Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Anthologies

Authors: Henry Norman In Year : 1885

Book Language: English

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On Board the Bavaria by Henry Norman
The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford
Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson
Marjory by F. Anstey
The Action to the Word by Walter Herries Pollock
My Fascinating Friend by William Archer
Riley, M.P. by Tighe Hopkins
Love and Lightning by Henry Norman

This special anthology, published in 1885, is formed of seven stories, together with an introductory chapter setting up a framing narrative by Henry Norman, which is returned to at the end of each subsequent tale. This connecting narrative concerns a group of travelers on a transatlantic crossing. When their ship, the Bavaria suffers a ‘broken shaft’, they are forced to remain becalmed mid-ocean, telling stories to pass the time. - Summary by Ann Boulais