Fiction · 1903
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands, first published in 1903, 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
- Epigraph
- Preface
- Note
- Chapter I — The Letter
- Chapter II — The Dulcibella
- Chapter III — Davies
- Chapter IV — Retrospect
- Chapter V — Wanted, a North Wind
- Chapter VI — Schlei Fiord
- Chapter VII — The Missing Page
- Chapter VIII — The Theory
- Chapter IX — I Sign Articles
- Chapter X — His Chance
- Chapter XI — The Pathfinders
- Chapter XII — My Initiation
- Chapter XIII — The Meaning of our Work
- Chapter XIV — The First Night in the Islands
- Chapter XV — Bensersiel
- Chapter XVI — Commander von Brüning
- Chapter XVII — Clearing the Air
- Chapter XVIII — Imperial Escort
- Chapter XIX — The Rubicon
- Chapter XX — The Little Drab Book
- Chapter XXI — Blindfold to Memmert
- Chapter XXII — The Quartette
- Chapter XXIII — A Change of Tactics
- Chapter XXIV — Finesse
- Chapter XXV — I Double Back
- Chapter XXVI — The Seven Siels
- Chapter XXVII — The Luck of the Stowaway
- Chapter XXVIII — We Achieve our Double Aim
- Epilogue — By the Editor
- Postscript (March 1903)
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