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MobileRead Forums - BBeB/LRF Books http://www.mobileread.com/forums Share your e-books in Sony BBeB/LRF format (e.g. Sony Reader) en Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:57:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.mobileread.com/feeds/images/mr/misc/logo.gif MobileRead Forums - BBeB/LRF Books http://www.mobileread.com/forums Mystery Rinehart, Mary Roberts: Dangerous Days. V1. 21 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62903&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:50:34 GMT Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was a prolific author often called the American Agatha Christie.[1] She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase herself, and also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

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Natalie Spencer was giving a dinner. She was not an easy hostess. Like most women of futile lives she lacked a sense of proportion, and the small and unimportant details of the service absorbed her. Such conversation as she threw at random, to right and left, was trivial and distracted.
Yet the dinner was an unimportant one. It had been given with an eye more to the menu than to the guest list, which was characteristic of Natalie's mental processes. It was also characteristic that when the final course had been served without mishap, and she gave a sigh of relief before the gesture of withdrawal which was a signal to the other women, that she had realized no lack in it. The food had been good, the service satisfactory. She stood up, slim and beautifully dressed, and gathered up the women with a smile.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62903 Mystery Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Confession. V1. 21 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62878&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:24:27 GMT Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was a prolific author often called the American Agatha Christie.[1] She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase herself, and also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

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I am not a susceptible woman. I am objective rather than subjective, and a fairly full experience of life has taught me that most of my impressions are from within out rather than the other way about. For instance, obsession at one time a few years ago of a shadowy figure on my right, just beyond the field of vision, was later exposed as the result of a defect in my glasses. In the same way Maggie, my old servant, was during one entire summer haunted by church-bells and considered it a personal summons to eternity until it was shown to be in her inner ear.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62878 Mystery Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Case of Jennie Brice. V1. 21 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62870&goto=newpost Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:53:07 GMT Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was a prolific author often called the American Agatha Christie.[1] She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase herself, and also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

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My name is Pitman—in this narrative. It is not really Pitman, but that does well enough. I belong to an old Pittsburgh family. I was born on Penn Avenue, when that was the best part of town, and I lived, until I was fifteen, very close to what is now the Pittsburgh Club. It was a dwelling then; I have forgotten who lived there.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62870 Other Non-Fiction Clason, George S.:The Richest Man in Babylon v1.0 20 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62817&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:23:12 GMT Copyright 1926 Uses the Biblical English

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"The Richest Man in Babylon" is one of the bestselling financial self-help books ever published. Written by George Samuel Clason and first published in 1927, it has sold more than 2 million copies. The book dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient Babylon. The story is uses parables in ancient times involving situations that modern people can understand and identify with. The author presents these lessons as timeless wisdom that is as relevant today as it was back then. This book holds the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money. It offers an understanding of and a solution to your personal financial problems which will guide you successfully through a lifetime. "The Richest Man in Babylon" is a book you will want to read yourself, recommend to friends, and give to young people just starting out in life.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books =X= http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62817 Mystery Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The Breaking Point. V1. 20 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62807&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:29 GMT Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was a prolific author often called the American Agatha Christie.[1] She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase herself, and also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

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"Heaven and earth," sang the tenor, Mr. Henry Wallace, owner of the Wallace garage. His larynx, which gave him somewhat the effect of having swallowed a crab-apple and got it only part way down, protruded above his low collar.
"Heaven and earth," sang the bass, Mr. Edwin Goodno, of the meat market and the Boy Scouts. "Heaven and earth, are full—" His chin, large and fleshy, buried itself deep; his eyes were glued on the music sheet in his hand.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62807 Other Fiction Arnim, Elizabeth von: Christine, v1, 20 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62750&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:53:26 GMT Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941) Writing as Alice Cholmondeley Christine (1917) A young violinist goes to study in Berlin in the summer of 1914. Momentous events are described in a series of letters to her mother. Elizabeth von Arnim is well-known for writing novels in which an outsider enters a foreign culture - usually German - with comic results. This work is somewhat different: the outsider does visit Germany, but with tragic consequences. Elizabeth von Arnim did her best to disguise her authorship and strongly to imply that the story was factual, by presenting it as an epistolary novel, apparently edited by the heroine’s mother. This conversion was inspired by the recent forum discussion on false documents. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62083 There’s more discussion about the novel in this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(book) and on false documents here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_document Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941)
Writing as Alice Cholmondeley
Christine (1917)

A young violinist goes to study in Berlin in the summer of 1914. Momentous events are described in a series of letters to her mother.
Elizabeth von Arnim is well-known for writing novels in which an outsider enters a foreign culture - usually German - with comic results. This work is somewhat different: the outsider does visit Germany, but with tragic consequences. Elizabeth von Arnim did her best to disguise her authorship and strongly to imply that the story was factual, by presenting it as an epistolary novel, apparently edited by the heroine’s mother.

This conversion was inspired by the recent forum discussion on false documents.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62083
There’s more discussion about the novel in this Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(book)
and on false documents here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_document

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62750 Action Le Queux, William: Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril, 20 Nov 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62742&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:35:05 GMT William Le Queux (1864–1927) Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril (1916) Written and set during the First World War, this sensational story is clearly also a propaganda piece. A young man believes he has discovered a German spy; his closest friend - a spycatcher - dies in mysterious circumstances; and then he enters a world of nightmarish allegations. Will the mystery ever be solved? William Le Queux (1864–1927)
Number 70, Berlin: A Story of Britain’s Peril (1916)

Written and set during the First World War, this sensational story is clearly also a propaganda piece. A young man believes he has discovered a German spy; his closest friend - a spycatcher - dies in mysterious circumstances; and then he enters a world of nightmarish allegations. Will the mystery ever be solved?

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62742 Mystery Rinehart, Mary Roberts: The After House. V1. 19 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62687&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:02:19 GMT Mary Roberts Rinehart (August 12, 1876-September 22, 1958) was a prolific author often called the American Agatha Christie.[1] She is considered the source of the phrase "The butler did it", although she did not actually use the phrase herself, and also considered to have invented the "Had-I-But-Known" school of mystery writing.

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By the bequest of an elder brother, I was left enough money to see me through a small college in Ohio, and to secure me four years in a medical school in the East. Why I chose medicine I hardly know. Possibly the career of a surgeon attracted the adventurous element in me. Perhaps, coming of a family of doctors, I merely followed the line of least resistance. It may be, indirectly but inevitably, that I might be on the yacht Ella on that terrible night of August 12, more than a year ago.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62687 Short Fiction Daudet, Alphonse: Letters from my Windmill, v1, 19 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62661&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:44:01 GMT Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
Letters from my Windmill (Lettres de mon moulin) (1869)
Translated for Project Gutenberg by Mireille Harmelin & Keith Adams
©2009

From Wikipedia:
Letters from My Windmill (French: Lettres de mon moulin) is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet first published in its entirety in 1869. Some of the stories had been published earlier in newspapers or journals such as Le Figaro and L'Evénement as early as 1865.
The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader. The author, having relocated his home from Paris, recounts short bucolic tales about his new life in Provence as well as his trips to Corsica and French Algeria. Considered to be light-hearted, and often a bit tongue-in-cheek, the stories vary from day-to-day events in southern France to Provençal folk-tales, and often feature professions and faunal references characteristic of Provence.
Letters From My Windmill is sometimes considered to be Daudet's most important work. It is cherished by many French, particularly in the South, for the picture it paints of the local culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_de_mon_moulin

COPYRIGHT NOTE: This is a Project Gutenberg-tm book. Please see the license at the end of this book for more information. The source file and PG license may also be found here: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/30442

The cover image is a photograph of Daudet’s mill, found at Wikipedia.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62661 Short Fiction Daudet, Alphonse: Lettres de mon moulin, (French/Français) v1, 19 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62658&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:33:22 GMT Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897)
Lettres de mon moulin (1869)

Un extrait de Wikipedia:
Les Lettres de mon moulin est un recueil de nouvelles d'Alphonse Daudet. Plusieurs furent originellement publiées dans des journaux parisiens.
Le titre a été habituellement orthographié et typographié « Lettres de mon Moulin », mais on rencontre diverses éditions sous les titres alternatifs « Lettres de mon moulin », « Les Lettres de mon Moulin » et « Les Lettres de mon moulin ».
À partir de leur publication sous ce titre, elles ont toutes été attribuées à Alphonse Daudet. On sait pourtant que Paul Arène, entre autres, a été le co-auteur de plusieurs nouvelles, comme l'a notamment révélé Octave Mirbeau en 18832. Celles qui ont été écrites en collaboration avec lui, voire par lui, ont un charme, une légèreté d'écriture qui leur vaut une place dans les livres scolaires et dans le cœur de nombreux lecteurs : La Chèvre de monsieur Seguin, Les Vieux, La Mule du pape, La Légende de l'homme à la cervelle d'or...
Les histoires situées en Corse ou en Algérie (où Daudet a séjourné) sont dures, parfois racistes (ce qui n'a rien d'exceptionnel chez les intellectuels français du XIXe siècle).
Une curiosité : Le Curé de Cucugnan ; très honnêtement, Daudet prévient que cette histoire n'est pas de lui.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_de_mon_moulin

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62658 Other Non-Fiction O’Donnell, Elliott: Byways of Ghost-Land, v1, 19 November 2009. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62652&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:12:48 GMT Elliott O’Donnell(1872–1965) Byways of Ghost-Land (1911) During his eventful life, the author became a professional ghost-hunter and these are some reminiscences, plus some folk-lore about ghosts. It is claimed that the stories are true, though I am sceptical and always suspect some exaggeration, especially when he puts so many words in capital letters. In fact, I’m not entirely convinced that this should be categorised as “non-fiction.” The source was Project Gutenberg. Elliott O’Donnell(1872–1965)
Byways of Ghost-Land (1911)

During his eventful life, the author became a professional ghost-hunter and these are some reminiscences, plus some folk-lore about ghosts. It is claimed that the stories are true, though I am sceptical and always suspect some exaggeration, especially when he puts so many words in capital letters. In fact, I’m not entirely convinced that this should be categorised as “non-fiction.”

The source was Project Gutenberg.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books Patricia http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62652 Mystery Reeve, Arthur B: The Romance of Elaine. V1. 18 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62633&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:49:55 GMT Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

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Rescued by Kennedy at last from the terrible incubus of Bennett’s persecution in his double life of lawyer and master criminal, Elaine had, for the first time in many weeks, a feeling of security.
Now that the strain was off, however, she felt that she needed rest and a chance to recover herself and it occurred to her that a few quiet days with “Aunt” Tabitha, who had been her nurse when she was a little girl, would do her a world of good.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62633 Action May, Karl: Der Fürst der Bleichgesichter 2 DHDH 5 german v1 18 nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62618&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:27:14 GMT Autor:

Karl Friedrich May (* 25. Februar 1842 in Ernstthal; † 30. März 1912 in Radebeul; eigentlich Carl Friedrich May) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller. Karl May war einer der produktivsten Abenteuerschriftsteller und zählte jahrzehntelang zu den meistgelesenen Schriftstellern Deutschlands. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch seine so genannten Reiseerzählungen, die vorwiegend im Orient, in den Vereinigten Staaten und Mexiko angesiedelt sind. Viele seiner Werke wurden verfilmt, für die Bühne adaptiert, zu Hörspielen verarbeitet oder als Comics umgesetzt. (Wikipedia)

Buch:

Deutsche Herzen - Deutsche Helden ist ein populärer deutscher Fortsetzungsroman des 19. Jahrhunderts und der vierte von fünf großen Lieferungs- bzw. Kolportageromanen, die Karl May für den Verlag H. G. Münchmeyer verfasste. Auf ganzen 2.610 Seiten in insgesamt 109 Lieferungen à durchschnittlich 24 Seiten bot der Autor seinen Lesern von Dezember 1885 bis Januar 1888 "atemlose Spannung".

Zusammen mit dem schrulligen Lord Eagle-nest und dem geheimnisvollem Helden Oskar Steinbach macht sich der junge Hermann von Adlerhorst daran, die verschiedenen Mitglieder seiner Familie zu suchen, die durch eine Tragödie zwanzig Jahre zuvor in alle Welt verstreut wurden. Ihre Spuren finden sich im Orient, im Wilden Westen und in Sibirien.

* 1. Capitel und 2. Kapitel (Türkei und Afrika) : 816 Seiten
* Zweite Abtheilung (Amerika) : 762 Seiten
* Dritte Abtheilung, I und Zweites Kapitel (Sibirien) : 724 Seiten
* Dritte Abtheilung. Zum guten Schlusse (Wiesenstein) : 307 Seiten
(Karl-May-Wiki)

Dies ist der zweite Teil der Amerikaabteilung (Fürst der Bleichgesichter).
Eine original Illustration ist als Cover verarbeitet worden und die Kapitel sind nach den Lieferungen aufgeteilt worden!

Ich bitte um Entschuldigung für die lange Pause! (private Gründe)

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books mtravellerh http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62618 Mystery Reeve, Arthur B: The Master Mystery. V1. 18 Nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62575&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:33:22 GMT Arthur Benjamin Reeve (October 15, 1880 - August 9, 1936) was an American mystery writer. He is best known for creating the series character Professor Craig Kennedy, sometimes called "The American Sherlock Holmes," and his Dr Watson-like sidekick Walter Jameson, a newspaper reporter, in eighteen detective novels. The bulk of Reeve's fame is based on the 82 Craig Kennedy stories, published in Cosmopolitan magazine between 1910 and 1918. These were collected in book form; with the third collection, the short stories were stitched together into pseudo-novels. The 12-volume Craig Kennedy Stories came out in 1918; it reissued Reeve's books-to-date as a matched set.

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Peter Brent sat nervously smoking in the library of his great house, Brent Rock.
He was a man of about forty-five or -six—a typical, shrewd business man. Something, however, was evidently on his mind, for, though he tried to conceal it, he lacked the self-assurance that was habitually his before the world.
A scowl clouded his face as the door of the library was flung open and he heard voices in the hall. A tall, spare, long-haired man forced his way in, crushing his soft black hat in his hands.

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]]> BBeB/LRF Books crutledge http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62575 Action Kraft, Robert: Die Vestalinnen Band 2 german v1 17 nov 2009 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=62487&goto=newpost Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:10:30 GMT Autor:
Emil Robert Kraft (* 3. Oktober 1869 in Leipzig; † 10. Mai 1916 in Haffkrug) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller.

Robert Kraft wurde in Leipzig als Sohn eines Weinhändlers geboren. Die Eltern ließen sich früh scheiden, und der Sohn riss infolge der strengen Atmosphäre im Elternhaus oft aus. Vom Gymnasium wurde er infolge seiner Fehlstunden relegiert. Anschließend absolvierte er auf Anordnung seines Vaters eine Lehre als Schlosser und besuchte ab 1887 die Königliche Höhere Gewerbeschule in Chemnitz.

1889 stahl er seinem Vater eine Geldsumme und wurde kurze Zeit später dafür inhaftiert. In Hamburg heuerte er auf dem Schiff "Shakespeare" an, das vor Grönland kenterte. Nach der Rettung aus See fuhr er auf weiteren Schiffen um die ganze Welt, um schließlich 1890 nach Ägypten zu gelangen, wo er mit Gelegenheitsarbeiten sein Leben fristete und mit einer eingeborenen Frau in der Wüste zusammenlebte. Um nach Konstantinopel zu gelangen, fuhr er als blinder Passagier auf einem Schiff mit und erkrankte unterwegs an der Cholera.

Das deutsche Konsulat in Konstantinopel forderte ihn auf, möglichst bald seinen Wehrdienst abzuleisten. So kam er nach Wilhelmshaven und diente drei Jahre in der kaiserlichen Marine. Nach eigenen Angaben verbrachte er die meiste Zeit in einem Lager für ausgemusterte Bücher aus Schiffsbibliotheken und fand daneben genügend Zeit zum Lesen. Anschließend zog es ihn erneut nach Ägypten, um Wüstenjäger zu werden. Dort kam es in der Libyschen Wüste zu Begegnungen mit Rifai-Derwischen, in deren Verlauf er sich intensiv mit übersinnlichen Phänomenen beschäftigte. Gleichzeitig musste er sich eingestehen, dass er für ein abenteuerliches Leben fern jeglicher Zivilisation nicht geschaffen war.

Als in Deutschland die Aussöhnung mit seinem Vater scheiterte, zog er nach London und heiratete 1895 Johanna Rehbein, die ihm in Folge zwei Töchter gebar. Durch deutsche Bekannte ergaben sich Kontakte zum Verlag Münchmeyer in Dresden, in dessen Auftrag er Kolportageromane verfertigen sollte. Die Zusage des Verlags führte 1896 zur Heimkehr nach Deutschland. Als später noch sein Vater starb, erbte er dessen beachtliches Vermögen. Mit seiner Familie reiste er 1902 nach Monte Carlo, anschließend nach London und brachte innerhalb eines Jahres sein gesamtes Vermögen wieder durch. Mittellos zog er erneut nach Deutschland, um Kolportage zu schreiben, lebte in Kleinzschachwitz bei Dresden, Berlin-Friedrichshagen, Bad Schandau, Dresden und Hamburg.

Am 10. Mai 1916 starb Robert Kraft im Alter von 46 Jahren in Haffkrug an einem Magenleiden. Seine Ehefrau und seine beiden Töchter blieben mittellos zurück.

Nach Krafts Tod erwarb der Karl-May-Verleger E. A. Schmid alle Rechte an Krafts Werken, um sie in dem ebenfalls zu diesem Zweck erworbenen Verlag Haupt & Hammon ab 1918 postum zu verlegen.(Wikipedia)

Buch:

Die Vestalinnen, oder eine Reise um die Erde.

Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande.Erzählt nach eigenen Erlebnissen von Robert Kraft.

Dies ist ein etwas ungewöhnlicher Kolportageroman (Vorgänger der Groschenromane) von Kraft. Ist von daher eigentümlich, dass in diesem Roman Frauen die Hauptrolle spielen und sowohl als Heldinnen als auch als Bösewichte aktiv werden. Dieser lange Roman wurde von mir in sechs Bände aufgeteilt. Dies ist Band 2!

Inhalt:
Zitat:
»Vor einem Jahre teilten wir mit, daß der Damenruderklub ›Ellen‹ sich plötzlich aufgelöst habe und alle seine Mitglieder spurlos verschwunden seien. Jetzt erst erfahren wir, daß sich die Damen auf eine einsame Insel an der Ostküste Nordamerikas zurückgezogen hatten, wo sie unter Leitung von bewährten Seeleuten Unterricht im Arbeiten in der Takelage eines Segelschiffes nahmen, als Matrosen in Sonnenschein und Sturm auf dem Ozean kreuzten und nebenbei nautische Wissenschaften trieben. Vorgestern kehrten die Damen nach New-York zurück, und allein elf von den vierundzwanzig Mitgliedern haben vor der Prüfungskommission das Steuermannsexamen für große Fahrt mit Auszeichnung bestanden, darunter die Vorsitzende des Klubs, Miß Ellen Petersen, von deren Siegen im Einzelboot wir schon früher öfters zu berichten hatten, und die das beste Examen ablegte. Weiter erfuhren wir, daß die Damen auf jenem neuen Segelschiffe eine Reise um die Erde zu unternehmen gedenken, und zwar als Matrosen, ohne Dienerinnen mitzunehmen oder männliche Hülfe sich zu sichern. Erst gestern wurde das Schiff mit großer Feierlichkeit von Miß Petersen auf den Namen ›Vesta‹ getauft. Die Ladies selbst nennen sich ›Vestalinnen‹. Leider wird jedem Mann ohne Ausnahme der Zutritt zum Schiff verweigert, sodaß wir über die innere Einrichtung desselben keine Auskunft geben können; doch soll sie, so weit man unter solchen Umständen darüber urteilen kann, großartig sein. Wann das Schiff mit seiner weiblichen Besatzung in See stechen soll, ist vorläufig noch völlig unbekannt.«
Dieser Damenklub ist zu einer Weltumrundung aufgebrochen und erlebt diverse haarsträubende Abenteuer. Viel Spass!

Erstmals erschienen: 1895
Cover von original Heften übernommen

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