
THE ADMIRABLE LADY BIDDY FANE: - HER SURPRISING CURIOUS ADVENTURES IN STRANGE PARTS & HAPPY DELIVERANCE FROM PIRATES, BATTLE, CAPTIVITY, & OTHER TERRORS; TOGETHER WITH DIVERS ROMANTIC & MOVING ACCIDENTS AS SET FORTH BY BENET PENGILLY (HER COMPANION IN MISFORTUNE & JOY), & NOW FIRST DONE INTO PRINT - BY FRANK BARRETT - NEW YORK: THE F. M. LUPTON PUBLISHING COMPANY.
THE ADMIRABLE LADY BIDDY FANE.
CHAPTER I. - I AM TAKEN OUT OF THE PILLORY AND NARROWLY ESCAPE GOING TO THE WHIPPING-POST.
CHAPTER II. - I AM TAKEN AGAIN BY JACK GEDDES AND OTHERS, AND RESCUED BY RODRIGUES.
CHAPTER III. - BY A CUNNING STRATAGEM I AM GOT OUT OF JACK GEDDES' HANDS, AND BROUGHT ABOARD THE "SURE HAWK."
CHAPTER IV. - I COME TO THE CANARIES IN BETTER PLIGHT THAN I STARTED.
CHAPTER V. - TO MY MORTAL PERIL I OVERHEAR A SORDID SCHEME OF RODRIGUES AND NED PARSONS.
CHAPTER VI. - I AM NEARLY UNDONE BY MY SHADOW.—NED PARSONS AND RODRIGUES, THEIR ARGUMENT, WITH THE COMPACT THAT FOLLOWED.
CHAPTER VII. - THE PERPLEXITY OF BEING NEITHER THOROUGH-FACED ROGUE, ARRANT FOOL, NOR HONEST MAN.
CHAPTER VIII. - WE ARE OVERCOME, AND WITH BARBAROUS TREATMENT SET ASHORE AND LEFT THERE.
In a lively, first‑person voice, Biddy Fane recounts the humiliating morning she spent perched in Truro’s pillory, the jeering crowd and the menacing figure of the rogue Rodrigues watching her every move. Her sharp wit cuts through the cruelty, and just as the crowd reaches a fever pitch, the clatter of horses and the arrival of a richly mounted party promise an unexpected turn.
What follows is a whirlwind of daring episodes that whisk Biddy from the streets of England to far‑off seas, where pirates, battles and strange captivities test her resolve. Alongside the roguish Benet Pengilly, whose own misfortunes match hers, she navigates romance, mishaps and moments of unexpected kindness. Listeners will be carried along on Biddy’s spirited narration, feeling every close call and laugh‑filled relief as she steers her own remarkable story toward a hopeful horizon.
Full title
The Admirable Lady Biddy Fane Her Surprising Curious Adventures In Strange Parts & Happy Deliverance From Pirates, Battle, Captivity, & Other Terrors; Together With Divers Romantic & Moving Accidents As Set Forth By Benet Pengilly (Her Companion In Misfortune & Joy), & Now First Done Into Print
Language
en
Duration
~12 hours (734K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2010-11-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1848–1926
A prolific late-Victorian novelist, he wrote popular fiction filled with adventure, suspense, and lively character drama. Publishing under the name Frank Barrett, he left behind a long shelf of novels that still turn up in digital libraries today.
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