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Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
Set on England's Sussex coast during the Napoleonic Wars, it follows the sinister Captain Caryl Carne, a half-French, half-English villain who plots to aid a French invasion.
"Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War" by R. D. Blackmore is a novel. Set on England's Sussex coast during the Napoleonic Wars, it follows the sinister Captain Caryl Carne, a half-French, half-English villain who plots to aid a French invasion.
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In the days when England trusted mainly to the vigor and valor of one man, against a world of enemies, no part of her coast was in greater peril than the fair vale of Springhaven. But lying to the west of the narrow seas, and the shouts both of menace and vigilance, the quiet little village in the tranquil valley forbore to be uneasy.
For the nature of the place and race, since time has outlived memory, continually has been, and must be, to let the world pass easily. Little to talk of, and nothing to do, is the healthy condition of mankind just there. To all who love repose and shelter, freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion, and (in lieu of these) refreshing air, bright water, and green country, there is scarcely any valley left to compare with that of Springhaven. This valley does not interrupt the land, but comes in as a pleasant relief to it. No glaring chalk, no grim sandstone, no rugged flint, outface it; but deep rich meadows, and foliage thick, and cool arcades of ancient trees, defy the noise that men make. And above the trees, in shelving distance, rise the crests of upland, a soft gray lias, where orchards thrive, and greensward strokes down the rigor of the rocks, and quick rills lace the bosom of the slope with tags of twisted silver.
Contents
- 01Chapter I
- 02When the Ship Comes Home
- 03Chapter II
- 04With Her Crew and Cargo
- 05Chapter III
- 06And Her True Commander
- 07Chapter IV
- 08And Her Faithful Chaplain
- 09Chapter V
- 10Opinion, Male and Female
- 11Chapter VI
- 12As Others See Us
- 13Chapter VII
- 14A Squadron in the Downs
- 15Chapter VIII
- 16A Lesson in the Aeneid
- 17Chapter IX
- 18The Maroon
- 19Chapter X
- 20Across the Stepping-Stones
- 21Chapter XI
- 22No Promotion
- 23Chapter XII
- 24At the Yew-Tree
- 25Chapter XIII
- 26Whence, and Wherefore?
- 27Chapter XIV
- 28A Horrible Suggestion
- 29Chapter XV
- 30Ordeal of Audit
- 31Chapter XVI
- 32Fox-Hill
- 33Chapter XVII
- 34Sea-Side Lodgings
- 35Chapter XVIII
- 36French and English
- 37Chapter XIX
- 38In the Line of Fire
- 39Chapter XX
- 40Among the Ladies
- 41Chapter XXI
- 42A Gracious Mercy
- 43Chapter XXII
- 44A Special Urgency
- 45Chapter XXIII
- 46Yoh-Heave-Oh!
- 47Chapter XXIV
- 48According to Contract
- 49Chapter XXV
- 50No Concern of Ours
- 51Chapter XXVI
- 52Long-Pipe Times
- 53Chapter XXVII
- 54Fair in Theory
- 55Chapter XXVIII
- 56Foul in Practice
- 57Chapter XXIX
- 58Maternal Eloquence
- 59Chapter XXX
- 60Paternal Discipline
About this edition
- Author
- R. D. Blackmore
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 424 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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