Project Gutenberg 2024-05-13 Public domain in the USA. 109 Whiteing, Richard 1840 1928 Thorne, Whyte Alb The island : $b or, an adventure of a person of quality $aLondon :$bLongmans, Green and Co., $c1888. Joeri de Ruiter, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Island: Or, An Adventure of a Person of Quality" by Richard Whiteing is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story begins with an unnamed protagonist who finds himself awash in existential discontent and escapes London for a journey across Europe, ultimately leading to his landing on a deserted Pacific island. There, he encounters a woman named Victoria, and together they navigate the complexities of civilization and their relationship. The opening of the novel introduces us to the narrator, who experiences a crisis of identity amid the bustling life of London. Feeling out of focus and disconnected from the world around him, he decides to leave, traveling first to Paris before eventually finding himself shipwrecked on an uncharted island. As he grapples with his isolation and the existential weight of civilization's burdens, he meets Victoria, a striking native woman, and begins to explore the new dynamics of life, culture, and connection in this secluded paradise. This beginning sets the stage for a deeper exploration of human nature, societal constructs, and the yearning for meaning beyond the confines of societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/islandoradventur00whit/page/n3 20190429044816whiteing 1888 GB Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Satire Utopias -- Fiction Islands of the Pacific -- Fiction Voyages, Imaginary -- Fiction PR Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 372791 2025-06-29T06:54:14.024241 text/html 346312 2024-05-13T17:56:29 text/html 730874 2025-06-29T06:54:21.152242 application/epub+zip 727986 2025-06-29T06:54:15.925235 application/epub+zip 478727 2025-06-29T06:54:14.809242 application/epub+zip 1191648 2025-06-29T06:54:24.981181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1152195 2025-06-29T06:54:20.298321 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328660 2025-06-29T06:54:13.277292 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 308745 2024-05-13T17:56:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16833 2025-06-29T06:54:25.125184 application/rdf+xml 10361 2025-06-29T06:54:15.173229 image/jpeg 1896 2025-06-29T06:54:14.987246 image/jpeg 1428290 2025-06-29T06:54:14.067241 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