“BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.”
Arthur Ransome book Swallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons (Chapter 1), 1930
Quotes from bookSwallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons is the first book in the Swallows and Amazons series by English author Arthur Ransome; it was first published on 1 December 1930, with the action taking place in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District. The book introduces the main protagonists John, Susan, Titty and Roger Walker , their mother, their baby sister , as well as Nancy and Peggy Blackett , their uncle Jim, commonly referred to as Captain Flint and their widowed mother Molly Blackett.
