Project Gutenberg 2008-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 71 Sala, George Augustus 1828 1895 Sala, George Augustus Henry Sala, George A. (George Augustus) Old stoker stoker, Old The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2" by George Augustus Sala is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The book follows the life of Captain Dangerous, a character with a tumultuous history, who has been a soldier, sailor, merchant, and spy. Throughout the narrative, he faces various hardships as he navigates the challenges and societal injustices of his time. The opening of the novel sets the stage for Captain Dangerous as he recalls his experiences after being transported abroad due to his criminal activities. He describes the avaricious nature of Sir Basil Hopwood, a knight and alderman who exploits the convicts he is responsible for. The first chapter chronicles the hardships the captain and his fellow convicts endure, from brutal treatment in prison to the treachery of those who profit from their misfortune. As the narrative unfolds, we see Dangerous's resilience and adaptability amidst these trials, which foreshadows further adventures and challenges in his quest for freedom and a better life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 376381 376390 2024-09-11T10:13:35.206381 2023-09-12T04:23:42.122605 text/html text/html 379330 2021-01-04T03:54:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 152790 2021-01-04T03:54:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 233233 2024-09-11T10:13:41.736331 application/epub+zip 235118 2024-09-11T10:13:37.024345 application/epub+zip 235117 2024-09-11T10:13:35.986378 application/epub+zip 463417 2024-09-11T10:13:45.522344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428612 2024-09-11T10:13:40.910377 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280823 2022-09-12T10:41:03.535127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342191 341975 2024-09-11T10:13:34.699382 2023-09-12T04:23:41.652589 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 342157 2021-01-04T03:54:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 142392 2021-01-04T03:54:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 342161 2021-01-04T03:54:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142356 2021-01-04T03:54:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20587 2024-09-11T10:13:45.661313 application/rdf+xml 22072 2024-09-11T10:13:36.337361 image/jpeg 4712 2024-09-11T10:13:36.161369 image/jpeg 221942 2024-09-11T10:13:35.240390 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