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The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean

The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean

by Henry NORMAN (1858 - 1939)

This special anthology, published in 1885, is formed of seven stories, together with an introductory chapter setting up a framing narrative by Henry Norman, which is returned to at the end of each subsequent tale. This connecting narrative concerns a group of travelers on a transatlantic crossing. When their ship, the Bavaria suffers a ‘broken shaft’, they are forced to remain becalmed mid-ocean, telling stories to pass the time. - Summary by Ann Boulais


Love and Lightning by Henry Norman

Marjory by F. Anstey

Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson

My Fascinating Friend by William Archer

On Board the Bavaria by Henry Norman

Riley, M.P. by Tighe Hopkins

The Action to the Word by Walter Herries Pollock

The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford