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'50가지 유명한 이야기'(Fifty Famous Stories Retold)는 제임스 볼드윈이 저술한 영어 고전 도서로, 전 세계적으로 유명한 역사적 인물과 고전 전설, 우화들을 알기 쉽게 재구성했습니다. 이야기에는 앞서간 위인들의 용기, 우정, 지혜 등이 생생하게 묘사되어 있습니다. 본 영문판에는 아름다운 삽화가 포함되어 독서의 즐거움을 더합니다. 원어민 작가의 문장으로 읽으면서 영어 읽기 및 어휘력, 사고력을 자연스럽게 키울 수 있다는 점이 큰 장점입니다. 교과서나 시험 영어를 넘어, 실제 생동감 있는 영어문장과 옛 이야기의 묘미를 동시에 접할 수 있습니다.
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제임스 볼드윈(James Baldwin, 1841-1925)은 미국의 교육자이자 작가로, 어린이와 청소년을 위한 역사, 전기, 이야기집을 주로 집필했습니다. 그는 쉽고 명확한 언어와 흥미로운 구성으로 많은 독자들에게 사랑받아 왔으며, 특히 '50가지 유명한 이야기'는 오랜 세월 동안 꾸준히 읽혀온 대표작입니다. 볼드윈의 글에는 인류 보편의 가치와 교훈이 담겨 있어, 시대와 국경을 넘어 널리 읽히고 있습니다.
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Many years ago there lived in Eng-land a wise and good king whose name was Al-fred. No other man ever did so much for his country as he; and people now, all over the world, speak of him as Alfred the Great.
In those days a king did not have a very easy life. There was war almost all the time, and no one else could lead his army into battle so well as he. And so, between ruling and fighting, he had a busy time of it indeed.
A fierce, rude people, called the Danes, had come from over the sea, and were fighting the Eng-lish. There were so many of them, and they were so bold and strong, that for a long time they gained every battle. If they kept on, they would soon be the masters of the whole country.
At last, after a great battle, the English army was broken up and scat-tered. Every man had to save himself in the best way he could. King Alfred fled alone, in great haste, through the woods and swamps.
Late in the day the king came to the hut of a wood-cut-ter. He was very tired and hungry, and he begged the wood-cut-ter’s wife to give him something to eat and a place to sleep in her hut.
The wom-an was baking some cakes upon the hearth, and she looked with pity upon the poor, ragged fellow who seemed so hungry. She had no thought that he was the king.
"Yes," she said, "I will give you some supper if you will watch these cakes. I want to go out and milk the cow; and you must see that they do not burn while I am gone."
King Alfred was very willing to watch the cakes, but he had far greater things to think about. How was he going to get his army to-geth-er again? And how was he going to drive the fierce Danes out of the land? He forgot his hunger; he forgot the cakes; he forgot that he was in the woodcutter’s hut. His mind was busy making plans for to-mor-row.
In a little while the wom-an came back. The cakes were smoking on the hearth. They were burned to a crisp. Ah, how angry she was!
"You lazy fellow!" she cried. "See what you have done! You want some-thing to eat, but you do not want to work!"
I have been told that she even struck the king with a stick; but I can hardly be-lieve that she was so ill-na-tured.
The king must have laughed to himself at the thought of being scolded in this way; and he was so hungry that he did not mind the woman’s angry words half so much as the loss of the cakes.
I do not know whether he had any-thing to eat that night, or whether he had to go to bed without his supper. But it was not many days until he had gath-ered his men to-geth-er again, and had beaten the Danes in a great battle.
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* 이 도서는 영어만으로 구성되어 있습니다.
'50가지 유명한 이야기'(Fifty Famous Stories Retold)는 제임스 볼드윈이 저술한 영어 고전 도서로, 전 세계적으로 유명한 역사적 인물과 고전 전설, 우화들을 알기 쉽게 재구성했습니다. 이야기에는 앞서간 위인들의 용기, 우정, 지혜 등이 생생하게 묘사되어 있습니다. 본 영문판에는 아름다운 삽화가 포함되어 독서의 즐거움을 더합니다. 원어민 작가의 문장으로 읽으면서 영어 읽기 및 어휘력, 사고력을 자연스럽게 키울 수 있다는 점이 큰 장점입니다. 교과서나...