Project Gutenberg 2012-03-09 Public domain in the USA. 65 Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick) 1852 1925 Knight, Edward Frederick A Desperate Voyage Produced by Mark C. Orton, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "A Desperate Voyage" by E. F. Knight is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Henry Carew, a failed solicitor driven to desperation after gambling away his clients' money and facing impending disgrace. As he contemplates suicide, a twist of fate offers him an opportunity for a fresh start on the open sea, setting him on a path filled with moral ambiguity. The opening of the book introduces us to Carew's dire situation as he grapples with the consequences of his financial misdeeds and impending ruin. On the verge of taking his own life, he receives a letter from his friend, Arthur Allen, inviting him on a cruise. In a moment of decision, Carew chooses to escape with Allen, leading to a series of tense and fateful events at sea. The narrative hints at darker themes as Carew’s past not only haunts him but also shapes his actions as he navigates new challenges, including the enlistment of a morally dubious crew. Each choice Carew makes teeters on the edge of precipitating further calamity, leaving readers intrigued by the unfolding drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Pirates -- Fiction Lawyers -- Fiction PR Text Travel Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 352848 352857 2024-09-16T12:01:37.804067 2023-09-17T06:48:42.074367 text/html text/html 357186 2012-03-09T14:12:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 142056 2012-03-09T14:12:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 201131 2024-09-16T12:01:44.559027 application/epub+zip 203896 2024-09-16T12:01:39.399050 application/epub+zip 192293 2024-09-16T12:01:38.454033 application/epub+zip 378878 2024-09-16T12:01:48.466022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346202 2024-09-16T12:01:43.839036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335478 2022-09-17T18:31:20.749254 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322643 322423 2024-09-16T12:01:36.918061 2023-09-17T06:48:41.276384 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 322459 2012-03-09T14:12:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 124954 2012-03-09T14:12:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 322459 2012-03-09T14:12:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 124891 2012-03-09T14:12:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20796 2024-09-16T12:01:48.608981 application/rdf+xml 14281 2024-09-16T12:01:38.808043 image/jpeg 3673 2024-09-16T12:01:38.628036 image/jpeg 191527 2024-09-16T12:01:37.838055 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