Nautical & Marine Fiction
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 …
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 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. …
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…
The Isle of Dead Ships
Read by Roger Melin
Crittenden Marriott
There is a floating island in the sea where no explorer has set foot, or, setting foot, has returned to tell of what he saw. Lying at our ve…
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…
Seaside
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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 Pirate, and The Three Cutters
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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…
The After House
Read by Tom Penn
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Ralph Leslie, a brand-new MD, realizes that a life of adventure holds more appeal than hospital rounds and daily clinics. Is it good luck, b…
The Skipper's Wooing
Read by Alan Lord
W. W. Jacobs
The crew of the ship come together in a syndicate to find the missing father of the lady whom their skipper should like to favour. Their res…
My Danish Sweetheart Volume 1
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William Clark Russell
Young Hugh Tregarthen has grown up in a seafaring Cornish family, but is not born to follow the family tradition. Against his mother's wishe…
The Yarn of Old Harbour Town
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William Clark Russell
This novel opens in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. A retired sailor, Captain Acton, reminisces about his time …
How a Fisherman Corked up His Foe in a Jar
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Guy Wetmore Carryl
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of How a Fisherman Corked up His Foe in a Jar by Guy Wetmore Carryl. This was the Fortnightly Po…