
DRIFTED ASHOREOR,A CHILD WITHOUT A NAME
CHAPTER I. THE FISHERMAN’S HUT.
CHAPTER II. THE SQUIRE’S HALL.
CHAPTER III. A LITTLE INTRUDER.
CHAPTER IV. QUEENIE’S HOME.
CHAPTER V. SUNDAY.
CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST INTERVIEW.
CHAPTER VII. THE FUGITIVE.
CHAPTER VIII. BERTIE AND PHIL.
CHAPTER IX. QUEENIE’S IDEAS.
A windswept shore and a modest fisher‑folk cabin set the stage for a quiet, introspective tale. The sea’s relentless rhythm and the shifting light of an April day create a landscape that feels both harsh and oddly beautiful, drawing listeners into a world where daily survival is measured against the tide’s whims.
At its heart is a thoughtful young boy, the son of a diligent net‑mender, who spends his days wandering the sand dunes and watching the waves. When his mother calls him home, he finds a frail sibling lying still, a mystery cloaked in the village’s whispered worries about health and fate. As he cares for the silent child, the boy’s gentle curiosity and the close‑knit community’s quiet resilience hint at deeper secrets waiting to surface, inviting listeners to share in a story of hope, belonging, and the search for identity.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (349K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Bradly and Woodruff, 1890.
Credits
MWS, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2023-02-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1856–1932
A hugely prolific English novelist, she moved from moral tales for children into historical adventures for girls and later romantic fiction for adults. Across a career that produced around 350 books, she became a familiar name in late Victorian and early 20th-century popular fiction.
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