Project Gutenberg 2012-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 71 Bindloss, Harold 1866 1945 Long Odds Reading ease score: 77.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Long Odds" by Harold Bindloss is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Thomas Ormsgill, a determined Englishman navigating the challenges of life in colonial Africa, where he grapples with themes of duty, moral obligation, and personal redemption against a backdrop of harsh realities. As he seeks to fulfill a promise made to a deceased acquaintance, Ormsgill's journey explores the weight of responsibility in a land filled with corruption and struggle. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Commandant Dom Erminio at Fort San Roque, Western Africa, who reflects on the oppressive heat and the monotony of his surroundings. The arrival of Thomas Ormsgill and American missionary Watson Nares interrupts this monotony. Ormsgill is depicted as a man of strong will and compassion, determined to assist a sick colleague. The opening scenes reveal the precariousness of life in Africa, where Ormsgill navigates treacherous terrain both literally and morally. As he converses with the commandant and his companion, it becomes evident that his journey is not just about physical challenges but also explores deep questions of trust, loyalty, and moral responsibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39019/39019-h/images/cover.jpg en Adventure stories British -- Angola -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 645615 645505 2024-10-16T12:14:00.353708 2023-09-17T06:32:13.062593 text/html text/html 654794 2012-05-06T15:10:29 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 500649 2012-05-06T15:11:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 498367 2024-10-16T12:14:08.393689 application/epub+zip 504518 2024-10-16T12:14:01.548686 application/epub+zip 313036 2024-10-16T12:14:00.919709 application/epub+zip 720531 2024-10-16T12:14:13.946631 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 657189 2024-10-16T12:14:07.655749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447965 2022-09-17T18:07:19.981672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598595 598524 2024-10-16T12:13:59.168245 2023-09-17T06:32:11.544546 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 598318 2012-05-06T15:10:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 214342 2012-05-06T15:12:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 598325 2012-05-06T15:10:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 214306 2012-05-06T15:12:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22026 2024-10-16T12:14:14.087628 application/rdf+xml 22534 2024-10-16T12:14:01.030703 image/jpeg 4102 2024-10-16T12:14:00.975705 image/jpeg 498915 2024-10-16T12:14:00.418703 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