Project Gutenberg 2011-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 125 Stevens, Francis 1883 1948 Bennett, Gertrude Barrows Friend Island Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Friend Island" by Francis Stevens is a novella written during the early 20th century, specifically in the time period surrounding World War I. This work falls into the category of adventure and speculative fiction, exploring themes of isolation, gender dynamics, and human connection. The unlikely story revolves around a strong female protagonist who shares her experiences after being shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island. The narrative is told from the perspective of a seasoned sea-woman who recounts the tale of her survival after her ship, the "Shouter", explodes. She finds herself on a beautiful, desolate island where she discovers a warning message from a previous castaway named Nelson Smith. Initially, she enjoys the solitude of the island and forms a bond with the place, naming it Anita. Her peace is disrupted when she meets Nelson, an aeronaut who also crashed nearby. As they prepare to leave, Nelson's thoughtless behavior leads to the volcanic island's anger, causing a dramatic eruption. This experience teaches the sea-woman that true companionship requires respect and understanding, and ultimately leads her to reject Nelson in favor of preserving her dignity and connection to the island. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Islands -- Fiction Sex role -- Fiction Shipwrecks -- Fiction Women sailors -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 52179 52188 2024-09-15T05:16:39.666961 2023-09-15T10:56:11.710371 text/html text/html 48557 2011-02-26T13:47:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 19377 2011-02-26T13:47:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 63988 2024-09-15T05:16:42.645984 application/epub+zip 63049 2024-09-15T05:16:40.779962 application/epub+zip 63049 2024-09-15T05:16:40.063969 application/epub+zip 133073 2024-09-15T05:16:44.111936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126573 2024-09-15T05:16:42.164954 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126797 2022-09-16T08:41:04.426583 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47057 46954 2024-09-15T05:16:39.482961 2023-09-15T10:56:11.555349 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 46970 2011-02-26T13:47:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18744 2011-02-26T13:47:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19341 2024-09-15T05:16:44.239936 application/rdf+xml 11746 2024-09-15T05:16:40.410968 image/jpeg 3094 2024-09-15T05:16:40.235967 image/jpeg 63817 2024-09-15T05:16:39.672960 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