Nautical & Marine Fiction
Typhoon
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Joseph Conrad
Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describe…
Redburn: His First Voyage
Read by James K. White
Herman Melville
Melville wrote of some of his earliest experiences at sea in the story of Wellingborough Redburn, a wet-behind-the-ears youngster whose head…
Toilers of the Sea
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Victor Hugo
This is the story of a man’s monumental struggle against nature, to win the hand of the woman he loves, and surmount every difficulty that N…
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Part 1: The English at the North Pole
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Jules Verne
The novel, set in 1861, describes adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced tha…
The Cruise of the Esmeralda
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Harry Collingwood
After his father died, Captain Saint Leger and his family are left destitute. However, the Saint Legers have a family secret: an ancestor is…
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
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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…
On the Shore
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Susan Coolidge
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 readings of On the Shore by Susan Coolidge, author of What Katy Did. This was the weekly poem for the week …
The Voyagers: Being Legends and Romances of Atlantic Discovery
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Pádraic Colum
In this 1926 Newbery Honor Book, Pádraic Colum gathers several little-known folk lore tales of exploration on the Atlantic Ocean and …
Labrador Days
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Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Dive deep into the heart of the Labrador Sea, sharing the rugged lives of fishermen and their indomitable spirit. Wilfred Grenfell, a doctor…
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…