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Fiction · 1916

The Cruise of the Jasper B.

Don Marquis

Reading time
about 4.5 h
Length
59,585 words · 130 pages
Structure
27 chapters · 1 front-matter section
Language
English
Era
Modern

The Cruise of the Jasper B., first published in 1916, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Chapter I — A Bright Blade Leaps from a Rusty Scabbard
  3. Chapter II — The Room of Illusion
  4. Chapter III — A Schooner, a Skipper, and a Skull
  5. Chapter IV — A Bad Man to Cross
  6. Chapter V — Beauty in Distress
  7. Chapter VI — Lady Agatha’s Story
  8. Chapter VII — First Blood for Cleggett
  9. Chapter VIII — A Flame Leaps Out of the Dark
  10. Chapter IX — Mysteries Multiply
  11. Chapter X — In the Enemy’s Camp
  12. Chapter XI — Repartee and Pistols
  13. Chapter XII — The Second Oblong Box
  14. Chapter XIII — The Soul of Logan Black
  15. Chapter XIV — Cleggett Stands by His Ship
  16. Chapter XV — Night, Tempest, Love and Battle
  17. Chapter XVI — Romance Regnant
  18. Chapter XVII — Miss Pringle Calls on Mr. Cleggett
  19. Chapter XVIII — The Man in the Blue Pajamas
  20. Chapter XIX — Two Great Men Meet
  21. Chapter XX — The Psychological Detective
  22. Chapter XXI — The Third Oblong Box Arrives
  23. Chapter XXII — Dancing on the Deck
  24. Chapter XXIII — Cutlasses
  25. Chapter XXIV — The Duel
  26. Chapter XXV — The Secret of the Vessel’s Hold
  27. Chapter XXVI — A Dog Dies Game
  28. Chapter XXVII — Cleggett Accommodates the King

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Don Marquis

1878–1937 · Modern

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