Project Gutenberg 2005-11-11 Public domain in the USA. 44 Dyson, Edward 1865 1931 Dyson, Edward George Dyson, Ted Dyson, E. (Edward) In the Roaring Fifties Produced by Peter O'Connell "In the Roaring Fifties" by Edward Dyson is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative opens aboard the East Indiaman ship, the "Francis Cadman", as it sails through the Indian Ocean and sets the stage for a dramatic rescue when a young woman falls overboard. The novel showcases complex characters, including Jim Done, a reluctant hero, who saves Lucy Woodrow, a girl grappling with her own dark thoughts, thus intertwining their fates. At the start of the story, the atmosphere is tense as the ship’s crew prepares for a possible tragedy after Lucy falls into the turbulent sea. Jim Done, a young man with a troubled past, instinctively jumps in to save her, smoothly transitioning into introspection about his own life choices. The opening of the book is rich with imagery and emotion, as done grapples with his instinct to help despite his disdain for humanity. This rescue sets into motion a connection between Jim and Lucy, both attempting to navigate their own separate struggles in the backdrop of 19th-century Australian society, rich with themes of redemption and the longing for acceptance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Australian fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 574919 574866 2024-09-07T12:19:08.278630 2023-09-08T04:23:37.621841 text/html text/html 574912 574859 2024-09-07T12:19:08.521648 2023-09-08T04:23:37.790913 text/html text/html 271329 2024-09-07T12:19:16.208574 application/epub+zip 280456 2024-09-07T12:19:10.067617 application/epub+zip 280457 2024-09-07T12:19:09.162604 application/epub+zip 481917 2024-09-07T12:19:20.760555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456962 2024-09-07T12:19:15.571573 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456967 2022-09-08T08:58:18.796319 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525811 525801 2024-09-07T12:19:07.867659 2023-09-08T04:23:37.207840 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 525700 2020-12-12T20:58:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 206425 2020-12-12T20:58:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 525692 2020-12-12T20:58:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 206408 2020-12-12T20:58:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19612 2024-09-07T12:19:20.898555 application/rdf+xml 13998 2024-09-07T12:19:09.515609 image/jpeg 3860 2024-09-07T12:19:09.340618 image/jpeg 270985 2024-09-07T12:19:08.578610 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