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Shipwreck
Shipwreck is part of Survivalist and/or Disaster fiction. It can be set partially or completely at sea under the Maritime genre. Sometimes the time spent at sea is brief, where Shipwreck instead focuses on the time trapped on an island or land waiting for rescue and survival.
When fighting for survival after becoming stranded on a deserted island or similar location became popular (starting with Robinson Crusoe), a new genre was spawned: Robinsonade.
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When fighting for survival after becoming stranded on a deserted island or similar location became popular (starting with Robinson Crusoe), a new genre was spawned: Robinsonade.
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There are some secret moving Springs in the Affections, which when they are set a going by some Object in View, or be it some Object, tho’ not in View, yet render’d present to the Mind by the Power of Imagination, that Motion carries out the Soul by its Impetuosity to such violent eager Embracings of the Object, that the Absence of it is insupportable.
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― Robinson Crusoe
― Robinson Crusoe
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The ship is arranged with the greatest nicety; her decks are as white as snow - her hammocks are stowed with care - her ropes are taught - her yards square - her guns run out - and a guard of marines, under the orders of a lieutenant, prepared to receive every member of the court with the honour due to his rank... The great cabin is prepared, with a long table covered with a green cloth. Pens, ink, paper, prayer-books, and the Articles of War are laid round to every member.
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― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
― The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
