The Broken Shaft, Tales in Mid-Ocean

This special anthology, is formed of seven stories, together with an introductory chapter setting up a framing narrative by Henry Norman, which is returned to at the end of each subsequent tale. This connecting narrative concerns a group of travelers on a transatlantic crossing. When their ship, the Bavaria suffers a ‘broken shaft’, they are forced to remain becalmed mid-ocean, telling stories to pass the time.

By : Henry Norman (1858 - 1939)

01 - On Board the Bavaria by Henry Norman 02 - The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford 03 - Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson 04 - Marjory by F. Anstey 05 - The Action to the Word by Walter Herries Pollock 06 - My Fascinating Friend by William Archer 07 - Riley, M.P. by Tighe Hopkins 08 - Love and Lightning by Henry Norman