Project Gutenberg 2004-06-01 Public domain in the USA. 87 Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright 1866 1944 Hyne, Cutcliffe Cutcliffe-Hyne, Charles John Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe (Charles John Cutcliffe) Cutcliffe-Hyne, C. J. Wood, Stanley L. 1866 1928 Wood, Stanley Llewellyn A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Charlie Kirschner and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle" by Cutcliffe Hyne is a novel written in the late 19th century. It follows the character Captain Owen Kettle, a seasoned sea captain, as he embarks on various adventures in the tumultuous setting of the Congo Free State. The themes of ambition, survival, and moral dilemmas are intertwined in Kettle's journey through this treacherous landscape. The opening of the novel introduces Captain Kettle as he secures a job as a pilot for a ship bound for the Congo. The situation is made dire by the low pay and the hazardous conditions expected in this part of Africa. Kettle's motivations revolve around providing for his family, which leads him into a world of exploitation, danger, and moral ambiguity. As he travels, he encounters other sailors and various local characters while gradually discovering the complexities of the Congo, including the darker aspects of colonial enterprise and the challenges of leadership in a hostile environment. The narrative quickly establishes tension as Captain Kettle faces both external threats and internal conflicts, setting the stage for further adventures filled with action and ethical challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ship captains -- Fiction Adventure stories Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- To 1908 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 560177 556456 2024-10-06T03:45:41.203994 2023-10-06T05:54:01.529469 text/html text/html 552169 2020-12-15T00:50:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 865875 2020-12-15T00:50:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 989608 2024-10-06T03:45:52.365930 application/epub+zip 998540 2024-10-06T03:45:45.462953 application/epub+zip 284537 2024-10-06T03:45:43.904003 application/epub+zip 1324819 2024-10-06T03:45:57.507885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1297915 2024-10-06T03:45:51.301990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 481253 2022-09-06T21:23:01.659266 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 535292 535210 2024-10-06T03:45:39.840982 2023-10-06T05:54:00.498488 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 536281 2020-12-15T00:50:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 210120 2020-12-15T00:50:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 536275 2020-12-15T00:50:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 210080 2020-12-15T00:50:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23029 2024-10-06T03:45:57.648922 application/rdf+xml 25441 2024-10-06T03:45:44.489982 image/jpeg 4735 2024-10-06T03:45:44.196966 image/jpeg 971903 2024-10-06T03:45:41.280010 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia