The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.BCambridge University Press, 25 thg 8, 2011 - 612 trang Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904), the Welsh-born explorer famous for his 1871 meeting with the missionary David Livingstone, published this intimate autobiography in 1909. Through his recollections we learn how his troubled early life - an impoverished childhood in a workhouse and some harrowing experiences as a young soldier - were what drove him to succeed as an explorer, and gave him the strength to deal with the sometimes vehement opposition he encountered. Although Stanley died before finishing this book, his wife Dorothy brought it to completion by compiling and editing the letters and memoirs he wrote during his travels, so that his avowed aim - to encourage impoverished young people to realise their ambitions - was met. This is the story of a man who, in the context of his own time, achieved 'greatness' against the odds, though his imperialist and allegedly racist views later caused the eclipse of his reputation. |
Nội dung
THE WORKHOUSE | 3 |
ADRIFT | 35 |
AT SEA | 69 |
AT WORK | 86 |
FIND A FATHER | 118 |
ADRIFT AGAIN | 140 |
SOLDIERING | 167 |
SHILOH | 186 |
FOUNDING THE CONGO STATE | 333 |
THE RESCUE OF EMIN I THE RELIEF | 353 |
PRIVATE REFLECTIONS | 380 |
WORK IN REVIEW | 392 |
EUROPE AGAIN | 409 |
THE HAPPY HAVEN | 423 |
POLITICS AND FRIENDS | 439 |
IN PARLIAMENT | 466 |
PRISONER OF WAR | 205 |
PART II | 217 |
THE LIFE continued from Stanleys Journals Notes etc X JOURNALISM | 219 |
WEST AND EAST INDIAN WARS OF THE WEST ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN ETC | 225 |
A ROVING COMMISSION | 237 |
THE FINDING OF LIVINGSTONE | 251 |
ENGLAND AND COOMASSIE 3 | 285 |
THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT | 296 |
Thuật ngữ và cụm từ thông dụng
Africa appeared Arab arrived asked Aunt Banalya became Beuno boat British Brynford called camp canoes Captain civilisation Congo dark death duty Emin Emin Pasha England English expedition eyes face father fear feel feet felt followed Forest friends Furze Hill hand happy heard heart HENRY MORTON STANLEY honour hundred impressed journey kind knew Krüger Lake Lake Albert Lake Tanganyika land letters Livingstone London look Lualaba miles mind Mirambo months morning Moses natives nature never night Nile Nyanza officers Pasha river savage seemed seen Sir William Mackinnon smile soldiers soon soul speak spirit Stanley Stanley Falls Stanley's steamer story strange Street things thought thousand tion told took travelled Tremeirchion Uganda Uitlanders Ujiji Unyanyembe Windermere wonder words Yambuya young Zanzibar