Project Gutenberg 2008-04-25 Public domain in the USA. 194 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story unfolds around a mysterious barque displaying an inverted Chilian flag, signaling distress but sailing away at full speed, prompting a British frigate to pursue it. The tale begins with the intriguing chase across the Pacific, revealing strange elements such as the unusual clothing of the barque's crew and the possibility of supernatural events, setting the stage for an adventurously captivating narrative. The opening of the novel introduces us to a British naval frigate chasing a Chilian barque that is signaling for help with its flag upside down, despite being under full sail. As the captain and crew pursue this seemingly distressed vessel, they begin to ponder the enigma behind its behavior. Initially dismissing the barque as a phantom, the crew's curiosity intensifies once they spot strange figures aboard, later revealed to be orangutans. This fascinating premise sets the tone for an adventure filled with mystery and the promise of unraveling a deeper saga involving the fate of the missing crew and the adrift barque itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Christian life -- Juvenile fiction Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Rescues -- Juvenile fiction Sailors -- Juvenile fiction Mutiny -- Juvenile fiction Shipwrecks -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 794387 2025-07-10T10:30:17.095699 text/html 825951 2008-04-25T07:34:30 text/html 385117 2025-07-10T10:30:29.126201 application/epub+zip 399072 2025-07-10T10:30:20.625764 application/epub+zip 389329 2025-07-10T10:30:19.201706 application/epub+zip 723925 2025-07-10T10:30:35.198178 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 702322 2025-07-10T10:30:28.134206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 631179 2022-09-11T13:57:00.354119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 754151 2025-07-10T10:30:15.932762 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 753993 2008-04-25T07:34:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20449 2025-07-10T10:30:35.334120 application/rdf+xml 16376 2025-07-10T10:30:19.716707 image/jpeg 3709 2025-07-10T10:30:19.458705 image/jpeg 294954 2008-04-25T07:34:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 296985 2008-04-25T07:34:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 369404 2025-07-10T10:30:17.157729 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