The Trader's Wife
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From her verandah above Levuka harbour, Nell Brabant watches her husband's schooner return after five months at sea. John Brabant is a prosperous Pacific trader, devoted to his young wife and confident that his oldest friends will be welcome in their home. His chief mate, Lester, views her with distrust. Louis Becke opens this short novel amid the heat, hospitality and social rivalries of a small European community in Fiji.
Money brings the marriage's tensions into focus. Nell enjoys lavish entertaining, while Brabant hopes to save enough to settle in the old country. A proposed business merger promises a large payment, but he questions the fairness of the scheme. Conversations about expenses, friendships and a possible visit to Sydney reveal competing loyalties.
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- Author
- Louis Becke
- Reading time
- About 45 minutes
- Pages
- 26
- Language
- English
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