Project Gutenberg 2007-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 88 Robertson, Morgan 1861 1915 Robertson, Morgan Andrew "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea "Where angels fear to tread" -- The brain of the battle-ship -- The wigwag message -- The trade-wind -- Salvage -- Between the millstones -- The battle of the monsters -- From the royal-yard down -- Needs must when the devil drives -- When Greek meets Greek -- Primordial. E-text prepared by Paul Hollander, David Clarke, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea by Morgan Robertson is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The work delves into various maritime themes, exploring the lives of sailors, the challenges they face, and the unique characters that populate the sea. Each tale invites the reader into a world of adventure, conflict, and nautical camaraderie, highlighting both the beauty and peril of life at sea. The opening of the titular story introduces us to the "Almena", a ship preparing for departure. The scene unfolds with a shipping-master recruiting a mismatched crew of "townies" who mistakenly believe they are signing on for a more favorable voyage than what is actually in store for them. As tensions rise and misunderstandings unfold, we witness the chaos that ensues when the sailors, primarily inexperienced and underprepared for the harsh realities of life at sea, clash with the ship's mates in a violent confrontation. The narrative sets the tone for a story filled with irony and dark humor about the complexity of human interactions aboard a ship, establishing Robertson’s keen observation and critique of both the maritime experience and the vividly drawn characters involved. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Sea stories, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 437179 436407 2024-09-10T08:06:52.037890 2023-09-10T11:16:00.671234 text/html text/html 444421 2007-11-18T14:49:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 174755 2007-11-18T14:52:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 242569 2024-09-10T08:06:59.104914 application/epub+zip 248130 2024-09-10T08:06:54.015885 application/epub+zip 238638 2024-09-10T08:06:52.986011 application/epub+zip 471665 2024-09-10T08:07:03.172897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456873 2024-09-10T08:06:58.386884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447570 2022-09-11T05:58:06.931953 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419923 419831 2024-09-10T08:06:51.137947 2023-09-10T11:15:59.848250 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 419698 2007-11-18T14:45:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 164257 2007-11-18T14:45:15 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 419706 2007-11-18T14:45:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 164236 2007-11-18T14:45:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20259 2024-09-10T08:07:03.309909 application/rdf+xml 22413 2024-09-10T08:06:53.350881 image/jpeg 4811 2024-09-10T08:06:53.170886 image/jpeg 239267 2024-09-10T08:06:52.078886 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