Project Gutenberg 2025-03-27 Public domain in the USA. 151 Marryat, Florence 1837 1899 Lean, Florence Marryat Church Lean, Mrs. Francis Church, Mrs. Ross Church, Ross, Mrs. Driven to bay, Vol. 2 (of 3) $aLondon :$bF. V. White & Co., $c1887. Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) “Driven to Bay, Vol. 2 (of 3)” by Florence Marryat is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book centers on a diverse group of passengers aboard the long-distance passenger ship, "Pandora", as it sails toward New Zealand. The story explores the lives and emotional entanglements of these characters, focusing on themes of love, social status, personal secrets, and the transformative experience of sea travel. Among the principal characters are Maggie Greet, Will Farrell, Iris Hetherley (also known as Miss Douglas), Vernon Blythe, Alice Leyton, and Captain Lovell, whose intersecting relationships and personal dilemmas drive the narrative. The opening of the novel immerses readers in life aboard the "Pandora" as passengers settle into their routines after the initial excitement of departure fades. Social dynamics quickly become apparent, with flirtations and gossip flourishing in the confined setting. The narrative first revolves around Maggie and Will Farrell, revealing Maggie’s troubled past and Will’s proposal, which she struggles to accept due to her sense of unworthiness. Meanwhile, the novel introduces Iris Hetherley’s secret identity and troubled circumstances as she reunites, under a new name, with the earnest officer Vernon Blythe, whose feelings for her have remained unchanged. Parallel to these threads is the complicated romance between Alice Leyton, her fiancé Vernon, and the attentive Captain Lovell, culminating in a dramatic man-overboard rescue that tests loyalties and deepens emotional bonds. The opening portion sets the scene for a dramatic voyage filled with personal confessions, romantic uncertainty, and the ever-present challenges of life at sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/driventobaynovel01lean 20210601193914marryat 1887 gb Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Sea stories English fiction -- 19th century Ships -- Fiction PR Text Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 273854 2025-07-30T04:56:18.152157 text/html 247390 2025-03-26T23:59:51 text/html 914464 2025-07-30T04:56:24.630111 application/epub+zip 911532 2025-07-30T04:56:19.863153 application/epub+zip 355621 2025-07-30T04:56:18.981141 application/epub+zip 1825569 2025-07-30T04:56:27.963092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1502683 2025-07-30T04:56:23.861097 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 233578 2025-07-30T04:56:17.443171 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 213658 2025-03-26T23:59:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17441 2025-07-30T04:56:28.157087 application/rdf+xml 21481 2025-07-30T04:56:19.205133 image/jpeg 2980 2025-07-30T04:56:19.094129 image/jpeg 1924219 2025-07-30T04:56:18.241143 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