What is zaroffs island called?

answer:

the secretive island that rainsford is sailing by while smoking his pipe on the deck of a ship is called ship trap island. the island is cloaked in dark mystery, and whitney, rainsford's companion, tells rainsford that “sailors have a curious dread of the place.”

the answer is: tabard inn, southwark.

in "the canterbury tales," by geoffrey chaucer, the twenty-nine diverse group of pilgrims is staying at a tavern in southwark, london, as they are traveling to canterbury. they wish to visit the relics of saint thomas becket in canterbury   cathedral in order to him for his when they underwent necessities.