Project Gutenberg 2014-03-15 Public domain in the USA. 132 Lynde, Francis 1856 1930 Pirates' Hope Produced by Suzanne Shell, Emmy 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.) "Pirates' Hope" by Francis Lynde is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Bonteck Van Dyck, a wealthy and somewhat disillusioned man, who invites his old college friend, Dick Preble, to join him on a cruise aboard his yacht, the "Andromeda". As they set sail, the novel explores themes of wealth, human nature, and the search for genuine relationships amidst a backdrop of luxurious seaside adventures. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Van Dyck, who is struggling with a sense of moral confusion and a desire to understand the people around him better, questioning their true natures beyond their polished exteriors. His invitation to Preble hints at an underlying mission to explore human authenticity among a selected group of socialites accompanying them on the cruise. As the "Andromeda" sets sail, conversations reveal complex relationships and a web of romantic and financial intrigues, particularly with discussions surrounding Van Dyck's musings about the guests and the legendary island of Pirates' Hope from which the book draws its title. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45141/45141-h/images/cover.jpg en Islands -- Fiction Pirates -- Fiction Treasure troves -- Fiction Castaways -- Fiction Yachting -- Fiction Caribbean Sea -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 516358 516367 2024-09-19T04:20:36.608147 2023-09-19T15:36:00.694289 text/html text/html 523076 2020-06-01T10:22:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 215768 2020-06-01T10:23:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 239921 2024-09-19T04:20:43.561089 application/epub+zip 245512 2024-09-19T04:20:37.565177 application/epub+zip 240283 2024-09-19T04:20:37.078149 application/epub+zip 393536 2024-09-19T04:20:48.326091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350469 2024-09-19T04:20:42.992095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345474 2022-09-20T15:31:22.490007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473294 473083 2024-09-19T04:20:35.504174 2023-09-19T15:35:59.619267 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 473020 2020-06-01T10:22:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 184551 2020-06-01T10:23:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 473011 2020-06-01T10:22:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 184473 2020-06-01T10:23:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21607 2024-09-19T04:20:48.470059 application/rdf+xml 7329 2024-09-19T04:20:37.168118 image/jpeg 1753 2024-09-19T04:20:37.123130 image/jpeg 217914 2024-09-19T04:20:36.665201 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