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The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean

The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean

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Number of Chapters: 8

Length: 05 hours and 51 minutes

Language: English

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

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On Board the Bavaria by Henry Norman (tjp1421)
The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford (Patrick79)
Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson (tjp1421)
Marjory by F. Anstey (Tom Penn)
The Action to the Word by Walter Herries Pollock (Ulrike Denis)
My Fascinating Friend by William Archer (tjp1421)
Riley, M.P. by Tighe Hopkins (inkbear)
Love and Lightning by Henry Norman (Ulrike Denis)
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