었다.

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.


"The Story of the Rock" is a novel written by 19th-century Scottish writer and adventurer R. M. Ballantyne, published in 1857.

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 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.

Contents

Chapter I. Wreck of Winstanley’s Lighthouse.
Chapter II. Beginning of Rudyerd’s Lighthouse.
Chapter III. A Violent Interruption.
Chapter IV. Unlooked-for Deliverance.
Chapter V. A Terrible Situation.
Chapter VI. The End of Rudyerd’s Lighthouse.
Chapter VII. Old Friends In New Circumstances.
Chapter VIII. Experiences, Difficulties, and Dangers of the First Season.
Chapter IX. Account of the War Continued.
Chapter X. The Campaign of 1758.
Chapter XI. The Last Campaign?and Victory!