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Moonfleet
Moonfleet is an 1898 novel written by English writer J. Meade Falkner. The plot is an adventure tale of smuggling, treasure, and shipwreck set in 18th-century England. A classic must-read for all adventure lovers.
The village of Moonfleet is half a mile from the sea on the west bank of the Fleet stream. There is a narrow stream passes the houses. When I was a child, I thought that this place was called Moonfleet, because the moon shone very brightly on the lagoon; but learned afterwards that 'twas but short for 'Mohune-fleet', from the Mohunes, a great family who were once lords of all these parts.
My name is John Trenchard, My Mother and father had both been dead for many years, and I lived with my aunt, Miss Arnold, who was kind to me in her own way, but too demanding and exact ever to make me love her. I was fifteen years old when this story began. I shall first speak of one evening in the fall of the year 1757...
The village of Moonfleet is half a mile from the sea on the west bank of the Fleet stream. There is a narrow stream passes the houses. When I was a child, I thought that this place was called Moonfleet, because the moon shone very brightly on the lagoon; but learned afterwards that 'twas but short for 'Mohune-fleet', from the Mohunes, a great family who were once lords of all these parts.
My name is John Trenchard, My Mother and father had both been dead for many years, and I lived with my aunt, Miss Arnold, who was kind to me in her own way, but too demanding and exact ever to make me love her. I was fifteen years old when this story began. I shall first speak of one evening in the fall of the year 1757...
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Published November 6, 2022
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John Meade Falkner
136 books60 followersJohn Meade Falkner, the son of a country cleryman, was born in 1858. After taking his degree at Oxford, he went to Newcastle-upon-Tyne as a private tutor to the sons of Andrew Noble. When they had grown up he stayed on with the family, and entered the firm where Sir Andrew worked. He travelled a great deal for the firm, particularly to the Balkans, helping to export warships and armaments, for which he received many decorations from appreciative foreign governments.
Meade Falkner was a great collector of books, and an expert palaeographer - he even received a medal from the Pope for this. He was a benefactor to libraries, not only in England, but also to the Vatican library in Rome. He loved the small Cotswold town of Burford which it was said of in 1970 that it owed its then present state of preservation to his generosity. He was buried in its churchyard after his death in 1932.
He published guide books, historical essays, and some poetry, but his best work was in his novels. He wrote four, but only published three as he lost one while on a train. Of these, Moonfleet, his best adventure story, was made into a feature film.
Meade Falkner was a great collector of books, and an expert palaeographer - he even received a medal from the Pope for this. He was a benefactor to libraries, not only in England, but also to the Vatican library in Rome. He loved the small Cotswold town of Burford which it was said of in 1970 that it owed its then present state of preservation to his generosity. He was buried in its churchyard after his death in 1932.
He published guide books, historical essays, and some poetry, but his best work was in his novels. He wrote four, but only published three as he lost one while on a train. Of these, Moonfleet, his best adventure story, was made into a feature film.
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