"The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton" by Louis Becke is a compelling tale set in the Pacific Islands at the turn of the 20th century, where James Shervinton, a frail young trader on Tarawa Island, grapples with sickness and loneliness until his monotonous life explodes into chaos with the arrival of a Danger Island girl named Niâbon, seeking assistance for an injured native and the unsettling discovery of a dead trader, plunging him into a thrilling expedition of survival and self-discovery amid cultural clashes, brutal encounters, and the looming mystery of the islands.
The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton 1902
By Louis Becke
On a remote Pacific island, a struggling trader's life turns upside down when he becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and danger after stumbling upon a suspicious death.
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About the AuthorGeorge Lewis Becke was at the turn of the nineteenth century, the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region. Having lived and worked among Pacific Islands and Islanders as a trader, ship's supercargo, and villager for some two decades, learning languages and observing natural and cultural life, Becke was prompted by J F Archibald of The Bulletin to write down his experiences, eventually becoming a popular and respected author of short stories, novellas, novels, as well as historic and ethnographic works.
George Lewis Becke was at the turn of the nineteenth century, the most prolific, significant, and internationally renowned Australian-born writer of the South Pacific region. Having lived and worked among Pacific Islands and Islanders as a trader, ship's supercargo, and villager for some two decades, learning languages and observing natural and cultural life, Becke was prompted by J F Archibald of The Bulletin to write down his experiences, eventually becoming a popular and respected author of short stories, novellas, novels, as well as historic and ethnographic works.
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