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Ship of Fools Study Guide

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by Katherine Anne Porter
About 77 pages (23,003 words)
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Ric and Rac, the twins of Spanish dancer, Lola, are up early and creating havoc on board the ship by overturning a bottle of ink in an area reserved for writing and tossing overboard the down filled deck chair of Frau Rittersdorf. The twins are interrupted in their pranks by a sailor, who chases them off toward their cabin.

As they run away, the twins encounter the dying man, Herr Graf, and his nephew, Johann. Johann is weary from attending to his dying uncle and longs for the company of some of the young women on board. Herr Graf reminds Johann that he will inherit Graf's entire estate for accompanying the old man on this trip back to see his native Germany so Johann must bide his time.

At the same time, David Scott and.....

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