The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Gelesen von Tom Crawford
Jack London
(4,405 Sterne; 348 Bewertungen)
This is the story of a voyage of a sailing ship from Baltimore to Seattle, east-to-west around Cape Horn in the winter. It is set in 1913 and the glory days of “wooden ships and iron men” are long over. The Elsinore is a four-masted iron sailing vessel carrying a cargo of 5000 tons of coal. She has a “bughouse” crew of misfits and incompetents.
This book was published in 1915 and some actions of some of the characters seem odd to us today. There is romance, but it is strangely platonic. Two important characters disappear with no real explanation. The disparity between the officers on the one hand and the fo’c’sle on the other is striking (literally). Some people will be offended by the bigotry.
The “men against the sea” descriptions -and the weather descriptions- are among Jack London’s finest. In my opinion he is right up there with Joseph Conrad and Joshua Slocum in this effort. We also have a mutiny, complete with shootings and deliberate starvation. My personal favorite is chapter 38.
Note: The chapter titles were assigned by the reader. London gave only numbers. (Introduction by Tom Crawford) (12 hr 29 min)
Chapters
Bewertungen
Volunteer Readers Could Learn From Tom
Donald R Miller
(5 Sterne)
Tom Crawford has one of the most important things going for him that any volunteer might want--and that is the wisdom to know which stories his voice is best suited for reading. His voice is perfect for reading stories about rugged manly men who wouldn't easily fit into a business suit. Thanks Tom!
(4 Sterne)
Not my fav Jack London- a bit slower of a book but still interesting. While I do appreciate the volunteer readers, this gentleman's saliva smacking throughout the book was very distracting. Perhaps taking a drink of water prior to reading may help?
adventure
Oliver
(5 Sterne)
great reading, love and character
love the reader's chapter headings
Darlene Boda
(4 Sterne)
I'd give it five stars if London had edited out the narrator's intrusive thoughts about the captain's daughter. Hearing over and over, "she is a woman, and she is desirable" was somehow worse than his occasional racial reasoning toward the end that the blonder the hair and the lighter the eyes obviously equaled the right of rulership. White Fang's mother to the rescue, the narrator obviously needs to get eaten....
A Ripping yarn of the sea, replete with the casual racism.
BeWell Garforth
(4 Sterne)
Good balanced reading, a few mispronuciations of French names, but overall good pacing and easy to listen to. A knowledgeable account of sailing, with good characterisation and convincing action. How far the narrator's views of natural hierarchy and racial theory are those of the author remain unclear. Though the author does recount the dreadful conditions and excessive brutality that led to the mutiny.
Great story,well read.
Paul Busman
(5 Sterne)
The man definitely knew how to write a story! I'm a big fan of sea stories and this one is terrific. There's a lot of nautical terminology which some readers might want to look up..
it was a great book I loved it. I liked the reader it seemed very real like I w…
(1 Sterne)
It was ok
Mic
(4 Sterne)
Well written but the excitement was minimal and two of the main characters disappeared without explanation.