Project Gutenberg 2004-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 440 Defoe, Daniel 1731 Defo, Daniel John, Gabriel Moreton, Andrew Defoë, Daniel The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton Reading ease score: 58.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Text file produced by Tom Allen, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton" by Daniel Defoe is a novel written in the early 18th century, likely in the early decades of the period. The story centers on the life of Captain Singleton, who recounts his perilous journey from being a kidnapped child to becoming a seasoned pirate, embarking on dangerous adventures across the seas. The opening of the narrative begins with the protagonist's early life, detailing his abduction as a young child and various hardships he encounters as he grows up in the care of various unsavory characters, including a gipsy and later a master on a ship headed to Newfoundland. Singleton's life takes a dark turn when he is captured by pirates and witnesses brutal acts at sea, forming a vivid portrayal of the dangers and moral complexities he faces. The beginning sets a tone of adventure and survival, touching on themes of fate, resilience, and the harsh realities of life as a pirate. Singleton's character emerges as both a victim and a rogue, hinting at the complexities still to unfold in his adventures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sea stories Picaresque literature Adventure stories Pirates -- Fiction PR Text Crime Nonfiction Pirates, Buccaneers, Corsairs, etc. Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 696013 696014 2024-10-03T09:11:13.625713 2023-10-03T08:23:47.330894 text/html text/html 696833 2019-11-03T06:33:40 text/html; charset=us-ascii 229353 2019-11-03T06:34:14 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 329063 2024-10-03T09:11:23.820634 application/epub+zip 338387 2024-10-03T09:11:17.744677 application/epub+zip 306147 2024-10-03T09:11:16.267671 application/epub+zip 671536 2024-10-03T09:11:28.422668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643921 2024-10-03T09:11:22.801667 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598583 2022-09-03T11:48:11.369567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 623647 623509 2024-10-03T09:11:12.815801 2023-10-03T08:23:46.693910 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 623420 2019-11-03T06:33:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 221976 2019-11-03T06:34:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21141 2024-10-03T09:11:28.558600 application/rdf+xml 25181 2024-10-03T09:11:16.827682 image/jpeg 4883 2024-10-03T09:11:16.547684 image/jpeg 326844 2024-10-03T09:11:13.685675 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Johnson, Charles