<영어로 읽는 고전 _ 토비아스 스몰렛의 페르디난드 백작의 모험>
"페르디난드 백작의 모험"은 스코틀랜드 작가 토비아스 스몰렛이 쓴 소설이다. 이 책은 1753년에 처음 출판되었으며 "로드릭 랜덤의 모험"과 "페레그린 피클의 모험" 보다 덜 알려진 스몰렛의 작품 중 하나이다.
이 소설은 매력적이고 총명하지만 도적적으로는 타락한 페르디난드 페덤 백작의 이야기로 사람을 조종하는데 능하고 교묘하게 속임수를 잘 쓰는 인물로 그려졌으며 그는 다양한 계획을 세우고 모험을 하며 자신의 이기적은 목적을 달성하기 위해 타인의 약점을 이용하는 인물이다.
"페르디난드 백작의 모험"은 스몰렛의 다른 작품들 보다 유명하지 않지만 18세기 문학의 중요한 작품이라고 할 수 있다. 스몰렛의 문체와 그만의 풍자를 책 전반에 걸쳐 찾을 수 있으며 당시의 사회에 대한 비판적인 시선을 볼 수 있다.
전반적으로 "페르디난드 백작의 모험"은 독자들에게 교활함과 속임수에 대한 매력적이고 도덕적으로 모호한 이야기를 하고 있으며, 인간 본성과 속임수, 개인 이익 추구에 대한 주제를 중심적으로 다루고 있다.

"The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom" is a novel written by Scottish writer Tobias George Smollett. The book was first published in 1753 and is one of Smollett's lesser-known works than "The Adventures of Roderick Random" and "The Expedition of Humphry Clinker."
The novel tells the story of the charming, intelligent, but morally depraved Count Ferdinand Fathom, who is skillful in manipulating people and cleverly cunning, as he devises various plans, ventures, and achieves his selfish ends. He is a person who exploits the weaknesses of others to do his best.
"The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom" is less famous than Smollett's other works, but it is an important work of 18th century literature. Smollett's style and his own satire can be found throughout the book, and you can see a critical look at the society of the time.
Overall, "The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom" tells the reader a gripping and morally ambiguous tale of cunning and deceit, with themes of human nature, deceit, and the pursuit of personal gain centered around it.

요약
"페르디난드 백작의 모험"은 매력적이고 총명하지만 도덕적으로 타락한 인물인 페르디난드 페덤 백작의 이야기다. 페덤은 사람을 조종하는데 능숙하고 속임수를 잘 쓰는 사기꾼으로 이야기 전반에 걸쳐 이기적인 목적을 달성하기 위해 다른 사람의 약점과 취약성을 노리는 다양한 계획을 세우고 모험을 한다. 이야기에서는 주인공이 여러 나라를 다니며 각자의 고유한 성격과 배경을 가진 다양한 캐릭터를 만나게 된다. 주인공은 사람들과 만나 빈부를 가리지 않고 자신의 재치, 교활함, 변장 등을 이용하여 모두를 속인다. 스토리를 따르면 주인공의 어둡고 복잡한 성격을 알 수 있으며, 그의 사악한 행동을 보면서도 그 안에 어두운 과거를 가진 연약한 인간이라는 점에 동정을 일으키도록 그렸다.

이 줄거리는 페덤이 18세기 유럽의 사회적, 정치적인 활동들에 대해 독자들을 안내하고 있다. 여러가지 음모와 사기를 이용하여 사회적 계단으로 오르고 부와 권력을 갖기 위해 노력을 한다. 주인공은 각자의 고유한 성격과 배경을 가진 다양한 캐릭터를 만나 인간 행동의 다면적인 특성을 보여주고 그 시대의 사회적 어두운 측면을 그리고 있다.
Summary
The novel tells the story of Ferdinand Count Fathom, a charming and intelligent but morally corrupt character. Fathom is a manipulative and manipulative trickster who, throughout the story, plots and ventures out of the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of others to achieve selfish ends. In the story, the main character travels to many countries and meets various characters with their own unique personalities and backgrounds. Count Fathom meets people, rich and poor, and uses his wit, cunning, and disguise to fool them all. If you follow the story, you can see the dark and complicated personality of the main character, and while watching his evil actions, he is drawn to arouse sympathy for the fact that he is a weak human with a dark past.
This plot guides the reader through Fathom's social and political activities in 18th-century Europe. Using various conspiracies and scams, they climb the social ladder and strive to have wealth and power. The main character meets various characters with their own unique personalities and backgrounds to show the multifaceted characteristics of human behavior and portray the dark side of society at that time.

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION

chapter I Some sage Observations that naturally introduce our important History
chapter II A superficial View of our Hero’s Infancy
chapter III He is initiated in a Military Life, and has the good Fortune to acquire a generous Patron
chapter IV His Mother’s Prowess and Death; together with some Instances of his own Sagacity
chapter V A brief Detail of his Education
chapter VI He meditates Schemes of Importance
chapter VII Engages in Partnership with a female Associate, in order to put his Talents in Action
chapter VIII Their first Attempt; with a Digression which some Readers may think impertinent
chapter IX The Confederates change their Battery, and achieve a remarkable Adventure
chapter X They proceed to levy Contributions with great Success, until our Hero sets out with the young Count for Vienna, where he enters into League with another Adventurer
chapter XI Fathom makes various Efforts in the World of Gallantry
chapter XII He effects a Lodgment in the House of a rich Jeweller
chapter XIII He is exposed to a most perilous Incident in the Course of his Intrigue with the Daughter
chapter XIV He is reduced to a dreadful Dilemma, in consequence of an Assignation with the Wife
chapter XV But at length succeeds in his Attempt upon both
chapter XVI His Success begets a blind Security, by which he is once again well-nigh entrapped in his Dulcinea’s Apartment
chapter XVII The Step-dame’s Suspicions being awakened, she lays a Snare for our Adventurer, from which he is delivered by the Interposition of his Good Genius
chapter XVIII Our Hero departs from Vienna, and quits the Domain of Venus for the rough Field of Mars
chapter XIX He puts himself under the Guidance of his Associate, and stumbles upon the French Camp, where he finishes his Military Career
chapter XX He prepares a Stratagem, but finds himself countermined?Proceeds on his Journey, and is overtaken by a terrible Tempest
chapter XXI He falls upon Scylla, seeking to avoid Charybdis.
chapter XXII He arrives at Paris, and is pleased with his Reception
chapter XXIII Acquits himself with Address in a Nocturnal Riot
chapter XXIV He overlooks the Advances of his Friends, and smarts severely for his Neglect
chapter XXV He bears his Fate like a Philosopher; and contracts acquaintance with a very remarkable Personage
chapter XXVI The History of the Noble Castilian
chapter XXVII A flagrant Instance of Fathom’s Virtue, in the Manner of his Retreat to England
chapter XXVIII Some Account of his Fellow-Travellers
chapter XXIX Another providential Deliverance from the Effects of the Smuggler’s ingenious Conjecture
chapter XXX The singular Manner of Fathom’s Attack and Triumph over the Virtue of the fair Elenor
chapter XXXI He by accident encounters his old Friend, with whom he holds a Conference, and renews a Treaty
chapter XXXII He appears in the great World with universal Applause and Admiration
chapter XXXIII He attracts the Envy and Ill Offices of the minor Knights of his own Order, over whom he obtains a complete Victory
chapter XXXIV He attracts the Envy and Ill Offices of the minor Knights of his own Order, over whom he obtains a complete Victory
chapter XXXV He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season
chapter XXXVI He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season
chapter XXXVII He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season
chapter XXXVIII The Biter is Bit

PART II.
chapter XXXIX Our Adventurer is made acquainted with a new Scene of Life
chapter XL He contemplates Majesty and its Satellites in Eclipse
chapter XLI One Quarrel is compromised, and another decided by unusual Arms
chapter XLII An unexpected Rencontre, and a happy Revolution in the Affairs of our Adventurer
chapter XLIII Fathom justifies the Proverb, “What’s bred in the Bone will never come out of the Flesh”
chapter XLIV Fathom justifies the Proverb, “What’s bred in the Bone will never come out of the Flesh”
chapter XLV Renaldo’s Distress deepens, and Fathom’s Plot thickens
chapter XLVI Our Adventurer becomes absolute in his Power over the Passions of his Friend, and effects one half of his Aim
chapter XLVII The Art of Borrowing further explained, and an Account of a Strange Phenomenon
chapter XLVIII Count Fathom unmasks his Battery; is repulsed; and varies his Operations without effect
chapter XLIX Monimia’s Honour is protected by the Interposition of Heaven
chapter L Fathom shifts the Scene, and appears in a new Character
chapter LI Triumphs over a Medical Rival
chapter LII Repairs to the Metropolis, and enrols himself among the Sons of Paean
chapter LIII Acquires Employment in consequence of a lucky Miscarriage
chapter LIV His Eclipse, and gradual Declination
chapter LV After divers unsuccessful Efforts, he has recourse to the Matrimonial Noose
chapter LVI In which his Fortune is effectually strangled
chapter LVII Fathom being safely housed, the Reader is entertained with a Retrospect
chapter LVIII Renaldo abridges the Proceedings at Law, and approves himself the Son of his Father
chapter LIX He is the Messenger of Happiness to his Sister, who removes the film which had long obstructed his Penetration, with regard to Count Fathom
chapter LX He recompenses the Attachment of his Friend; and receives a Letter that reduces him to the Verge of Death and Distraction
chapter LXI Renaldo meets with a living Monument of Justice, and encounters a Personage of some Note in these Memoirs
chapter LXII His Return to England, and Midnight Pilgrimage to Monimia’s Tomb
chapter LXIII He renews the Rites of Sorrow, and is entranced
chapter LXIV The Mystery unfolded?Another Recognition, which, it is to be hoped, the Reader could not foresee
chapter LXV A retrospective Link, necessary for the Concatenation of these Memoirs
chapter LXVI The History draws near a Period
chapter LXVII The Longest and the Last