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The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of smugglers.
One night John chances on the smugglers' store in the crypt beneath the church. He explores but hides behind a coffin when he hears voices. He finds a locket which contains a parchment, in the coffin belonging to Colonel Mohune. Unfortunately after the visitors leave, he finds himself trapped inside, and is only rescued two days later when two of the smugglers, Ratsey, the sexton and Elzevir Block, the innkeeper of the Why Not?, the local pub, investigate his disappearance. His aunt insists he leaves her house and Elzevir Block takes him in to live at the pub. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfleet )

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Artist/Composer: J. Meade Falkner
Date: 2008-07-17
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: moonfleet; falkner; fiction; children; adventure; audiobooks; librivox

Reviewer: Philippe Horak -

- August 28, 2008
Subject: A classic adventure story very well read.
"Moonfleet" (1898) begins as a mystery and an adventure story, a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. What will be the outcome of the conflict between smugglers and revenue men? How can the hero, John Trenchard, discover the secret of Colonel John Mohune's treasure? As the book progresses these two interwoven themes resolve themselves into a third and richer one, with the friendship and suffering of both John Trenchard and the craggy, taciturn Elzevir Block. Falkner's feeling for history and for the landscape of his Dorset setting combine with his gift for storytelling to turn Moonfleet into a historical romance of moving intensity.
Many thanks to the readers of the book, especially Graham Redman and Simon Evers, for their respectable performance. An adventure well worth listening to.

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01 - IN MOONFLEET VILLAGE	25 MB	15 MB	13 MB
02 - THE FLOODS	21 MB	12 MB	10 MB
03 - A DISCOVERY	25 MB	14 MB	12 MB
04 - IN THE VAULT	17 MB	9.73 MB	8.27 MB
05 - IN THE VAULT - Part 02	16 MB	9.03 MB	7.88 MB
06 - THE RESCUE	9.27 MB	6.43 MB	4.64 MB
07 - AN ASSAULT	14 MB	7.90 MB	7.16 MB
08 - AN AUCTION	20 MB	11 MB	9.76 MB
09 - THE LANDING	22 MB	13 MB	11 MB
10 - A JUDGEMENT	14 MB	7.91 MB	6.78 MB
11 - THE ESCAPE	16 MB	11 MB	7.95 MB
12 - THE ESCAPE - Part 02	16 MB	11 MB	8.07 MB
13 - THE SEA-CAVE	16 MB	8.94 MB	7.87 MB
14 - A FUNERAL	15 MB	8.58 MB	7.52 MB
15 - A FUNERAL - Part 02	18 MB	11 MB	9.22 MB
16 - AN INTERVIEW	22 MB	13 MB	11 MB
17 - THE WELL-HOUSE	17 MB	11 MB	8.61 MB
18 - THE WELL	20 MB	12 MB	10 MB
19 - THE JEWEL	21 MB	13 MB	10 MB
20 - THE JEWEL - Part 02	20 MB	12 MB	9.89 MB
21 - AT YMEGUEN	15 MB	8.99 MB	7.34 MB
22 - IN THE BAY	24 MB	15 MB	12 MB
23 - ON THE BEACH	20 MB	10 MB	10 MB
24 - ON THE BEACH - Part 02	16 MB	9.09 MB	8.15 MB

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