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The Maid of Sker
R. D. Blackmore
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About this book
An old Welsh fisherman spends years seeking the true identity of a shipwrecked infant he has adopted.
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- Titlepage
- Imprint
- Epigraph
- The Maid of Sker
- I: Fisherman Davy a Fish Out of Water
- II: Hunger Drives Him A-Fishing
- III: The Fish Are as Hungry as He Is
- IV: He Lands an Unexpected Fish
- V: A Little Orphan Mermaid
- VI: Finds a Home of Some Sort
- VII: Boat Versus Bardie
- VIII: Children Will Be Children
- IX: Sandhills Turned to Sand-Holes
- X: Under the Rock
- XI: A Wrecker Wrecked
- XII: How to Sell Fish
- XIII: The Coroner and the Coronet
- XIV: In Accordance with the Evidence
- XV: A Verdict on the Jury
- XVI: Truth Lies Sometimes in a Well
- XVII: For a Little Change of Air
- XVIII: Public Approbation
- XIX: A Craft Beyond the Law
- XX: Confidential Intercourse
- XXI: Cross-Examination
- XXII: Another Disappointment
- XXIII: Into Good Society
- XXIV: Sound Investments
- XXV: A Long Goodbye
- XXVI: Braunton Burrows
- XXVII: A Fine Spectacle
- XXVIII: Something About Him
- XXIX: A Visit to a Parson
- XXX: On Duty
- XXXI: Two Lovers
- XXXII: Among the Savages
- XXXIII: In a State of Nature
- XXXIV: Waiting and Learning
- XXXV: The Polite Ferryman
- XXXVI: Under Fairer Auspices
- XXXVII: Two Poor Children
- XXXVIII: A Fine Old Gentleman
- XXXIX: Notice to Quit
- XL: Forcible Ejectment
- XLI: The Right Man in the Right Place
- XLII: The Little Maid, and the Midshipman
- XLIII: A Fine Price for Bardie
- XLIV: Provides for Education
- XLV: Introduces a Real Hero
- XLVI: After Seven Years
- XLVII: Mischief in a Household
- XLVIII: A Breathless Disinterment
- XLIX: One Who Has Interred Himself
- L: A Brave Man Runs Away
- LI: Triple Education
- LII: Great March of Intellect
- LIII: Beating Up for the Navy
- LIV: Taming of the Savages
- LV: Upon Foreign Service
- LVI: Exiles of Society
- LVII: Many Weak Moments
- LVIII: More Haste, Less Speed
- LIX: In a Rocky Bower
- LX: Nelson and the Nile
- LXI: A Savage Deed
- LXII: A Rash Young Captain
- LXIII: Polly at Home
- LXIV: Susan Quite Acquits Herself
- LXV: So Does Poor Old Davy
- LXVI: The Maid at Last Is “Dentified”
- LXVII: Dog Eats Dog
- LXVIII: The Old Pitcher at the Well Again
- Endnotes
- Colophon
- Uncopyright
Edition & source
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Edition contributors
- The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
- R. D. Blackmore (ann, aut)
- Joshua Reynolds (art)
- Matthias Grammel (trc)
- sp1nd (trc)
- Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
- David Reimer (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
- Alex Cabal (pfr)