Elogiada en la brillante construcción de sus personajes por Conrad, de ella dijo R. L. Stevenson: «Moonfleet es la novela que siempre quise escribir, pero lo único que pude hacer fue La isla del tesoro».
En un poblet de pescadors de Dorset anomenat Moonfleet, al sud d?Anglaterra, el jove John Trenchard, que viu amb una tia soltera, es fa amic de l?Elzevir Block, taverner de dia i contrabandista de nit. Després d?una terrible tempesta, en John desco...
Después de encontrar el violín del título en un compartimento oculto en sus habitaciones de la universidad, el protagonista, un joven heredero rico, se vuelve cada vez más reservado y obsesionado por una pieza musical en partic...
The Lost Stradivarius is a ghost story written by John Meade Falkner. The action centers around a Stradivarius violin which seems to have mysterious powers. John Meade Falkner was an English novelist and poet. Falkner was also a successful businessman...
John Meade Falkner (1858-1932) was an English novelist and poet, best known for his 1898 novel, Moonfleet. An extremely successful businessman as well, he became chairman of the arms manufacturer Armstrong Wh
Moonfleet is an adventure story which begins in a small English town of the same name. John is an orphan and has grown up in his aunt's house. He accidentally stumbles into a smuggling heist, to which he eventually becomes a willing party. The ensuing...
Young John Trenchard lives in Moonfleet, an English village with dark secrets. One day he discovers a hidden crypt below the cemetery where smugglers meet and hide their goods. Here he accidentally finds the skeleton of evil Colonel Mohune, better known...