Project Gutenberg 2011-03-13 Public domain in the USA. 159 Stockton, Frank R. 1834 1902 Stockton, Francis Richard Stockton, Frank Richard Steele, Frederic Dorr 1873 1944 Steele, Frederick Dorr The casting away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine Sequel: The Dusantes, #35480. Jane Robins, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine" by Frank R. Stockton is a fictional novella written in the late 19th century. The story introduces two middle-aged widows, Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine, who embark on a voyage across the Pacific from San Francisco to Yokohama. Following an unfortunate shipwreck, the women find themselves in a precarious situation, which blends elements of adventure and humor as they navigate their way through uncertain circumstances. The opening of the novella establishes Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine as quirky yet resourceful characters aboard a steamer, gradually revealing their personalities through conversations and interactions with other passengers. The steamer collides with another vessel, leading to a chaotic evacuation where the two women, alongside a male narrator, end up in a leaky lifeboat, highlighting their unexpected camaraderie and resilience in the face of adversity. As they struggle to keep afloat and seek safety, their blend of practicality and humor sets the tone for their ensuing adventure on an uncharted island. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/35570/35570-h/images/cover01.jpg Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Humorous stories Survival -- Fiction American fiction -- 19th century Widows -- Fiction Adventure stories Shipwrecks -- Fiction Castaways -- Fiction PS Text Category: Humour Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 407746 2025-08-14T11:47:50.779339 text/html 404371 2023-07-10T11:32:10 text/html 9229359 2025-08-14T11:48:30.337098 application/epub+zip 9237245 2025-08-14T11:48:08.518220 application/epub+zip 281996 2025-08-14T11:47:51.808291 application/epub+zip 3181640 2025-08-14T11:48:35.107084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3151874 2025-08-14T11:48:13.630176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355944 2025-08-14T11:47:49.544361 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 355707 2023-07-10T11:32:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20415 2025-08-14T11:48:35.257085 application/rdf+xml 10020 2025-08-14T11:47:52.014286 image/jpeg 1735 2025-08-14T11:47:51.914316 image/jpeg 130458 2023-07-10T11:35:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 15563083 2023-07-10T11:35:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 15693017 2025-08-14T11:47:51.034298 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 en.wikipedia