Project Gutenberg 2008-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 76 Carryl, Charles E. (Charles Edward) 1841 1920 Birch, Reginald Bathurst 1856 1943 Birch, Reginald B. (Reginald Bathurst) Birch, Reginald Bathhurst The Admiral's Caravan Reading ease score: 73.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Edwards, Chris Logan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Admiral's Caravan" by Charles E. Carryl is a children's fantasy novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young girl named Dorothy, her uncle, and their whimsical adventures with various anthropomorphic characters, including the quirky Admiral and his eccentric friends. The narrative explores imaginative and surreal scenarios, where ordinary objects come to life and embark on mischievous journeys, appealing to a sense of wonder and creativity. At the start of the tale, we are introduced to Dorothy and her uncle at the quaint Blue Admiral Inn. Here, Dorothy interacts with a wooden statue known as the Admiral, who mysteriously gains the ability to speak, setting off a series of fantastical events. In the midst of a rainy Christmas Eve, Dorothy finds herself drawn into a surreal world after the Admiral’s antics lead her on an adventure that involves strange characters like a talking Stork and a magic ferry. The whimsical tone of the opening chapters establishes a playful atmosphere, teeming with humor and imagination, inviting readers to join in Dorothy’s enchanting and curious escapades. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fairy tales PZ PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 187708 187666 2024-10-10T12:25:46.875964 2023-09-11T04:45:26.955529 text/html text/html 185906 2008-01-21T09:04:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1842184 2008-01-21T09:04:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1901405 2024-10-10T12:25:52.503940 application/epub+zip 1902057 2024-10-10T12:25:48.638037 application/epub+zip 127770 2024-10-10T12:25:47.605968 application/epub+zip 1976454 2024-10-10T12:25:55.385922 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1966155 2024-10-10T12:25:51.931932 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197464 2022-09-11T09:46:14.171145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 147913 147709 2024-10-10T12:25:45.944994 2023-09-11T04:45:26.399525 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 147854 2008-01-21T09:04:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53903 2008-01-21T09:04:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20124 2024-10-10T12:25:55.980908 application/rdf+xml 17353 2024-10-10T12:25:48.012962 image/jpeg 2891 2024-10-10T12:25:47.863946 image/jpeg 1868506 2024-10-10T12:25:46.986970 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