The Ocean Waifs
Thomas Mayne Reid
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
"The “vulture of the sea,” borne upon broad wing, and wandering over the wide Atlantic, suddenly suspends his flight to look down upon an object that has attracted his attention.
It is a raft, with a disc not much larger than a dining-table, constructed out of two small spars of a ship,—the dolphin-striker and spritsail yard,—with two broad planks and some narrower ones lashed crosswise, and over all two or three pieces of sail-cloth carelessly spread." So begins this adventure, both on land and on sea! (Summary adapted from chapter 1) (12 hr 41 min)
Chapters
| The Albatross | 5:13 | Read by Anton |
| Ship on Fire | 9:03 | Read by Anton |
| The Lord's Prayer | 8:26 | Read by Anton |
| Hunger-Despair | 6:10 | Read by Anton |
| Faith-Hope | 6:26 | Read by Anton |
| Flying-Fish | 8:42 | Read by Deon Gines |
| A Cheering Cloud | 6:17 | Read by Deon Gines |
| A Canvas Tank | 6:39 | Read by Deon Gines |
| A Pleasant Shower-Bath | 7:30 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Pilot-Fish | 11:20 | Read by Deon Gines |
| A Lenten Dinner | 8:33 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Flensing a Shark | 8:17 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Sucking-Fish | 7:29 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| A Sail of Shark-Flesh | 6:05 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| The Mysterious Voice | 8:24 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| Other Waifs | 7:48 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| How Snowball Escaped From the Slaver | 8:24 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| Snowball Amid the Drift | 8:52 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Snowball at Sea on a Hencoop | 7:03 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Flashing of Lightning | 6:44 | Read by Deon Gines |
| To the Oars | 7:18 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Ship Ahoy! | 8:41 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Rafts en Rapport | 5:27 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Reconstructing the Raft | 7:18 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Catamaran | 7:15 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Little William and Lilly Lalee | 6:27 | Read by Vaughan McCarthy |
| Too Late! | 9:16 | Read by Vaughan McCarthy |
| 'Overboard!' | 7:20 | Read by Vaughan McCarthy |
| Saved! | 6:33 | Read by Vaughan McCarthy |
| The Zygaena | 10:45 | Read by Vaughan McCarthy |
| Face to Face | 5:41 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| A Ring Performance | 8:15 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| The Chase of the Catamaran | 8:52 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Sail out of Sight | 6:35 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Waiting for Death | 6:53 | Read by Doug Fajardo |
| A Chest at Sea | 5:34 | Read by Doug Fajardo |
| An Improvised Life-Preserver | 5:15 | Read by Doug Fajardo |
| Conjectures about the Catamaran | 10:08 | Read by Doug Fajardo |
| Down the Wind | 6:43 | Read by Doug Fajardo |
| Launching the Life-Preserver | 8:02 | Read by Doug Fajardo |
| A Lookout from Aloft | 8:34 | Read by Deon Gines |
| One More Aboard | 7:15 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Refitting the Raft | 7:34 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Albacores | 7:20 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Sword-Fish | 4:52 | Read by Jim Price |
| The Swordsman of the Sea | 7:27 | Read by Jim Price |
| Angling the Albacore | 13:42 | Read by Deon Gines |
| The Frigate-Bird | 11:15 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Between Two Tyrants | 9:02 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Snowball Making a Somersault | 5:54 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| A Thrust Through and Through | 6:39 | Read by Edward Brecht |
| An Awkward Grip | 9:26 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Gloomy Prospects | 5:18 | Read by Mike Pelton |
| Thanksgiving | 10:55 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Snowball Sees Land | 5:35 | Read by girix8 |
| Is It Land? | 9:57 | Read by Bill Boerst |
| The King of the Cannibal Islands | 7:19 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Very Like a Whale | 7:44 | Read by Deon Gines |
| Aboard the Body of a Whale | 5:35 | Read by girix8 |
| A Curious Cuisine | 5:56 | Read by Deon Gines |
| An Assembly of Sharks | 5:51 | Read by Deon Gines |
| A Dangerous Equilibrium | 7:54 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| A Harpoon Well Handled | 7:15 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| The Thick Waters | 8:01 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| A Whale on Fire! | 7:03 | Read by Bill Boerst |
| The Big Raft | 12:57 | Read by girix8 |
| A Crew of Cannibals | 10:47 | Read by Bill Boerst |
| The Lottery of Life and Death | 12:18 | Read by Deon Gines |
| A Challenge Declined | 7:46 | Read by Deon Gines |
| An Unexpected Termination | 7:27 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| Le Gros on Trial | 5:13 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| A Duel to the Death | 5:27 | Read by Bill Boerst |
| Hate Against Hate | 11:39 | Read by Kana McKay |
| A Light! | 6:31 | Read by Kana McKay |
| Towards the Beacon! | 7:56 | Read by Bill Boerst |
| A Double Darkness | 6:04 | Read by girix8 |
| A Whispered Conspiracy | 7:27 | Read by Rachel |
| A Foul Deed Done in a Fog | 6:17 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| Dousing the Glim | 5:41 | Read by Kathrine Engan |
| Suspicious Sounds | 5:20 | Read by Rachel |
| Unpleasant Conjectures | 10:26 | Read by girix8 |
| An Informal Inquest | 5:50 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| Slipping the Cable | 6:45 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| The Chase | 6:07 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| Nearer and Nearer | 6:07 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| Cut in Twain | 6:53 | Read by Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan |
| An Unlooked-for Deliverance | 5:51 | Read by ashleighjane |
| A Threatened Storm | 11:33 | Read by ashleighjane |
| A Startling Shriek | 7:26 | Read by Lynne T |
| A Madman in Mid-ocean | 8:27 | Read by Lynne T |
| The Insane Swimmer | 6:05 | Read by Lucy Perry |
| Boarding the Boat | 6:34 | Read by realisticspeakers |
| The Catamaran Abandoned | 7:17 | Read by realisticspeakers |
| A 'School' of Sperm-Whales | 10:47 | Read by Jules Hawryluk |
| Worse Off Than Ever | 6:17 | Read by BettyB |
| The Darkest Hour | 6:37 | Read by BettyB |
| A Cheering Cup | 6:24 | Read by BettyB |
| A Phantom Ship or a Ship on Fire? | 7:30 | Read by Jules Hawryluk |
| A Whaler 'Trying Out' | 8:00 | Read by Jules Hawryluk |
| The End of the 'Yarn' | 6:46 | Read by Leejack |