The Offshore Pirate
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Languages: English, RU, French, German
Genre: Romance, Satire, Short story
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A self-willed young heiress marooned on a Florida yacht is charmed by a dashing faux-pirate and his band of jazz musicians.
Characters
- Ardita Farnam — Heroine; willful young heiress: Willful nineteen-year-old heiress aboard her uncle's yacht, bristling with defiant independence
- Curtis Carlyle — The 'pirate'; charming jazz performer and self-styled adventurer: Dashing young jazz performer who seizes the yacht with his band of Black musicians
- Mr. Farnam — Ardita's uncle; owner of the steam-yacht: Ardita's stern gray-haired uncle and owner of the steam-yacht Narcissus