Nautical & Marine Fiction

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…

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 …

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…

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.…

South Sea Tales

Read by Warren Kati


Jack London


The eight short stories that comprise South Sea Tales are powerful tales that vividly evoke the early 1900’s colonial South Pacific islands.…

Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2)

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Frank R. Stockton


Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts is a non-fiction, rollicking story of the origins of piracy and of the famous pirates of the coasts of …

Up the River

Read by Stevan Simmons


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


Up the River is the sixth and last of "The Great Western Series." The events of the story occur on the coast of Florida, in the Gu…

The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales

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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch


This lively collection of stories by Q, aka the imaginative and prolific man of letters Arthur Quiller-Couch, includes tales of mystery, hor…

Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida

Read by Stevan Simmons


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


"Down South" is the fifth and last volume but one of the "Great Western Series." The action of the story is confined ent…

The Copper Princess

Read by Betsie Bush


Kirk Munroe


The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines is an adventure set in the beautiful Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The delightful story …

Heart of Darkness (version 3)

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Joseph Conrad


Heart of Darkness tells the story of an English seaman, Charles Marlow, who embarks on a voyage up the Congo River and into the African wild…

The Three Midshipmen

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William Henry Giles Kingston


This is the start of a series of four books following three friends through their career in the navy. Terence, Jack and Alick first meet at …

Swiss Family Robinson in Words of One Syllable

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Lucy Aikin


All the excitement, danger, heartbreaks and triumphs of this well known story, but without the big words. Lucy Aikin, an accomplished writer…

Drake

Read by Cynthia Moyer


Alfred Noyes


Alfred Noyes, in the blank-verse epic "Drake", fictionalizes the historical Francis Drake, who, during the reign of Elizabeth I of…

Blake of the "Rattlesnake"

Read by Mark F. Smith


Frederick Thomas Jane


Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that f…

A Marriage at Sea

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William Clark Russell


Herbert Barclay is desperately in love with Grace Bellassys, but a number of factors stand in the way of their happiness, the biggest of whi…

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