Project Gutenberg 2007-05-15 Public domain in the USA. 158 Kingston, William Henry Giles 1814 1880 Kingston, W. H. G. Kingston, W.H.G. Lumley, Savile 1950 Charley Laurel: A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "Charley Laurel: A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land" by W.H.G. Kingston is a novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The story follows a young boy named Charley Laurel, who is raised by a British seaman named Dick after being rescued from a war-torn area in the West Indies. Their journey is filled with daring exploits, including confrontations with pirates and survival against harsh natural elements. At the start of the book, we are introduced to the tumultuous life of Charley and Dick as they grapple with the aftermath of a military assault. Dick, a fierce and loyal seaman, finds Charley, a child orphaned by violence, and pledges to protect him. As the narrative progresses, we witness their harrowing escape from a pirate ship, capture by savage tribes in the South Pacific, and their eventual return to England under the care of a shipowner's family. The opening sets a tone of adventure, camaraderie, and the struggle for survival, foreshadowing the trials that will shape both Charley and Dick as they navigate a world fraught with danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Pirates -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Voyages and travels -- Juvenile fiction Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Rescues -- Juvenile fiction Sailors -- Juvenile fiction Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction Prisoners -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 377849 2025-08-09T06:04:30.760606 text/html 380065 2007-05-15T13:17:44 text/html 436927 2025-08-09T06:04:39.226572 application/epub+zip 441450 2025-08-09T06:04:34.373590 application/epub+zip 200146 2025-08-09T06:04:33.043602 application/epub+zip 690671 2025-08-09T06:04:42.524568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 680663 2025-08-09T06:04:38.185583 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329895 2022-09-10T07:31:30.057835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361966 2025-08-09T06:04:30.231620 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 361769 2007-05-15T13:17:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21188 2025-08-09T06:04:42.655531 application/rdf+xml 21691 2025-08-09T06:04:33.544592 image/jpeg 4483 2025-08-09T06:04:33.291596 image/jpeg 309056 2007-05-15T13:17:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 133330 2007-05-15T13:17:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 399658 2025-08-09T06:04:30.808621 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