Moonfleet
Podcast |
Snoozecast
Publisher |
Snoozecast
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Bedtime
Sleep
Publication Date |
Apr 22, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:07:06
We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we’ll read the opening to "Moonfleet", a 1898 novel written by English writer J. Meade Falkner. The plot is an adventure tale of smuggling, treasure, and shipwreck set in 18th century England. Falkner is best known for writing this book. To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to snoozecast.com/plus. A feature of the narrative is a continuing reference to the board game of backgammon which is played by the patrons of the "Why Not? Inn" on an antique board which bears a Latin inscription that translates to: “As in life, so in a game of hazard, skill will make something of the worst of throws.”  — read by 'N' —  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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