The Broken Shaft: Tales in Mid-Ocean
Henry Norman
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This special anthology, published in 1885, is formed of seven stories, together with an introductory chapter setting up a framing narrative by Henry Norman, which is returned to at the end of each subsequent tale. This connecting narrative concerns a group of travelers on a transatlantic crossing. When their ship, the Bavaria suffers a ‘broken shaft’, they are forced to remain becalmed mid-ocean, telling stories to pass the time. - Summary by Ann Boulais (5 hr 51 min)
Chapters
| On Board the Bavaria by Henry Norman | 17:40 | Read by tjp1421 |
| The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford | 1:01:33 | Read by Patrick79 |
| Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson | 49:19 | Read by tjp1421 |
| Marjory by F. Anstey | 53:01 | Read by Tom Penn |
| The Action to the Word by Walter Herries Pollock | 27:57 | Read by Ulrike Denis |
| My Fascinating Friend by William Archer | 39:01 | Read by tjp1421 |
| Riley, M.P. by Tighe Hopkins | 39:16 | Read by inkbear |
| Love and Lightning by Henry Norman | 1:03:31 | Read by Ulrike Denis |