Project Gutenberg 2007-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 158 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne Pearse, Lolbran The Castaways Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The Castaways" by Captain Mayne Reid is an adventure novel written in the mid-19th century. The story follows a group of survivors after their merchant ship is wrecked in a typhoon in the Celebes Sea, leaving only Captain Redwood, his two children, a ship's carpenter, a Malay pilot, and a mad sailor to fend for themselves. As they navigate the challenges of survival on an uninhabited island, the tale delves into themes of courage, perseverance, and the exploration of natural history. The opening of the novel presents an intense scene where the castaways are aboard an open boat, surrounded by the vast and treacherous sea. Captain Redwood is introduced alongside his emaciated children, Henry and Helen, as they confront the grim realities of starvation and the loss of their ship and crew. The narrative vividly describes the struggles of each character, from the mental state of the mad sailor to the resourcefulness of the Malay pilot and the Irish carpenter's loyalty. The group's dire circumstances intensify as they encounter various perils in their environment, setting the stage for a journey filled with both suspense and discovery amidst the beauty and danger of the tropical wilderness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sailing -- Juvenile fiction Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction Castaways -- Juvenile fiction Navigation -- Juvenile fiction Borneo -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 315500 315497 2024-10-09T09:27:03.905029 2023-09-09T11:08:06.085197 text/html text/html 314086 2014-08-13T12:41:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 477315 2014-08-13T12:42:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 410132 2024-10-09T09:27:10.743788 application/epub+zip 415419 2024-10-09T09:27:06.133717 application/epub+zip 190050 2024-10-09T09:27:04.792719 application/epub+zip 544320 2024-10-09T09:27:14.077693 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 532275 2024-10-09T09:27:09.869727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280872 2022-09-10T06:20:40.799206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301891 301866 2024-10-09T09:27:03.274740 2023-09-09T11:08:05.595203 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 301765 2014-08-13T12:40:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 114712 2014-08-13T12:42:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20882 2024-10-09T09:27:14.210671 application/rdf+xml 10032 2024-10-09T09:27:05.341713 image/jpeg 2860 2024-10-09T09:27:05.064753 image/jpeg 399426 2024-10-09T09:27:03.944721 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