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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.
Aug 2, 2015 · Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner. Book Review. This children's classic, first published in 1898, tells the story of John Trenchard, a fifteen year old orphan, who lives with his spinster aunt in the Dorset coastal village of Moonfleet, named after the Mohunes who were the original lords of the manor. Growing up on tales of Colonel John ...
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.
The village itself is an imaginative extension of the actual Fleet which lies above Chesil Beach to the west of Weymouth, and the whole area from there to the Isle of Purbeck is so portrayed as to endorse the truth of the action – most completely in the climax with that gulp-provoking scene on the lee shore of Moonfleet.
By comparison with other Victorian adventure yarns, Moonfleet is an unfairly neglected classic tale. It has many elements found in the more famous Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. There are rascally seafaring folk, a hidden treasure, a shipwreck and the central character is a young boy.
Apr 24, 2020 · This novel, originally published in 1898, is a great example of how a sense of pacing and adventure can change for readers over time. Moonfleet is an adventure story, clearly meant for young readers (probably boys, given the time), featuring smuggling, buried treasure, and shipwrecks.
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Feb 3, 2011 · Moonfleet is a tale of smuggling, royal treasure and shipwreck by the English novelist J. Meade Falkner, first published in 1898. The book was extremely popular among children worldwide up until...
