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Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean

Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean

著者： Henry Norman
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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 BoulaisCopyright Animals and Nature Genre アート 文学史・文学批評 旅行記・解説 社会科学
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