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The Maid of Sker
Автор:
R. D. Blackmore
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Дата добавления:
2024-11-30
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
212

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Description Having been invalided out of the British navy, Davy Llewellyn plies his trade as a fisherman on the south coast of Wales. Investigating the wreck of a boat during a wild storm, he discovers an infant girl—the eponymous “maid of Sker”—whom he adopts. Her beauty and wit win a place in his heart that his own orphaned granddaughter can’t compete with. Llewellyn’s maritime activities also bring him to the Devonshire coast opposite his home, where he becomes embroiled with a corrupt parson. Years pass, during which Davy finds himself once again enlisted into the navy and involved in many adventures, some of which edge him closer to finding out the truth of the maid of Sker’s identity—but it’s almost twenty years before her full story is...
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