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    Stories of the Sea
    Stories of the Sea
    Stories of the Sea
    Audiobook10 hours

    Stories of the Sea

    Written by Joseph Conrad, G.K Chesterton and W. W. Jacobs

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A riveting collection of stories of ships, sailors, adventures on the high seas and maritime mysteries.

    "The Tale" by Joseph Conrad
    "The Saloon Passenger" by E. W. Hornung
    "The Terrible Story of the 'Mary Russell'" by J. G. Lockhart
    "Marooned" by J. G. Lockhart
    "A Rash Experiment "by W. W. Jacobs
    "The Mystery of the Mary Celeste" by J. G. Lockhart
    "Smoked Skipper" by W. W. Jacobs
    "The Flying Dutchman" by J. G. Lockhart
    "The Cabin Passenger" by W. W. Jacobs
    "The Ship that saw a Ghost" by Frank Norris
    "The Murderer" by Perceval Gibbon
    "The First Shot" by J. J. Bell
    "The Secret Sharer" by Joseph Conrad
    "Jenny" by Victor Hugo
    "My Uncle Jules" by Guy de Maupassant
    "The Shadow of the Shark" by G. K. Chesterton
    "Typhoon" off the Coast of Japan by Jack London
    "Submarine" by Stella Benson
    "The Lost Ship" by W. W. Jacobs
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateNov 15, 2014
    ISBN9781467697743
    Stories of the Sea
    Author

    Joseph Conrad

    Polish-born Joseph Conrad is regarded as a highly influential author, and his works are seen as a precursor to modernist literature. His often tragic insight into the human condition in novels such as Heart of Darkness and The Secret Agent is unrivalled by his contemporaries.

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      An interesting account of some of Conrad’s personal life. The book is pierced with some spellbinding descriptions and tinged with an accurate and methodical writing style.