The Courage of Marge o'Doone

Name: The Courage of Marge o'Doone
Author: James Oliver Curwood

The story revolves around a young woman who lives with her father and brother on a remote Canadian island. Her life changes when she meets a stranger who has been shipwrecked on the island. The stranger's presence disrupts their isolated existence, leading to conflicts and ultimately, tragedy.

By James Oliver Curwood · First published 1912 · Genre: Adventure, Romance, Drama · 27 chapters · 102,679 words

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If you had stood there in the edge of the bleak spruce forest, with the wind moaning dismally through the twisting trees -- midnight of deep December -- the Transcontinental would have looked like a thing of fire; dull fire, glowing with a smouldering warmth, but of strange ghostliness and out of place. It was a weird shadow, helpless and without motion, and black as the half-Arctic night save for the band of illumination that cut it in twain from the first coach to the last, with a space like an inky hyphen where the baggage car lay. Out of the North came armies of snow-laden clouds that scudded just above the earth, and with these clouds came now and then a shrieking mockery of wind to taunt this stricken creation of man and the creatures it sheltered -- men and women who had begun to shiver, and whose tense white faces stared with increasing anxiety into the mysterious darkness of the night that hung like a sable curtain ten feet from the car windows.

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Work type: Novel
Author: James Oliver Curwood
Date: 1912 CE
Language: English
Genres: Adventure, Romance, Drama, Historical Fiction, Mystery
Length: 102,679 words
Structure: 27 chapters, 1,260 paragraphs
Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)

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Adventure — The narrative is driven by a journey through the wilderness, featuring survival and exploration themes.
Romance — Central to the plot is a romantic relationship that influences the characters' motivations and actions.
Drama — The story includes intense emotional conflicts and character development.
Historical Fiction — The setting and events are influenced by historical contexts, providing a backdrop for the story.