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The Voyage is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere on 24 December 1921, and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories. At the harbour Fenella and her grandmother say goodbye to Fenella's father and board the Picton boat; a number of everyday situations are described during the journey, which highlight a degree of tension between the rather religious grandmother and staff on the boat. At Picton they are met by Mr Penreddy with a carriage.

Just as the narrator starts the ascent of his balloon, a stranger jumps into its car. The unexpected passenger's only intent is to take the balloon as high as it will go, even at the cost of his and pilot's life. The intruder takes advantage of the long journey to recount the history of incidents related to the epic of lighter-than-air travel.

'This novel has humour and pathos in spades - I laughed and cried' CINDY MACDONALD, The Saturday Paper Vivian Walker is dying. This is not on her list of things to do. A darkly funny debut that proves even the most imperfect of lives is worth celebrating. Now that I've got cancer, I know I...

Elle est entêtée et prétentieuse. Il est colérique et mystérieux. Leur mariage forcé s'annonce... enflammé ! 1560. Adrastée de Nemours, noble héritière Française, se voit contrainte de quitter la cour pour épouser un Highlander, sur ordre de la reine Mary Stuart d'Écosse, alors souveraine de France. Darren MacLennan, Laird de l'île de North Uist, est obligé d'accepter cette union pour remplir les coffres d'or et ainsi faire face aux clans adverses.