Moonfleet

Name: Moonfleet
Author: J. Meade Falkner
ISBN: 9780141377629

by J. Meade Falkner, F. Exell

336 pages2018Penguin Books, LimitedISBN 9780141377629

Children's fictionEngland, fictionSmuggling, fiction

About this book

A tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. Everyone in the tiny village of Moonfleet lives by the sea one way or another, so it's no surprise when young John Trenchard gets involved in the smuggling trade. Forced to flee England with a price on his head, John little guesses the adventures and trials he will have before he sees Moonfleet again or the change in his fortunes when he does.

Publication Details

Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Published: 2018
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780141377629
Language: en

About J. Meade Falkner

John Meade Falkner combined his successful business career in the munitions manufacturing industry with a keen leisure interest in antiquarian subjects. The significant literary works inspired by this fascination included several well researched county guides together with a small but outstanding body of fictional work. While Falkner's tales may vary in their subject matter they are all authentic in their historical detail and carefully developed atmosphere of mystery. The author's most famous novel is undoubtedly *Moonfleet* (1898), a classic smuggling adventure which has been much reprinted and adapted on several occasions for screen and radio. *The Nebuly Coat* (1903) contains several atmospheric scenes and may be considered one of the finest antiquarian mysteries. *The Stradivarius* (1895) represents Falkner's most important contribution to ghost fiction. An imaginative plot, a finely paced atmosphere of growing menace and a wealth of background detail combine to make this short novel one of the nineteenth century's classic tales of the macabre. -- from *Shadows in the Attic: A Guide to British Supernatural Fiction 1820-1950*, Neil Wilson (2000)