〈영어로 읽는 고전 _ 제인 그레이의 베티 제인〉
Zane Grey의 소설 "Betty Zane"는 1903년에 출판된 작가의 첫 번째 작품으로, 미국 독립 전쟁 시기를 배경으로 합니다. 이 소설은 Grey의 증조할머니인 실제 인물 Betty Zane의 이야기를 바탕으로 하며, 1782년 오하이오 강 유역의 Fort Henry에서 일어난 사건을 중심으로 전개됩니다. 영국군과 원주민 연합군의 공격으로부터 요새를 방어하는 과정에서 Betty Zane가 보여준 영웅적인 행동, 특히 위험을 무릅쓰고 화약을 운반하여 요새를 구한 일화가 주요 내용을 이룹니다. 이 작품은 초기 미국 개척 시대의 모습과 당시 사람들의 삶을 생생하게 그려내며, Zane Grey의 작가 경력의 시작점이 되었고, 이후 그가 미국 문학계에서 중요한 서부 소설 작가로 자리매김하는 데 기여했습니다.
〈Reading Classics in English _ Betty Zane by Zane Grey 〉
Zane Gray's novel "Betty Zane" is the author's first work published in 1903 and is set during the American Revolutionary War. The novel is based on the story of Gray's great-grandmother, Betty Zane, and centers on the events that took place at Fort Henry on the Ohio River in 1782. The main story is about Betty Zane's heroic actions in defending the fort from attacks by British and Native American allies, especially the story of her risking her life to transport gunpowder and save the fort. This work vividly depicts the early American pioneer era and the lives of the people at that time, and it became the starting point for Zane Gray's career as a writer and later contributed to his establishment as an important writer of western novels in the American literary world.
Summary
The Zane family was a remarkable one in early days, and most of its members are historical characters.
The first Zane of whom any trace can be found was a Dane of aristocratic lineage, who was exiled from his country and came to America with William Penn. He was prominent for several years in the new settlement founded by Penn, and Zane street, Philadelphia, bears his name. Being a proud and arrogant man, he soon became obnoxious to his Quaker brethren. He therefore cut loose from them and emigrated to Virginia, settling on the Potomac river, in what was then known as Berkeley county. There his five sons, and one daughter, the heroine of this story, were born.
