Project Gutenberg 2010-08-09 Public domain in the USA. 127 Leblanc, Maurice 1864 1941 Blanc, Maurice Le Blanc, Maurice le Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander 1865 1921 Mattos, Alexander Teixeira de De Mattos, Alexander Teixeira Mattos, Alexander Teixera de Mattos, Alexander Teixeria de Mattos, Alexander Louis Teixeira de The Tremendous Event Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Tremendous Event" by Maurice Leblanc is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Simon Dubosc, a young, adventurous Frenchman who finds himself at the center of an extraordinary catastrophe involving mysterious waterspouts that wreak havoc on ships in the English Channel. As the tale unfolds, themes of love, danger, and the human spirit's determination begin to emerge. At the start of the novel, the protagonist, Simon Dubosc, shares a conversation with his friend Edward Rolleston at a golf club. They discuss alarming news reports detailing the recent sinking of ships due to bizarre weather phenomena, including massive waterspouts. As Simon grapples with the implications of these disasters, he also contemplates his romantic feelings for Isabel, the daughter of an English peer. This tension is heightened by the imminent danger posed by the sea and the challenges he faces regarding social class and love. The opening sets the stage for Simon's brave journey through both his personal struggles and the chaotic events that are about to test his mettle. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33386/33386-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Adventure stories Earthquakes -- Fiction English Channel -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 393794 393803 2024-09-14T07:06:01.734492 2023-09-14T11:43:43.198226 text/html text/html 401518 2021-01-06T22:36:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 200825 2021-01-06T22:36:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 218471 2024-09-14T07:06:08.029510 application/epub+zip 223434 2024-09-14T07:06:02.832571 application/epub+zip 199274 2024-09-14T07:06:02.241501 application/epub+zip 349819 2024-09-14T07:06:12.082538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304112 2024-09-14T07:06:07.416443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280278 2022-09-15T09:33:48.684361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355904 355814 2024-09-14T07:06:00.776547 2023-09-14T11:43:42.299235 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 354986 2021-01-06T22:36:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 136367 2021-01-06T22:36:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 354977 2021-01-06T22:36:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136324 2021-01-06T22:36:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22416 2024-09-14T07:06:12.235501 application/rdf+xml 16889 2024-09-14T07:06:02.331515 image/jpeg 2959 2024-09-14T07:06:02.285484 image/jpeg 200000 2024-09-14T07:06:01.783500 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia