Nautical & Marine Fiction
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
Read by Roy Schreiber
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
Read by Peter Kelleher
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…
El huésped secreto
Read by Victor Villarraza
Joseph Conrad
La historia de El huésped secreto se abre con una minuciosa descripción del momento previo a la partida, del instante en que e…
A Cruise in an Opium Clipper
Read by David Wales
Lindsay Anderson
Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. It was the subject of an 1891 book, A cruise in an opium clipper, by Captain Lindsay Anderson. …
The Mirror of the Sea
Read by Peter Kelleher
Joseph Conrad
The Mirror of the Sea (collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines 1904-6), 1906 (Summary from Wikipedia)
Pirates of Panama
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Alexandre Exquemelin
This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaenech…
The Shadow-Line
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Joseph Conrad
Dedicated to the author's son who was wounded in World War 1, The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad; it is one of h…
Flood Tide
Read by Roger Melin
Sara Ware Bassett
Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on …
Pocket Island
Read by Roger Melin
Charles Clark Munn
Along the coast of Maine are littered thousands of small islands. One such, named 'Pocket Island' by the locals was so called because of a p…
Fighting the Whales
Read by Lee Elliott
R. M. Ballantyne
A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in order to earn a living for himself and his mother. Beyond being a fascinating depiction…
Man Overboard
Read by Roger Melin
Francis Marion Crawford
Peculiar happenings aboard the schooner Helen B. Jackson when one night during a storm, the small crew found themselves diminished by one. S…
The Wreck of the Golden Mary
Read by James E. Carson
Charles Dickens
A short story of a ship wreck in 1851 trying to round Cape Horn on its way to the California gold fields. Poignant and well written. ( Summa…
Janet of the Dunes
Read by Roger Melin
Harriet Theresa Comstock
Known primarily for her children's books, Harriet T. Comstock would occasionally depart from that genre and showcase her writing talent in a…
Deephaven
Read by Betsie Bush
Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common-place daily events to something remar…
The Trawler
Read by Roger Melin
James Brendan Connolly
The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked hi…
The Sea-Witch
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Maturin Murray Ballou
Maturin Murray Ballou was the author of dozens of books, chiefly centered around his extensive sea travel. He was deputy navy-agent in the B…
Peter Simple
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Frederick Marryat
Peter Simple, 'the fool of the family', son of a parson but heir presumptive to a title, goes to sea as midshipman during the Napoleonic war…
Abandoned
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William Clark Russell
We meet Miss Lucretia Lane as she is dressing for her marriage to Captain Francis Reynolds of the British Merchant Service. Though he loves …
The Watchman and Other Poems
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon, she also wrote hundreds of poems.…