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 Project Gutenberg 2004-10-26 Public domain in the USA. 88 Allen, Grant 1848 1899 Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie The Great Taboo Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Mary Meehan and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "The Great Taboo" by Grant Allen is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story begins on a ship navigating the Pacific Ocean, where Felix Thurstan and his companion, Muriel Ellis, find themselves in a perilous situation when Muriel is swept overboard. As Felix leaps into the churning waters to rescue her, they are both castaways in an unknown realm. The tale weaves elements of adventure and myth, particularly focusing on themes of survival and the clash of civilizations. The opening of the novel immerses readers in a dramatic scene as the steamer Australasian encounters chaos after a passenger, Muriel, is thrown from the deck into the sea. In a panic, Felix courageously jumps in to save her, but as the ship's crew scrambles to mount a rescue, they are ultimately abandoned at sea. After a harrowing struggle, the pair reaches the island of Boupari, which is steeped in ancient ritual and inhabited by savage tribes led by the god Tu-Kila-Kila. The contrast between Felix and Muriel's Western sensibilities and the island's primal traditions sets the stage for a tale of survival amidst emerging dangers from both the natural elements and the inhabitants of the island. As they navigate their new reality, themes of fate, divinity, and moral conflict begin to unfold, establishing a suspenseful atmosphere. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Polynesia -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 522894 522895 2024-10-06T10:11:18.330519 2023-10-06T10:54:19.462515 text/html text/html 538728 2021-02-25T21:21:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 181572 2021-02-25T21:21:23 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 247117 2024-10-06T10:11:26.005468 application/epub+zip 256440 2024-10-06T10:11:20.473462 application/epub+zip 256440 2024-10-06T10:11:19.176476 application/epub+zip 443247 2024-10-06T10:11:30.460478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 407635 2024-10-06T10:11:25.177475 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383473 2022-09-07T13:20:44.553954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449618 449479 2024-10-06T10:11:17.532476 2023-10-06T10:54:18.810515 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 449278 2020-12-18T13:44:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171807 2020-12-18T13:44:33 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 449291 2020-12-18T13:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171773 2020-12-18T13:44:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21575 2024-10-06T10:11:30.598435 application/rdf+xml 11024 2024-10-06T10:11:19.722472 image/jpeg 3039 2024-10-06T10:11:19.447499 image/jpeg 238070 2024-10-06T10:11:18.373505 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia