Project Gutenberg 2022-09-30 Public domain in the USA. 150 Marshall, Edison 1894 1967 Duer, Douglas 1887 1964 The Isle of Retribution $aUnited States :$bLittle, Brown and Company,$c1923. Mardi Desjardins & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net from page images generously made available by the Internet Archive "The Isle of Retribution" by Edison Marshall is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the main character, Ned Cornet, a self-indulgent son of wealth whose careless lifestyle is thrown into turmoil when he inadvertently causes an accident that nearly results in the death of a young girl. The initial chapter introduces themes of recklessness, privilege, and the moral awakening that follows a close brush with disaster, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the characters and their conflicts. The opening of the book presents Ned Cornet experiencing a carefree afternoon that abruptly shifts into chaos when he skids his car and collides with another vehicle, resulting in a serious accident. He discovers the injured girl to be unharmed, but the encounter leaves him shaken and contemplative as he grapples with the ramifications of his actions. Following the accident, there's a significant conversation with his father, Godfrey Cornet, who criticizes Ned's privileged life and moral laxity, urging him instead to embrace hardship and responsibility. This foreshadows a journey that will challenge Ned's character and force him to confront his life choices, making him consider the complexities of life's hardships and the essence of true manhood. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/isleofretributio00mars 20190825103235marshall 1923 US Reading ease score: 79.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Islands -- Fiction Mate selection -- Fiction Children of the rich -- Fiction Adventure stories Alaska -- Fiction Prisoners -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 538913 2025-07-27T10:07:22.721813 text/html 516658 2024-10-19T01:01:47 text/html 684945 2025-07-27T10:07:28.705842 application/epub+zip 694557 2025-07-27T10:07:23.905839 application/epub+zip 276921 2025-07-27T10:07:23.208846 application/epub+zip 844946 2025-07-27T10:07:32.811809 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 803641 2025-07-27T10:07:28.260795 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386976 2022-09-30T18:00:42.025120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499634 2025-07-27T10:07:22.155795 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 479651 2024-10-19T01:01:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18510 2025-07-27T10:07:33.013762 application/rdf+xml 18177 2025-07-27T10:07:23.371796 image/jpeg 2397 2025-07-27T10:07:23.281808 image/jpeg 954042 2025-07-27T10:07:22.779840 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