Nautical & Marine Fiction

Cutlass and Cudgel

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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 Phantom Death and Other Stories

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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…

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…

Ιστορίαι (Histories) Βιβλίοv 3 (Book 3)

Read by olorou


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

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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…

The Last Buccaneer

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Thomas Babington Macaulay


LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Last Buccaneer by Thomas Babbington Macaulay. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for …

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 Frozen Pirate (version 2)

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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…

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. (…

The Rover

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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 …

A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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…

Seaside

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Rupert Brooke


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Seaside by Rupert Brooke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 19, 2012.Rupert Chawn…

The Pirates

Read by Joseph DeNoia


Morgan Robertson


A dozen men jailbreak from a naval prison, and steal the newest destroyer tied up at the docks to escape in: the fastest ship in the navy. …

The Black Buccaneer

Read by Warren Bergmann


Stephen W. Meader


Two teen boys are kidnapped by pirates along the Atlantic coast of the American colonies in the early 1700s. It is a privilege for me to mak…

The Pirate, and The Three Cutters

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Frederick Marryat


Pirates are the subject of many a dime novel and boys' stories, but they tend to be portrayed as one-dimensional. Such is the case here. The…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >