Project Gutenberg 2021-05-09 Public domain in the USA. 192 Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck) 1836 1911 Gilbert, William Schwenck, Sir Sullivan, Arthur 1842 1900 Sullivan, Arthur Seymour, Sir Sulivan, Arthur Woodward, Alice B. 1862 1951 Woodward, Alice Bolingbroke The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S. Pinafore E-text prepared by Linda Cantoni, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S. Pinafore" by W. S. Gilbert is a whimsical retelling of the famous comic opera, presented as a retelling for younger audiences. Written in the early 20th century, this illustrated work captures the charm and humor of the original story while making it accessible for children. The narrative revolves around Captain Corcoran, his beautiful daughter Josephine, the ambitious sailor Ralph Rackstraw, and the pompous Sir Joseph Porter, all set aboard the HMS Pinafore. At the start of the story, Captain Corcoran is depicted as a kind-hearted leader who strives to maintain a pleasant atmosphere aboard his ship. He is introduced alongside his daughter Josephine, who is the object of affection for many of the sailors, including Ralph Rackstraw, a young man with a somewhat inflated sense of self-importance. The opening chapters delve into the relationships between the characters, setting up both the comedic tensions and romantic entanglements that will follow. The narrative amusingly explores themes of class, duty, and romance, with characters like the crew members and the bumboat woman, Little Buttercup, adding to the colorful tableau of life on the ship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction Ship captains -- Juvenile fiction Ships -- Juvenile fiction Operas -- Stories, plots, etc. -- Juvenile literature PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Humour Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: British Literature 192245 2025-07-26T04:46:21.477086 text/html 186697 2021-05-09T14:54:49 text/html 9213138 2025-07-26T04:46:28.163065 application/epub+zip 4572045 2025-07-26T04:46:23.629065 application/epub+zip 114122 2025-07-26T04:46:22.756090 application/epub+zip 4634132 2025-07-26T04:46:31.403033 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4608761 2025-07-26T04:46:27.155081 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157067 2022-09-29T11:33:06.268661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133751 2025-07-26T04:46:20.638108 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133763 2021-05-09T14:44:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21292 2025-07-26T04:46:31.576020 application/rdf+xml 18667 2025-07-26T04:46:22.869088 image/jpeg 2918 2025-07-26T04:46:22.812071 image/jpeg 49771 2021-05-09T14:44:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 9204949 2021-05-09T14:59:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 9246874 2025-07-26T04:46:21.900136 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 en.wikipedia