Project Gutenberg 2007-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 457 Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1854 1909 Crawford, Francis Marion 11010574 The Upper Berth; By the Waters of Paradise The upper berth. -- By the waters of paradise. Produced by Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Upper Berth; By the Waters of Paradise" by F. Marion Crawford is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The first story, "The Upper Berth," revolves around a mysterious and unsettling experience of the protagonist aboard a ship, exploring themes of isolation, the supernatural, and human fear. "By the Waters of Paradise" unfolds the melancholic tale of a young man, growing up in a gloomy castle and grappling with a sense of fatalism, until he encounters a ghostly figure that transforms his life. The beginning of "The Upper Berth" sets a vivid scene aboard a ship where a group converses listlessly until Brisbane, a strong and intriguing character, claims to have seen a ghost. The atmosphere becomes charged as Brisbane recounts his experiences, foreshadowing ominous events. His crossing on the "Kamtschatka" takes a dark turn when he discovers an unsettling history about his assigned state-room—Room 105. As strange happenings and disappearances unfold, including the disappearance of his roommate, the tension escalates into horror, compelling him towards a confrontation with the supernatural. Meanwhile, the opening of "By the Waters of Paradise" introduces us to a nostalgic and melancholic protagonist reflecting on his unhappy childhood and the peculiar influence of his old Welsh nurse, laying the groundwork for themes of love, loss, and the uncanny as his life takes an unexpected turn following the encounter with the woman in his dreams. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Supernatural -- Fiction Ghost stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 138846 138855 2024-09-09T13:27:09.047644 2023-09-10T06:11:27.679185 text/html text/html 138144 2021-01-02T21:02:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 50606 2021-01-02T21:02:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 105925 2024-09-09T13:27:13.357624 application/epub+zip 105248 2024-09-09T13:27:10.537633 application/epub+zip 105248 2024-09-09T13:27:09.640667 application/epub+zip 237438 2024-09-09T13:27:15.499586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219624 2024-09-09T13:27:12.729604 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219802 2022-09-10T12:10:35.651534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121355 121146 2024-09-09T13:27:08.688615 2023-09-10T06:11:27.354186 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 121049 2021-01-02T21:02:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 46390 2021-01-02T21:02:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 121041 2021-01-02T21:02:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46367 2021-01-02T21:02:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20442 2024-09-09T13:27:15.638607 application/rdf+xml 14674 2024-09-09T13:27:09.994617 image/jpeg 3471 2024-09-09T13:27:09.817631 image/jpeg 101421 2024-09-09T13:27:09.060610 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