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Perceval Gibbon

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515: 17: 545: 603: 75:. After leaving school at Königsfeld, Gibbon joined the Merchant Navy as a cadet under sail, travelling in Europe, Africa, and the Americas. He writes with authority about the sea, ships and sailing and continued to retain close associations with the Navy throughout his writing life. His first acquaintance with the Royal Navy was as a young journalist reporting on courts-martial held in the HMS 550: 31:
in South Africa, as well as for other publications. Gibbon had travelled to South Africa in 1898, moved to the war front and became the representative of a syndicate of colonial newspapers at the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War. He is best remembered for his short stories, which often contained an
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at Portsmouth. During the First World War he was given a commission as a Major in the Royal Marine Artillery, employed as a sort of official eye-witness with the Navy. One outcome of this period was his authorship of
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was adapted into a screenplay by Meg Rickards who directed the mini-series and the made-for-TV feature film for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), under the title
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Pereira, Ernest (1986). "Tall tellers of tales: some fictional Narrators and their function in the South African short story in English". In Gray, Stephen (ed.).
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ironic twist at the end. Gibbon's influence on the work of later South African authors has been acknowledged. For instance, the fictional narrator of
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1949 American radio play production of Gibbon's "The Second Class Passenger". Adapted from the 1913 short story.
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Gibbon's early works were influenced by his extensive travels throughout Europe, America, and Africa.
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with the Italian Army from 1917 to 1918. From 1918–1919, Perceval Gibbon was a Major in the British
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The Triumph of the Royal Navy: Official Record of the Surrender of the German Fleet
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This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a
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This article about a South African writer or poet is a
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Gibbon, Perceval (1983). Williams, Pieter D. (ed.).
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Rand Daily Mail
Herman Charles Bosman's
Trelech
Carmarthenshire
Wales
World War I
war correspondent
Royal Marines
Joseph Conrad
Victory
Land of Thirst
The Second Class Passenger, 1913 (stories)
Project Gutenberg
"Gibbon, Perceval, (4 Nov. 1879–30 May 1926), novelist and short story writer"
doi
10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u196846
ISBN
0074506781
ISBN
0852555490


""Perceval Gibbon" Obituary"
"The triumph of the Royal Navy : how the German Fleet came to Britain"
ISBN
9780908396825
ISBN
9781841504582
"Sisters on screen"

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