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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, C.S. Forrester - Plot Summary by Jaikus

11 months, 1 week ago.

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  • Brz

    Mr. Midshipman Hornblower Published 1950. 1 of 11 chronologically

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    CHAPTER 1 - THE EVEN CHANCE

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    Horatio Hornblower is introduced as a gawky midshipman aboard the third-rate HMS Justinian, part of the Channel Fleet which hadn't succeeded in completeing its crews and lay at anchor in the lee of the Isle of Wight.

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    The 17 year old is homesick, and to start with is known for being seasick in Spithead (a roadsted).

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    He is unfamiliar with the naval parlance, and is using words he has only ever heard before.

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    Due to loneliness and the return of the leading midshipman (failed exams for lieutenant) Simpson, becomes suicidal. After a game of whist in which he is accused of cheating, Hornblower challenges Simpson to a duel, so that one or the other may go.

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    The aggrieved party sets the conditions, in a way which aren't 'unfair'.Hornblower's idea is to best chance is an 'Even Chance'. He decides that one pistol will be loaded, and the other is not loaded.

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    Fortunately, the loaded gun misfires (the captain's design). Hornblower is summoned to a chat with the captain, where upon learning this challenges the captain, but the captain points out the folley in this.

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    The Captain transfers Hornblower to the frigate HMS Indefatigable (apparently a famous name in the British Navy).

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    CHAPTER 2 - THE CARGO OF RICE

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