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In 1757 Moonfleet is a small village along the coast of southern England. The village takes its name from a formerly prominent local family, the Mohunes. The main character is John Trenchard, an orphan who lives with his aunt, Miss Jane Arnold.
- The Main Plot
- Sub-Plot
- Theme
- Point of View and Unity
- Settings
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- Style
The plot is a gradual unfolding of a succession of events divided by intervals of time. John Trenchard, a fifteen year old orphan lad, lives with his maiden aunt, Miss Jane Arnold, in Moonfleet, a rundown tiny fishing village. One day while John sits on a stone in the churchyard gazing out to the sea, a crack in the earth running up the stone widen...
John Trenchard meets Grace Maskew, the daughter of Magistrate Maskew, at the old almshouse which Reverend Mr. Glennie runs as a school. Attracted to her, John often wanders in the woods near her home for an occasional glimpse or conversation with her. After Maskew's death, John learns from Ratsey that Grace refuses to believe the report of Elzevir'...
The maxim inscribed on the backgammon-board at the Why Not?colours the angle of vision from which each movement is to be observed: "As in life, so in a game of hazard, skill will make something of the worst of throws" (Chapter 1). The adventures of John Trenchard embody a perennial youthful dream of mystery, search for treasure, riches beyond compr...
POINT OF VIEW
The tale purports to be a literal account of the adventures of John Trenchard. The principle figures in his own story, like Jim Hawkins, Huckleberry Finn or David Copperfield, John relates what he has experienced, observed and learned. By choosing to tell his story as though it were retrospectively set down by its boy-hero, Falkner achieves a sense of closeness, a feeling of reality and an immediacy of appeal which emerge from the illusion that the reader is following an authentic document. I...
UNITY
John Trenchard gives the story an air of unity by the mere act of telling it. Every part is united with every other part by the simple fact that the adventures all belong to one boy.
The Village of Moonfleet, October, 1757 to April 15, 1758, and from January or February, 1768 onwards. Born and raised in this Dorset village, John Trenchard discovers (at the age of fifteen) the Mohune vault, the hiding place of smugglers' contraband. This discovery leads to a series of events which eventually culminate in a ten year imprisonment ...
The time covered in the novel is from October, 1757 to January or February, 1768 onwards. John carefully identifies the month and year of each of the most important incidents in his life. To indicate the passage of time, John points out the time of year with an appropriate comment such as "the chilly grey of a March evening" (Chapter 7). As John ma...
The style as a whole is simple and realistic. The language and the manner in which each incident is presented are appropriate to John's background and education. Falkner's success lies in his ability to have John, as the narrator, grasp and color each happening and relate it back in his own words. The secret of Falkner's technique lies in the natur...
"Moonfleet" (1898) begins as a mystery and an adventure story, a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. What will be the outcome of the conflict between smugglers and revenue men? How can the hero, John Trenchard, discover the secret of Colonel John Mohune's treasure?
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Moonfleet. John Meade Falkner (1858 - 1932) The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of smugglers.
SectionChapterReaderTime00:27:2500:22:5000:27:1400:18:03This booklet accompanies the mini-scheme on J Meade Falkner's Moonfleet and includes five extracts for study from throughout the novel.
Jan 1, 2004 · The opening of the novel introduces Moonfleet village, characterized by a dilapidated charm and a strong sense of its history tied to the Mohune family. Fifteen-year-old John Trenchard, who lives with his strict aunt, embarks on his adventures in a setting that is rich with folklore.
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Moonfleet. Written by John Meade Falkner. Review by Henriette Gyland. This is a first-rate adventure story, beautifully set in an 18th-century Dorset fishing community, with tales of skulduggery, smuggling, hidden treasure, greed, treachery, and true love: all the ingredients for a good old yarn.
