<영어로 읽는 고전 _ 제인 그레이의 사막의 황금>
Zane Grey의 소설 "Desert Gold"는 1913년에 출판된 서부 소설로, 멕시코와의 국경 지대인 미국 남서부 사막을 배경으로 합니다. 이 작품은 Richard Gale이라는 젊은 동부 출신 남성의 모험을 중심으로 전개되며, 그가 사막의 험난한 환경에서 성장하고 변화하는 과정을 그립니다. 소설은 로맨스, 모험, 그리고 서부의 거친 삶을 섬세하게 묘사하며, 주인공이 악당들과 맞서고 사랑을 찾아가는 여정을 담고 있습니다. Grey는 이 작품을 통해 광활한 사막의 아름다움과 위험, 그리고 그 속에서 살아가는 사람들의 강인한 정신을 생생하게 묘사했습니다. "Desert Gold"는 Zane Grey의 대표작 중 하나로 평가받으며, 그의 뛰어난 자연 묘사와 흥미진진한 스토리텔링 능력을 잘 보여주는 작품으로 여겨집니다.
Zane Grey's novel "Desert Gold" is a western novel published in 1913, set in the desert of the American Southwest, near the border with Mexico. The story centers around the adventures of a young man from the East named Richard Gale, and depicts his growth and transformation in the harsh environment of the desert. The novel delicately depicts romance, adventure, and the rough life of the West, and contains the protagonist's journey to confront villains and find love. Through this work, Grey vividly portrays the beauty and danger of the vast desert, as well as the strong spirit of the people living in it. "Desert Gold" is considered one of Zane Grey's representative works, and is considered to be a work that demonstrates his outstanding natural descriptions and exciting storytelling skills.
Summary
RICHARD GALE reflected that his sojourn in the West had been what his disgusted father had predicted—idling here and there, with no objective point or purpose.
It was reflection such as this, only more serious and perhaps somewhat desperate, that had brought Gale down to the border. For some time the newspapers had been printing news of Mexican revolution, guerrilla warfare, United States cavalry patrolling the international line, American cowboys fighting with the rebels, and wild stories of bold raiders and bandits. But as opportunity, and adventure, too, had apparently given him a wide berth in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, he had struck southwest for the Arizona border, where he hoped to see some stirring life. He did not care very much what happened. Months of futile wandering in the hope of finding a place where he fitted had inclined Richard to his father's opinion.
펄 제인 그레이(Pearl Zane Grey)는 미국의 작가이자 치과 의사였습니다. 그는 인기 있는 모험 소설과 문학과 예술에서 서부 장르와 관련된 이야기로 유명합니다. 그는 미국 개척지를 이상화했습니다.
서부물의 대중 소설가로서 54편의 소설을 썼다.
1898~1904년까지 뉴욕에서 치과 의사로 개업하고 있었으나, 처녀작인 《베티 제인 Betty Zane》(1904)을 자비로 출판한 이후부터 오직 저작에 전념하였다. 《변경의 영혼 The Spirit of the Border》(1905)으로 호평을 받았고, 그 후에 《홍의(紅衣)의 기사들 Riders of the Purple Sage》(1912)로 작가의 위치를 굳혔다. 서부물의 대중소설가로서 54편의 소설을 썼는데, 그 가운데에서도 《최후의 평원아 The Last of the Plainsmen》(1908)는 최고의 작품으로 꼽힌다.
Pearl Zane Grey was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories related to the Western genre in literature and art. He idealized the American frontier.
As a popular novelist of Westerns, he wrote 54 novels.
He practiced dentistry in New York from 1898 to 1904, but after publishing his first novel, Betty Zane (1904), at his own expense, he devoted himself to writing. He received favorable reviews for The Spirit of the Border (1905), and later solidified his position as a writer with Riders of the Purple Sage (1912). As a popular novelist of Westerns, he wrote 54 novels, of which The Last of the Plainsmen (1908) is considered his best work.