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Frozen Pirate (version 2)

Public domain audiobook

Frozen Pirate (version 2)

by William Clark Russell

English· 11:19:55· 32 chapters
Drawing on his own experience as a merchant seaman, Russell gives us the fictionalized narrative of one Paul Rodney who found an icebound vessel in the South Atlantic, while captaining a pirate ship. Russell has been hailed as the pre-eminent English writer of his ilk, compared to such American writers as Melville and Dana. - Summary by Lynne Thompson

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    The Storm

    12:11
  2. Chapter 2

    The Iceberg

    18:21
  3. Chapter 3

    I Lose My Companions

    12:39
  4. Chapter 4

    I Quit the Wreck

    14:09
  5. Chapter 5

    I Sight a White Coast

    17:30
  6. Chapter 6

    An Island of Ice

    22:36
  7. Chapter 7

    I am Startled by a Discovery

    18:13
  8. Chapter 8

    The Frozen Schooner

    18:23
  9. Chapter 9

    I Lose my Boat

    20:20
  10. Chapter 10

    Another Startling Discovery

    20:09
  11. Chapter 11

    I Make further Discoveries

    17:33
  12. Chapter 12

    A Lonely Night

    22:10
  13. Chapter 13

    I Explore the Hold and the Forecastle

    23:57
  14. Chapter 14

    An Extraordinary Occurrence

    24:17
  15. Chapter 15

    The Pirate's Story

    37:04
  16. Chapter 16

    I Hear of a Great Treasure

    23:57
  17. Chapter 17

    The Treasure

    24:09
  18. Chapter 18

    We Talk Over our Situation

    16:27
  19. Chapter 19

    We Take a View of the Ice

    16:55
  20. Chapter 20

    A Merry Evening

    33:48
  21. Chapter 21

    We Explore the Mines

    22:45
  22. Chapter 22

    A Change Comes Over the Frenchman

    23:42
  23. Chapter 23

    The Ice Breaks Away

    29:16
  24. Chapter 24

    The Frenchman Dies

    22:50
  25. Chapter 25

    The Schooner Frees Herself

    39:14
  26. Chapter 26

    I am Troubled by Thoughts of the Treasure

    23:11
  27. Chapter 27

    I Encounter a Whaler

    24:02
  28. Chapter 28

    I Strike a Bargain with the Yankee

    21:12
  29. Chapter 29

    I Value the Lading

    19:17
  30. Chapter 30

    Our Progress to the Channel

    16:38
  31. Chapter 31

    The End

    18:34
  32. Chapter 32

    Postscript

    04:26