Black Bartlemy's Treasure
The story revolves around a young man who inherits a vast fortune from a distant relative and sets out to claim it. He faces numerous challenges and obstacles along the way, including treacherous landscapes, rival treasure hunters, and personal demons.
As he navigates these dangers, he also grapples with his own identity and sense of purpose. The novel explores themes of class, morality, and the corrupting influence of wealth.
Throughout the narrative, the protagonist's character is shaped by his experiences, leading to a transformation that ultimately determines the outcome of his quest for treasure.
By Jeffery Farnol · First published 1921 · Genre: Adventure, Historical Fiction, Romance · 48 chapters
Contents
- Prologue
- Of what Befell on Pembury Hill
- How I Heard a Song in the Wood at Midnight
- Tells how I Stole my Breakfast
- Telleth how I Met One Adam Penfeather
- How I Came to Conisby Shene
- Of my Shameful Sufferings and how I was Delivered Therefrom
- How I Heard Tell of Black Bartlemy's Treasure
- How I Fell in with One God-Be-Here, a Peddler
- How I had Word with the Lady Joan Brandon for the Third Time
- How I Swore to the Blood-Brotherhood
- Adam Penfeather, his Narrative
- Telleth of a Fight in the Dark
- We Set out for Deptford Pool
- How I Came Aboard the "Faithful Friend"
- Telleth of a Nameless Black Ship
- Tells how we were Dogged by the Black Ship
- Telleth how an Eye Watched me from the Dark
- Concerning the Mark of a Bloody Hand and how I Lay in the Bilboes on Suspicion of Murder
- Concerning the Princess Damaris
- How I Came out of my Bonds and of the Terrors of a Fire at Sea
- Telleth how the Said Fire Came About
- Telleth how we were Cast Adrift
- Divers Perils and Dangers at Sea
- How we Came to Black Bartlemy's Island
- How I was Haunted of Black Bartlemy
- We Come Upon Grim Evidences of Adam Penfeather
- Divers Adventures on the Island
- I Become a Jack-Of-All-Trades
- Of my Encounter Beneath Bartlemy's Tree
- Of my Sick Humours
- I Try my Hand at Pottery
- Tells how I Found a Secret Cave
- We Explore the Island
- How I Stood Resolute in my Folly
- How my Dear Lady was Lost to Me
- Telleth some Part of a Night of Agony
- How I Sought Death but Found it Not
- Concerning the Dead Man Humphrey and how I Saw a Vision in the Moonlight
- How my Dear Lady Came Back to Me
- Of Clothes
- Of the Voice that Sang on Deliverance Sands
- Concerning the Song of a Dead Man
- Of the Death-Dance of the Silver Woman
- How I had Speech with Roger Tressady to my Undoing
- Of the Coming of Adam Penfeather
- How I Doubted Myself
- How my Doubting was Resolved for Me
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