The Silent Isle by A.C. Benson

Name: The Silent Isle
Author: A.C. Benson

The Silent Isle is a novel by A.C. Benson, published in 1907. It tells the story of a young man named Ralph who travels to an isolated island off the coast of England to escape the pressures of society and find solitude. However, he soon discovers that the island is not as deserted as he thought, and he must confront his own desires and demons in order to find peace. The novel explores themes of isolation, identity, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world.

By A.C. Benson · First published 1915 · Genre: Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy · 57 chapters · 112,561 words

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The Silent Isle, I name it; and yet in no land in which I have ever lived is there so little sight and sound of water as here. It oozes from field to drain, it trickles from drain to ditch, it falls from ditch to dyke, and then moves silently to the great seaward sluice; it is not a living thing in the landscape, bright and vivacious, but rather something secret and still, drawn almost reluctantly away, rather than hurrying off on business of its own. And yet the whole place gives me the constant sense of being an island, remote and unapproachable; the great black plain, where every step that one takes warns one of its quivering elasticity of soil, runs sharply up to the base of the long, low, green hills, whose rough, dimpled pastures and old elms contrast sharply and pleasantly with the geometrical monotony of the immense flat.

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Work type: Novel
Author: A.C. Benson
Date: 1915 CE
Language: English
Genres: Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
Length: 112,561 words
Structure: 57 chapters, 891 paragraphs
Reading fit: Fairly Difficult (10th-12th Grade)

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Fiction — The plot and narrative style of the book fall within the wider field of the genre Fiction.
Adventure — The book involves various incidents pointing towards adventures on a silent isle.
Fantasy — The setting, the 'Silent Isle', is a remote, mysterious location, hinting at elements of the Fantasy genre.