Nautical & Marine Fiction
Wappin' Wharf: A Frightful Comedy of Pirates
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Charles S. Brooks
We had hoped that our drama's scene might lie on a pirate ship at sea. We had wished for a swaying mast, full-set with canvas—a typhoon to s…
The Last of the Vikings
Read by Kathrine Engan
Johan Bojer
In a small village on the coast of Northern Norway lives the Myran family. Father is a fisher man and is, in the eyes of the oldest son, lik…
Cutlass and Cudgel
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George Manville Fenn
Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipma…
A Burnt Ship
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John Donne
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Burnt Ship by John Donne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 17th, 2010.
The Three Lieutenants
Read by Jim Locke
William Henry Giles Kingston
A few years have passed since the adventures of Terence, Jack, and Alick as midshipmen in the British Navy. They have each gone on their pat…
The Phantom Death and Other Stories
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William Clark Russell
This is a book of remarkable nautical ghost and horror stories written by William Clark Russell in 1893. The stories are for the most part s…
The Wreck of the Corsaire
Read by Steven Seitel
William Clark Russell
This book was published in 1897. When cabin passenger Mr. Catesby climbs into the rigging of the Ruby in search of cooler air, he is struck …
Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίοv 3 (Book 3)
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Thucydides
Η Ιστορία του Θουκυδίδη εξιστορεί τα πρώτα 20 χρόνια του πολέμου μεταξύ της Αθήνας και της Σπάρτης, που κράτησε από το 431 μέχρι το 404 π.Χ.…
In Search of Mademoiselle
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts…
Ballad of the Tempest
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James Thomas Fields
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Ballad of the Tempest by James T. Fields. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 4t…
The Frozen Pirate (version 2)
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William Clark Russell
Drawing on his own experience as a merchant seaman, Russell gives us the fictionalized narrative of one Paul Rodney who found an icebound v…
Typhoon (version 2)
Read by Anthony Ogus
Joseph Conrad
A seafaring novella in which those manning ships are pitted against the forces of nature. A typical Conrad exploration of human beings under…
The Last Buccaneer
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Last Buccaneer by Thomas Babbington Macaulay. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for …
Captain John Crane, 1800 - 1815
Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022)
Thomas Wallace Knox
John and David grew up best of friends, outgoing and full of adventure. Living but miles from the sea west of Boston, right on the cusp of m…
The Rover
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Joseph Conrad
This is Joseph Conrad's last novel. Citizen Peyrol returns to his native France against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. The arrival of …
Selected Public Domain Poems
Read by Liam Neely
John Masefield
Maritime and metaphysical verse by John Masefield, English poet and author, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death. (…
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
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Allan Cunningham
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Mar…
The Pirates
Read by Joseph DeNoia
Morgan Robertson
A dozen men jailbreak from a naval prison, and steal the newest destroyer tied up at the docks to escape in: the fastest ship in the navy. …
Seaside
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Rupert Brooke
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Seaside by Rupert Brooke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 19, 2012.Rupert Chawn…
The Isle of Dead Ships
Read by Roger Melin
Crittenden Marriott
There is a floating island in the sea where no explorer has set foot, or, setting foot, has returned to tell of what he saw. Lying at our ve…