The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine
The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine is a humorous short story written by Frank R. Stockton in 1893. The plot revolves around two elderly women who are stranded on an island after their ship sinks, and their subsequent adventures as they try to survive and find their way back home.
By Frank R. Stockton · First published 1896 · Genre: Adventure, Humor, Drama · 6 chapters · 71,732 words
First lines
I was on my way from San Francisco to Yokohama, when in a very desultory and gradual manner I became acquainted with Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine. The steamer, on which I was making a moderately rapid passage toward the land of the legended fan and the lacquered box, carried a fair complement of passengers, most of whom were Americans; and, among these, my attention was attracted from the very first day of the voyage to two middle-aged women who appeared to me very unlike the ordinary traveler or tourist. At first sight they might have been taken for farmers' wives who, for some unusual reason, had determined to make a voyage across the Pacific; but, on closer observation, one would have been more apt to suppose that they belonged to the families of prosperous tradesmen in some little country town, where, besides the arts of rural housewifery, there would be opportunities of becoming acquainted in some degree with the ways and manners of the outside world.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Frank R. Stockton
- Date: 1896 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Adventure, Humor, Drama, Fiction, Travel
- Length: 71,732 words
- Structure: 6 chapters, 985 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Adventure — The plot revolves around the adventurous journey and survival of the characters.
- Humor — The writing style and character interactions are filled with comedic elements.
- Drama — The story includes dramatic moments and character development.
- Fiction — The narrative is a work of fiction with imaginative elements.
Tags
adventure · humor · survival · friendship · island · shipwreck · women · exploration · comedy · social commentary · quirky characters · narrative
Contents
- PART I
- PART II
- PART III
- PART IV
- PART V
- PART VI