The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honorable Col Jacque, Commonly Call’d Col Jack (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- First Published: 1722
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque adventure
- Time of Work: Late seventeenth century
- Setting: England, France, and Virginia
- Principal Characters: Colonel Jacque (Jack), Captain Jack, Major Jack, Will, Colonel Jacque’s four Wives
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, France or French people, Crime or criminals, South or Southerners, Slavery or slaves, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Moral conditions, Servants, Mercenary soldiers, Juvenile delinquency
- Locales: Virginia, France, England
The Story:
The illegitimate son of a gentleman and a lady, Colonel Jack, as he was later known, was early in his life given to his nurse to rear. There he was brought up with her own son, Captain Jack, and another unwanted child, Major Jack. She treated the boys well, but she had little money and so they were forced to fend for themselves. When Colonel Jack was ten years of age, the good woman died, leaving the three boys to beg for their food. Lodging did not bother them; they slept in ash piles and doorways in the winter and on the ground in summer. Captain Jack soon turned...
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