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The Cruise of the Nona · Theme
Solitude and Self-Reliance
How The Cruise of the Nona develops Solitude and Self-Reliance.
The book emphasizes the value of sailing alone in a small boat, dependent on one's own skill and energy, as a model for human life, contrasting it with the dullness of wealth and comfort.
Where it surfaces
- To Maurice Baring
The narrator emphasizes the value of sailing alone in a small boat, dependent on one's own skill, as a model for human life.
- The Cruise of the Nona
The narrator reflects on how lonely sailing prompts deep consideration of the nature of things.