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The Wreck Of The Golden Mary

The Wreck Of The Golden Mary

Dickens, Charles

Paperback

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1419188917
ISBN13: 9781419188916
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.12 Width: 7.48 Depth: 9.16
Language: English
The Wreck of the Golden Mary is a novella written by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1856. The story follows the journey of a group of passengers aboard the ship Golden Mary, which is en route to California during the gold rush. However, the ship encounters a violent storm and is wrecked off the coast of South America. The survivors are forced to endure harsh conditions on a deserted island while they wait for rescue. Throughout the story, Dickens explores themes of survival, human nature, and the consequences of greed. The novella is notable for its vivid descriptions of the natural world and the characters' inner struggles as they confront their mortality and the harsh realities of their situation. Overall, The Wreck of the Golden Mary is a compelling tale of adventure and human resilience, written in Dickens' signature style.Notwithstanding my being, as I have mentioned, quite ready for a voyage, still I had some doubts of this voyage. Of course I knew, without being told, that there were peculiar difficulties and dangers in it, a long way over and above those which attend all voyages. It must not be supposed that I was afraid to face them; but, in my opinion a man has no manly motive or sustainment in his own breast for facing dangers--by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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