Nautical & Marine Fiction

The Loss of the S. S. Titanic

Read by Allyson Hester


Lawrence Beesley


This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the even…

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

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Herman Melville


Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leavi…

Typhoon

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Joseph Conrad


Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describe…

Redburn: His First Voyage

Read by James K. White


Herman Melville


Melville wrote of some of his earliest experiences at sea in the story of Wellingborough Redburn, a wet-behind-the-ears youngster whose head…

Toilers of the Sea

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Victor Hugo


This is the story of a man’s monumental struggle against nature, to win the hand of the woman he loves, and surmount every difficulty that N…

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Part 1: The English at the North Pole

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Jules Verne


The novel, set in 1861, describes adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced tha…

The Cruise of the Esmeralda

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Harry Collingwood


After his father died, Captain Saint Leger and his family are left destitute. However, the Saint Legers have a family secret: an ancestor is…

Die Schwarze Galeere

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Wilhelm Raabe


Im Jahr 1599 sind die Niederlande von den Spaniern besetzt. Die Stadt Antwerpen ist bevölkert von italienischen Söldnern. Doch die…

The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'

Read by Jason Mills


William Hope Hodgson


Eighteenth-century sailors adrift in a lifeboat encounter strange lands and weird creatures in their search for home. A creepy tale of nauti…

Eirik the Red's Saga

Read by Julian Jamison


Anonymoustranslated Byjohn Sephton and William James Mcglothlin


In this saga, the events that led to Eirik the Red's banishment to Greenland are chronicled, as well as Leif Eirikson's discovery of Vinland…

The Secret Sharer

Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)


Joseph Conrad


A young untested ship captain finds a man named Leggatt clinging to the side of his ship. The Captain makes the unusual decision to hide Leg…

The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn

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Harry Collingwood


Eric Blackburn's strange adventures begin when the ship on which he is engaged as fourth officer is struck by an enormous meteorite and sink…

The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches

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William Clark Russell


This is a collection of short stories of mystery and romance, set at sea, in the times of the great sea voyages.

A Voyage to the South Sea

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William Bligh


A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in Hi…

Nigger of the Narcissus

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Joseph Conrad


This is the story of a voyage of a merchant sailing ship from Bombay to England, set in the very late 19th century. “It was a bad winter off…

The Frozen Pirate

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William Clark Russell


Sailing adventure with storms, icebergs, shipwrecks, treasure, and the reawakening of a pirate frozen in suspended animation for nearly fift…

Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children

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Daniel Defoe


Adaptation of the story of Robinson Crusoe for grammar school children. Tells how the shipwrecked sailor makes a new life for himself on the…

Nostromo

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Joseph Conrad


Señor Gould is a native Costaguanan of English descent who owns the silver-mining concession in Sulaco. He is tired of the political …

The General History of the Pyrates

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Captain Charles Johnson


A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. …

Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates

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Howard Pyle


Swashbuckling tales of legendary pirates, buccaneers, and marooners, terrors of the Spanish Main.(Summary by Epistomolus)

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