Nautical & Marine Fiction

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)

A Prisoner of Morro

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Upton Sinclair


Upton Sinclair, born in 1878 was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. He wrote over 90 books in many genres. Best known for his muckrak…

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Part 2: The Field of Ice

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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…

Futility, Or the Wreck of the Titan

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Morgan Robertson


This novel was published a full 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic, but listeners may be surprised at how many parallels this fictio…

Billy Budd

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Herman Melville


Young naive sailor Billy Budd is impressed into military service with the British navy in the 1790s, framed for conspiracy to mutiny, summar…

The Naval Officer, or Scenes in the Life and Adventures of Frank Mildmay

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Frederick Marryat


Marryat was a midshipman under Captain Cochrane and this, his first naval adventure, is considered to be a highly autobiographical telling o…

Poison Island

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


Mysterious old Captain Coffin not only has a wild story about a Honduran island where treasure lies, he has a map. But they must be wary bec…

In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories

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Robert Barr


Thirteen short stories by one of the most famous writers in his day. Robert Barr was a British Canadian short story writer and novelist, bor…

Jacob Faithful

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Frederick Marryat


Rebelling against the career chosen for him by his wealthy family, Frederic Marryat joined the Royal Navy in 1806 at the age of 14. He first…

The Fearsome Island

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Albert Kinross


No ordinary sailor's tale, this. Based allegedly on the real experiences of Silas Fordred, Master Mariner of Hythe, this is a story of shipw…

For Treasure Bound

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Harry Collingwood


For Treasure Bound is one of the earlier novels by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster), published in 1897. We follow the her…

Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora

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George Hamilton


George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …

Dog-Watches At Sea

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Stanton Henry King


Stanton H. King was from Barbados and followed his brothers to sea at the age of twelve in 1880. He spent only twelve years at sea for reaso…

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