영어로 읽는 고전 _ 잭슨 그레고리의 불꽃
잭슨 그레고리의 "불꽃"은 20세기 초에 쓰여진 소설입니다. 이야기는 이전 삶에서 배신과 상심을 경험한 후 사스노키-키완의 미개척 황야로 떠난 모험적이고 다소 무모한 남자 존 셸던을 따라갑니다. 셸던이 이 거친 황야를 헤쳐나가면서, 그는 고독과 그곳이 제시하는 미스터리에 휩싸이게 되는데, 여기에는 그의 앞에 왔던 사람들의 흔적과 그의 삶에서 시작되는 이상한 새로운 장이 포함됩니다.
책의 시작에서, 셸던은 실수로 잘못된 방향을 택한 채 울창하고 위험한 황야로의 탐험을 하고 있습니다. 그는 독립적인 정신을 구현하며 한 여인을 두고 친한 친구에게 배신당한 것을 포함한 과거의 문제들에 대한 생각을 뒤로하기로 결심합니다. 점차적으로, 셸던은 황야에서 두 구의 인간 해골을 발견하면서 그들의 운명에 대한 섬뜩한 의문을 제기하게 되고, 사스노키-키완 안에 잠재된 위험과 비밀들에 대해 곰곰이 생각하게 됩니다. 하지만, 그의 고독은 이 야생 숲에서 자란 것으로 보이는 곰가죽을 입은 신비로운 소녀 폴라와 마주치면서 중단됩니다. 이 강렬한 도입부에서는 생존, 인간과 자연의 연결, 그리고 고독과 동반자 관계의 이끄는 힘이라는 주제들이 복잡하게 얽혀 있어, 모험과 발견의 흥미진진한 이야기의 무대를 마련합니다.
Classics Read in English _ The Fire Flower by Jackson Gregory
"The Fire Flower" by Jackson Gregory is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows John Sheldon, an adventurous and somewhat reckless man who has set off into the uncharted wilderness of the Sasnokee-keewan after experiencing betrayal and heartbreak in his previous life. As Sheldon navigates this fierce wilderness, he becomes enveloped in solitude and the mysteries it presents, including the remnants of those who came before him and the beginnings of a strange new chapter in his life. At the start of the book, Sheldon is on an expedition into the dense and dangerous wilderness, having mistakenly taken a wrong turn. He embodies a spirit of independence and is determined to leave behind thoughts of his past troubles, including betrayal by a close friend over a woman. Gradually, Sheldon discovers two human skeletons in the wild, raising eerie questions about their fates, and he is left to ponder the dangers and secrets that linger within the Sasnokee-keewan. However, his solitude is interrupted when he encounters Paula, a mysterious girl clothed in a bearskin, who appears to have been raised in these wild woods. In this intense opening, themes of survival, the human connection to nature, and the drawing power of both solitude and companionship are intricately woven together, setting the stage for an intriguing tale of adventure and discovery.
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Sheldon had plunged on into this new country rather recklessly, being in reckless mood. Now, five days northward of Belle Fortune, he knew that he had somewhere taken the wrong trail.
The knowledge came upon him gradually. There was the suspicion before ten o’clock that morning, when the stream he followed seemed to him to be running a little too much to the northwest. But he had pushed on, watchful of every step, seeking a blazed tree or the monument of a stone set upon a rock.
When he made camp at noon he was still undecided, inclined to believe that the wise thing would be to turn back. But he did not turn back. He was his own man now; all time was before him; the gigantic wilderness about him was grateful.
