The Quest of the Silver Swan A Land and Sea Tale for Boys
By W. Bert Foster
Length7h 42m
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Excerpt: "The sun, whose upper edge had just appeared above the horizon, cast its first red beams aslant a deserted wilderness of heaving billows. Here and there a flying fish, spurning its usual element, cut the air like a swift ray of light, falling back into the sea again after its short flight with a splash that sent myriad drops flashing in the sunlight. There were not a few triangular objects, dark in color, and looking like tiny sails, darting along the surface of the sea, first in this direction and then in that. There was a peculiar sinister motion to these fleshy sails, an appearance to make the beholder shudder involuntarily; for these objects were the dorsal fins of sharks, and there is nothing more bloodthirsty and cruel than these "tigers of the sea." It was quite noticeable that these monsters had gathered about an object which, in comparison with the vast expanse of sea and sky, was but a speck. It labored heavily upon the surface of the sea, and seemed to possess a great attraction for the sharks."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length7 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I THE RAFT AT SEA
2CHAPTER II INTRODUCING BRANDON TARR AND UNCLE ARAD
3CHAPTER III AN ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK OF THE SILVER SWAN
4CHAPTER IV BRANDON COMES TO A DECISION
5CHAPTER V UNCLE ARAD HAS RECOURSE TO LEGAL FORCE
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6CHAPTER VI RELATING A MEETING BETWEEN UNCLE ARAD AND THE SAILOR
7CHAPTER VII INTRODUCING “SQUARE” HOLT AND HIS OPINIONS
8CHAPTER VIII SOMETHING ABOUT LEAVING THE FARM
9CHAPTER IX ANOTHER LETTER FROM NEW YORK
10CHAPTER X BRANDON’S ARRIVAL AT THE METROPOLIS
11CHAPTER XI THE FIRM OF ADONIRAM PEPPER & CO.
12CHAPTER XII IN WHICH BRANDON VENTURES INTO RATHER DISREPUTABLE SOCIETY
13CHAPTER XIII THE OLD SAILOR WITH THE WOODEN LEG
14CHAPTER XIV THE OLD SAILOR’S EXCITEMENT
15CHAPTER XV CALEB RECEIVES A STARTLING COMMUNICATION
16CHAPTER XVI TELLING HOW BRANDON BEARDED THE LION IN HIS LAIR
17CHAPTER XVII HOW THE OMNIPRESENT WEEKS PROVES HIS RIGHT TO THE TERM
18CHAPTER XVIII BRANDON LISTENS TO A SHORT FAMILY HISTORY
19CHAPTER XIX TELLING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT DERELICTS IN GENERAL
20CHAPTER XX THE CONTENTS OF SEVERAL INTERESTING DOCUMENTS
21CHAPTER XXI IN WHICH MR. PEPPER MAKES A PROPOSITION TO CALEB AND DON
22CHAPTER XXII INTO BAD COMPANY
23CHAPTER XXIII MR. ALFRED WEEKS AT A CERTAIN CONFERENCE
24CHAPTER XXIV HOW A NEFARIOUS COMPACT WAS FORMED
25CHAPTER XXV UNCLE ARAD MAKES AN ANNOUNCEMENT
26CHAPTER XXVI CALEB WETHERBEE OBSTRUCTS THE COURSE OF THE LAW
27CHAPTER XXVII WHEREIN BRANDON TARR CONCEALS HIMSELF
28CHAPTER XXVIII THE DEPARTURE OF THE WHALEBACK, NUMBER THREE
29CHAPTER XXIX THE STOWAWAY ABOARD THE SUCCESS
30CHAPTER XXX SHOWING WHAT MISS MILLY DOES FOR BRANDON
31CHAPTER XXXI WHEREIN NUMBER THREE APPROACHES THE SUPPOSED VICINITY OF THE SILVER SWAN
32CHAPTER XXXII RELATING HOW THE SILVER SWAN WAS HEARD FROM
33CHAPTER XXXIII IN WHICH COMRADES IN COURAGE LAUNCH THEMSELVES UPON THE DEEP
34CHAPTER XXXIV THE INCIDENTS OF A NIGHT OF PERIL
35CHAPTER XXXV SHOWING HOW CALEB APPEARED ON THE SCENE JUST TOO LATE
36CHAPTER XXXVI THE CASTAWAYS ON THE BRIG SUCCESS
37CHAPTER XXXVII LEFT IN DOUBT
38CHAPTER XXXVIII HOW THE ENEMY APPEARED
39CHAPTER XXXIX SHOWING HOW MR. WEEKS MADE HIS LAST MOVE
40CHAPTER XL IN WHICH THE ENEMY IS DEFEATED AND THE QUEST OF THE SILVER SWAN IS ENDED
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