Project Gutenberg 2011-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 63 Stockton, Frank R. 1834 1902 Stockton, Francis Richard Stockton, Frank Richard Steele, Frederic Dorr 1873 1944 Steele, Frederick Dorr The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Jane Robins, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine" by Frank R. Stockton is a fictional novella written in the late 19th century. The story introduces two middle-aged widows, Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, who embark on a voyage across the Pacific from San Francisco to Yokohama. Following an unfortunate shipwreck, the women find themselves in a precarious situation, which blends elements of adventure and humor as they navigate their way through uncertain circumstances. The opening of the novella establishes Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine as quirky yet resourceful characters aboard a steamer, gradually revealing their personalities through conversations and interactions with other passengers. The steamer collides with another vessel, leading to a chaotic evacuation where the two women, alongside a male narrator, end up in a leaky lifeboat, highlighting their unexpected camaraderie and resilience in the face of adversity. As they struggle to keep afloat and seek safety, their blend of practicality and humor sets the tone for their ensuing adventure on an uncharted island. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35570/35570-h/images/cover01.jpg en Adventure stories Shipwrecks -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 407334 407442 2024-10-15T06:28:12.420820 2023-09-15T11:43:54.098386 text/html text/html 404371 2023-07-10T11:32:10 text/html 9229244 2024-10-15T06:28:56.839128 application/epub+zip 9237232 2024-10-15T06:28:32.421734 application/epub+zip 281982 2024-10-15T06:28:13.445788 application/epub+zip 3181540 2024-10-15T06:29:01.998061 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3151730 2024-10-15T06:28:38.119725 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355944 355979 2024-10-15T06:28:11.277821 2023-09-15T11:43:52.737346 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 355707 2023-07-10T11:32:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19770 2024-10-15T06:29:02.151058 application/rdf+xml 10020 2024-10-15T06:28:13.705800 image/jpeg 1735 2024-10-15T06:28:13.595833 image/jpeg 130458 2023-07-10T11:35:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 15563083 2023-07-10T11:35:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 15692916 2024-10-15T06:28:12.664822 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 en.wikipedia