Nautical & Marine Fiction
Biltmore Oswald
Read by Nigel Boydell
J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …
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…
Mardi Vol. 1
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Herman Melville
"Not long ago, having published two narratives of voyages in the Pacific, which, in many quarters, were received with incredulity, the …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 and W. H. G. 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 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)
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
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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…
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…
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 …
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 …