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The Beach of Dreams

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H. De Vere Stacpoole


Two sailors, Harbutt and Raft, discuss their plight as workers under the thumb of a wealthy owner. During a windstorm, Raft and his fellow h…

The Island of Appledore

Read by Roger Melin


Cornelia Meigs


Any one who knows the coast of New England will know also the Island of Appledore and just where it lies. Such a person can tell you that it…

Toilers of the Sea (Version 2)

Read by John Greenman


Victor Hugo


The book is dedicated to the island of Guernsey, where Victor Hugo spent 15 years in exile. Hugo uses the setting of a small island communit…

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…

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 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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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