Category Archives: Nautical & Marine Fiction
Peter Simple
Author(s): Frederick Marryat Peter Simple, ‘the fool of the family’, son of a parson but...
Outcast Of The Islands
Author(s): Joseph Conrad An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad,...
Janet of the Dunes
Author(s): Harriet Theresa Comstock Known primarily for her children’s books, Harriet T. Comstock would occasionally...
In Search of Mademoiselle
Author(s): George Gibbs Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in...
Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates
Author(s): Howard Pyle Swashbuckling tales of legendary pirates, buccaneers, and marooners, terrors of the Spanish...
Heart of Darkness
Author(s): Joseph Conrad Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the...
Heart of Darkness (version 3)
Few literary works capture the psychological disintegration of European imperialism as fiercely as Joseph Conrad’s...
Labrador Days
Author(s): Sir Wilfred Grenfell Dive deep into the heart of the Labrador Sea, sharing the...
Jacob Faithful
Author(s): Frederick Marryat Rebelling against the career chosen for him by his wealthy family, Frederic...
Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton
Author(s): Daniel Defoe The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a...
Cruise in an Opium Clipper
Author(s): Lindsay Anderson Eamont was an opium clipper built in Cowes. It was the subject...
For Treasure Bound
Author(s): Harry Collingwood For Treasure Bound is one of the earlier novels by Harry Collingwood...
Die schwarze Galeere
Author(s): Wilhelm Raabe Im Jahr 1599 sind die Niederlande von den Spaniern besetzt. Die Stadt...
Flood Tide
Author(s): Sara Ware Bassett Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards,...
Godfrey Morgan: a Californian Mystery
Author(s): Jules Verne This Verne adventure is indeed a mystery and also a satire on...
Fighting the Whales
Author(s): R. M. Ballantyne A fatherless boy joins the crew of a whaling ship in...
Futility, Or the Wreck of the Titan
Author(s): Morgan Robertson This novel was published a full 14 years before the sinking of...
Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida
Author(s): Oliver Optic “Down South” is the fifth and last volume but one of the...
Cutlass and Cudgel
Author(s): George Manville Fenn Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is...
Clearing Weather
Author(s): Cornelia Meigs “It is not the money. It is the ships. I must build...
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts (version 2)
Author(s): Frank R. Stockton Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts is a non-fiction, rollicking story...
Captain John Crane, 1800 – 1815
Author(s): Thomas Wallace Knox John and David grew up best of friends, outgoing and full...
Benito Cereno
Author(s): Herman Melville On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing...
Antarctic Mystery, or The Sphinx of the Ice Fields
Author(s): Jules Verne Edgar Allan Poe’s telling of Arthur Pym’s narrative is shown to be...
Captains Courageous
Author(s): Rudyard Kipling Real men don’t take guff from snotty kids. Neither does Disko Troop,...
Billy Budd
Author(s): Herman Melville Young naive sailor Billy Budd is impressed into military service with the...
Biltmore Oswald
Author(s): J. Thorne Smith, Jr. The hilarious diary of a young man’s recruitment into, and...