We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea. Arthur Ransome

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Название We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
Автор произведения Arthur Ransome
Жанр Детские приключения
Серия Swallows And Amazons
Издательство Детские приключения
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9781567924992



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       By the same author

      SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS

      SWALLOWDALE

      PETER DUCK

      WINTER HOLIDAY

      COOT CLUB

      PIGEON POST

      WE DIDN’T MEAN TO GO TO SEA

      SECRET WATER

      THE BIG SIX

      MISSEE LEE

      THE PICTS & THE MARTYRS

      GREAT NORTHERN?

      COOTS IN THE NORTH & OTHER STORIES

      RACUNDRA’S FIRST CRUISE

      ROD AND LINE (FISHING ESSAYS)

      OLD PETER’S RUSSIAN TALES

      THE WAR OF THE BIRDS & THE BEASTS

      THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ARTHUR RANSOME

      (ed. Rupert Hart-Davis)

      ARTHUR RANSOME ON FISHING

      (introduced by Jeremy Swift)

      SIGNALLING FROM MARS: LETTERS

      (ed. Hugh Brogan)

      LANDING ON THE HARD

      ARTHUR RANSOME

      Illustrated by the Author

       “Grab a chance and you won’t be sorry for a might-have-been.”

      COMMANDER TED WALKER, R.N.

       A Godine Storyteller

      DAVID R. GODINE · PUBLISHER

      BOSTON

       This is a Godine Storyteller

      published in 1994 by

      DAVID R. GODINE · Publisher

      Post Office Box 450

      Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452

       www.godine.com

      First Published in 1937 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.;

      revised edition published in 1983.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information contact Permissions, David R. Godine, Publisher, Fifteen Court Square, Suite 320, Boston, Massachusetts 02108.

      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

      Ransome, Arthur, 1884‒1967. We didn’t mean to go to sea /

      Arthur Ransome; illustrated by the author.

      p. cm. —

      (A Godine Storyteller)

      “First published in 1937 by Jonathan Cape Ltd.; revised edition published in 1983”—T.p. verso. Summary: While on vacation in East Anglia, four children, whose previous sailing experience is limited to dinghies, accidentally drift out to the North Sea after the rising tide causes their cutter to drag anchor. [1. Sailing—Fiction. 2. Sea stories. 3. England—Fiction]

      I.Title. II. Series.

      PZ7.RI75WE 1994 [fic]—dc20

      93-38904 CIP AC

      OLD SOFTCOVER ISBN 0-87923-991-3

      CURRENT SOFTCOVER ISBN 978-1-56792-487-9

      EBOOK ISBN 978-1-56792-499-2

      CONTENTS

I A BOWLINE KNOT
II SLEEPY SKIPPER
III “WE’VE ALL PROMISED”
IV DOWN THE RIVER
V SLEEPING AFLOAT
VI “NOTHING CAN POSSIBLY HAPPEN”
VII “HE’S BEEN AN AWFUL LONG TIME. . .”
VIII THE BEACH END BUOY
IX DRIFTING BLIND
X OUT TO SEA
XI WHOSE FAULT NOW?
XII A CURE FOR SEA-SICKNESS
XIII WOOLWORTH PLATE
XIV AT PIN MILL