Project Gutenberg 2004-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 139 Marryat, Frederick 1792 1848 Marryat, Captain Marryat, F. W. (Frederick W.) Marryatt, Captain Marryat, Kapitein The Mission Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Dave Macfarlane and PG Distributed Proofreaders "The Mission" by Captain Marryat is a novel aimed at young readers, written during the early 19th century. The story centers around Sir Charles Wilmot, an elderly gentleman mourning the loss of his family after the ship Grosvenor wrecks off the coast of Africa. This tragedy sets the stage for his grand-nephew, Alexander Wilmot, who, driven by a desire to uncover the truth about his lost relatives, embarks on a perilous expedition to explore the African interior. The opening of the novel introduces us to Sir Charles Wilmot, who is deeply distressed by the loss of his wife and children, presumed dead after the unfortunate shipwreck. Within the first chapter, we see the emotional weight of Sir Charles's grief and the burden it places on his heart. The narrative shifts to Alexander, a young man eager to undertake a journey that not only promises adventure but also the chance to bring closure to his uncle’s long-held worries about his lost family. Inspired and determined, Alexander ultimately convinces Sir Charles to permit his journey, setting the stage for both high-stakes adventure and personal discovery as he seeks to learn what happened to those aboard the Grosvenor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Africa -- Fiction Adventure stories PR Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 663849 2025-07-06T04:44:27.075137 text/html 651944 2024-10-28T20:16:09 text/html 1140219 2025-07-06T04:44:35.008153 application/epub+zip 1151809 2025-07-06T04:44:29.069128 application/epub+zip 319295 2025-07-06T04:44:27.858173 application/epub+zip 1384234 2025-07-06T04:44:39.786093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1349739 2025-07-06T04:44:34.214147 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488706 2022-09-07T01:20:15.844232 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 634188 2023-10-06T08:35:17.962889 text/plain 614474 2024-10-28T20:16:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16797 2025-07-06T04:44:39.908084 application/rdf+xml 13082 2025-07-06T04:44:28.354132 image/jpeg 3490 2025-07-06T04:44:28.105133 image/jpeg 1130481 2025-07-06T04:44:27.143147 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia