The Motor Pirate

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The Motor Pirate

by G. Sidney Paternoster

EN·~6 hours·26 chapters

Chapters

26 total
1

By - G. Sidney Paternoster

0:14
2

THE MOTOR PIRATE

0:01
3

CHAPTER I - MAINLY ABOUT MYSELF

11:36
4

CHAPTER II - THE COMPTON CHAMBERLAIN OUTRAGE

16:55
5

CHAPTER III - WHEREIN I MEET THE PIRATE

20:18
6

CHAPTER IV - CONCERNING MY RIVAL

17:15
7

CHAPTER V - THE COLONEL DREAMS, AND I AWAKEN

15:51
8

CHAPTER VI - I AM ARRESTED

16:18
9

CHAPTER VII - I MAKE FRIENDS WITH INSPECTOR FORREST, C.I.D.

13:58
10

CHAPTER VIII - MURDER

14:55

Description

The Motor Pirate has haunted newspapers and tavern talks for a year, a shadowy figure whose daring road raids and uncanny mechanical inventions turned ordinary highways into stages for high‑speed terror. Rumors swirl—some claim he kidnapped every attractive woman he encountered, others paint him as a modern‑day Robin Hood—yet the truth remains tangled in myth and speculation. The narrator, an unlikely witness, insists he holds the most reliable details about the outlaw’s true character and motives.

Through a twist of fate the storyteller found himself drawn into the pirate’s dangerous network, gaining a glimpse of the brilliant yet unbalanced mind behind the infamous automobile. He promises to lay out the pirate’s audacious schemes, the inventive genius that powered them, and the tragic climax that abruptly ended the reign of terror. Listeners will be taken on a ride through intrigue, invention, and the thin line between brilliance and criminality, all recounted from a first‑hand perspective that blends personal confession with sharp observation.

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Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (352K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Emmy 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

2008-09-19

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

G. Sidney Paternoster

G. Sidney Paternoster

1866–1925

A journalist-turned-novelist with a flair for fast-paced adventure, this English writer is best remembered for tales that caught the thrill and anxiety of the early motor age. His fiction mixes crime, suspense, and futuristic touches in a way that still feels lively today.

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