Project Gutenberg 2019-06-25 Public domain in the USA. 124 Sackville-West, V. (Victoria) 1892 1962 Nicolson, Victoria Mary Sackville-West Sackville-West, Vita Sackville-West, Victoria Mary, Hon. Sackville-West, V. (Victoria Mary) The Dragon in Shallow Waters E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Dragon in Shallow Waters" by V. Sackville-West is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds in a factory setting and introduces us to the lives of Silas and Gregory Dene, two brothers marked by physical disabilities: Silas is blind, and Gregory is deaf and mute. The story delves into themes of tragedy, isolation, and societal contempt, capturing the oppressive atmosphere of their lives and the impact of personal loss within a harsh industrial environment. The opening of the novel establishes a vivid and grim factory scene, highlighting the relentless machinery and the imposing structure that dwarfs the men who work within it. We are introduced to the Dene brothers shortly after the death of Silas's wife, Hannah, whose death contributes to a pervasive sense of grief and upheaval. Silas exhibits a mix of indifference and manic humor as he discusses the circumstances surrounding her death, hinting at deeper emotional layers and resentments. This balance of bleakness and strained camaraderie among the characters underlines the novel's exploration of human suffering and the complex nature of relationships in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en City and town life -- Fiction England -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction Brothers -- Fiction Blind -- Fiction Factories -- Fiction Deaf -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 406475 2025-07-24T03:32:03.468310 text/html 404965 2019-06-24T22:10:18 text/html 455478 2025-07-24T03:32:11.583253 application/epub+zip 453721 2025-07-24T03:32:04.722337 application/epub+zip 279516 2025-07-24T03:32:04.153335 application/epub+zip 541309 2025-07-24T03:32:17.014244 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 473606 2025-07-24T03:32:10.966272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 300008 2022-09-27T03:33:07.341729 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360027 2025-07-24T03:32:02.813333 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 360025 2020-06-15T04:55:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20064 2025-07-24T03:32:17.213240 application/rdf+xml 19553 2025-07-24T03:32:04.246284 image/jpeg 2590 2025-07-24T03:32:04.200313 image/jpeg 137494 2020-06-15T04:55:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 363822 2019-06-24T22:12:47 application/octet-stream application/zip 363797 2025-07-24T03:32:03.508296 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