Project Gutenberg 2007-05-04 Public domain in the USA. 95 Fenn, George Manville 1831 1909 Fenn, G. M. (George Manville) Fenn, G. Manville (George Manville) Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track Reading ease score: 86.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Fire Island" by George Manville Fenn is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a group of naturalists and sailors aboard the brig "Planet" as they encounter a series of harrowing challenges during a tumultuous storm and volcanic eruption, ultimately leading to survival on a mysterious island. The characters grapple with the dire circumstances, showcasing elements of adventure and the resilience of the human spirit. At the start of the book, the crew of the "Planet" finds themselves in a violent storm while navigating the waters near New Guinea. Amid the chaos, Oliver Lane, one of the naturalists, reflects on the disparity between his expectations of exotic beauty and the terrifying reality of their predicament. As the storm worsens, the ship is battered, and panic sets in. With the captain incapacitated, the first chapter lays the groundwork for gripping tension and the characters’ desperate attempts to survive, entangling readers in an atmosphere of suspense and uncertainty about their fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Oceania -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 722976 722977 2024-10-09T09:47:50.625689 2023-09-09T11:24:31.173915 text/html text/html 764136 2007-05-04T14:24:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 249133 2007-05-04T14:24:30 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 328210 2024-10-09T09:48:01.942604 application/epub+zip 339228 2024-10-09T09:47:53.239649 application/epub+zip 339228 2024-10-09T09:47:51.680685 application/epub+zip 599575 2024-10-09T09:48:08.057601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 591278 2024-10-09T09:48:00.891609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580416 2022-09-10T06:44:09.848023 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 675448 675423 2024-10-09T09:47:49.057677 2023-09-09T11:24:29.857891 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 675434 2007-05-04T14:24:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 249104 2007-05-04T14:24:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19506 2024-10-09T09:48:08.190557 application/rdf+xml 13059 2024-10-09T09:47:52.291660 image/jpeg 3486 2024-10-09T09:47:51.995666 image/jpeg 314172 2024-10-09T09:47:50.686665 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