Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner

"Moonfleet" by J. Meade Falkner is a novel written in 1898. Set in an 18th-century English coastal village, it follows young orphan John Trenchard as he becomes entangled with smugglers and the legend of Blackbeard Mohune's hidden diamond. When a forbidden friendship and a dangerous secret draw him into a world of treasure hunting and adventure, John's life transforms forever. A tale of loyalty, lost fortunes, and redemption unfolds across decades and continents. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Falkner, John Meade, 1858-1932
Title Moonfleet
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonfleet_(novel)
Credits Produced by Riikka Talonpoika, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Smugglers -- Fiction
Subject Treasure troves -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 10743
Release Date
Last Update May 18, 2026
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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