Reviews for The Enchanted Voyage
Review - Enchanted Voyage, The
A cute, quick read about lonely people who escape life together for a bit.
Reviewed by Roger on 2026-07-22 19:48:41
The Enchanted Voyageby Robert Nathan | |
| Category: |
"Fiction - S. F./Fantasy" |
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| Pages: | 92 |
| Year of Publication: | 1936 |
| Date Added: | 01/23/2021 |
| Date Read: | 07/22/2026 |
| Notes: | Hector Pecket, unsuccessful carpenter in NYC, builds a boat in his yard in the Bronx. It's not a real boat, having no caulk or keel, but Pecket likes to sit in it at night and pretend he's a sailor. His wife Sarah thinks it's silly. She puts wheels on it and sells the boat to the butcher up the road for a hamburger stand. Pecket decides to spend one more night on the boat, but a wind comes up and sends it rolling. He decides to keep going. He meets Mary, a lonely waitress, and she comes aboard, happy to get away from her boring life. They make their way across New Jersey. They meet Williams, a dentist who can't find a place to practice. He comes along, and in time he and Mary fall in love. Pecket gets caught up on the sailor fantasy and tries to harpoon a chicken. He gets thrown in jail. Mary gets a job as a waitress to pay his fine, but Mrs. Pecket comes along and gets Pecket out of jail. He jumps on his boat and rolls it into the river to escape, but it sinks. His wife feels bad for him and kisses him for the first time he can remember and asks him to come home. Williams and Mary get married, although they know they'll be poor, at least at first. |
| My Rating: | 6 |