The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean
Author(s): Henry Norman
Genre(s): Anthologies
Narrators: Tjp1421, Patrick79, Tom Penn, Ulrike Denis, Inkbear
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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The audiobook The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean falls under the genres of Anthologies. It is written by Henry Norman.