Nautical & Marine Fiction
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, Anonymoustranslated By John 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…
A Voyage to the South Sea
Read by Tom Crawford
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
Read by Tom Crawford
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 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.
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
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
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. …
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…
My Danish Sweetheart Volume 2
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William Clark Russell
Volume 2 begins as our hero winds up his story. But the question remains, what happened to the other boat? Hugh and Helga have been picked u…
The Ice Queen
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Ernest Ingersoll
When four young people decide to undertake a skating trek across the Arctic ice, there are sure to be adventures. Aleck becomes “Captain,” …
Moonraker
Read by Anne Erickson
F. Tennyson Jesse
Young Jackie runs away to sea and before long his ship is captured by pirates. Now sailing with the Moonraker and its captain, Jacky reaches…
Ballad of the Canal
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Phoebe Cary
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Ballad of the Canal by Phoebe Cary. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 4, …
The Young Ice Whalers
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Winthrop Packard
Noted American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, has given such enchanting nature books as Wildwood Ways, White Mountain Trails, and Woodland W…
Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe
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Thomas Hood
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe by Thomas Hood. This was the Fortnig…
Erie Waters
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E. Pauline Johnson
"Her death is not only a great loss to those who knew and loved her: it is a great loss to Canadian literature and to the Canadian nati…
My Danish Sweetheart Volume 3
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William Clark Russell
Volume 3 continues the story of Hugh Tregarthen and Helga Nielsen as they embark on a tumultuous sea journey aboard the ship Light of the Wo…