
A scientist recollects the fragile thread that bound him to his younger brother, a gifted violinist lost to a shipwreck in the South Seas. Years later, a chance tale from an old sailor spurs him into a daring expedition, purchasing a yacht and setting sail for a remote island where his brother was rumored to have survived alone with his instrument.
Mid‑journey, the crew turns hostile, forcing him to abandon the vessel in a desperate night‑time escape. He drifts for days, battling thirst and storm, until a faint line of green forest appears on the horizon. A lone figure watches him from the beach just as the sea throws him overboard, and he awakens on the shore cradled by an enigmatic stranger. The opening of his harrowing odyssey promises a clash between science and instinct, survival and the uncanny, inviting listeners to follow his quest for truth on a mysterious, uncharted shore.
Language
en
Duration
~48 minutes (46K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Doubleday, Page & Company,1906,copyright 1907.
Credits
Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2022-03-29
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1878–1968
Best known for The Jungle, he turned fiction into a tool for exposing injustice and pushing for reform. His stories mixed sharp reporting, moral urgency, and a deep belief that writing could change public life.
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