Great Sea Stories Classic Reprint Joseph Lewis French Books
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The theme of the sea is heroic - epic. Since the first stirrings of the imagination of man the sea has enthralled him; and since the dawn of literature he has chronicled his wanderings upon its vast bosom.
It is one of the curiosities of literature, a fact that old Isaac Disraeli might have delighted to linger over, that there have been no collectors of sea-tales; that no man has ever, as in the present instance, dwelt upon the topic with the purpose of gathering some of the best work into a single volume. And yet men have written of the sea since 2500 B. C. when an unknown author set down on papyrus his account of a struggle with a sea-serpent. This account, now in the British Museum, is the first sea-story on record. Our modern sea-stories begin properly with the chronicles of the early navigators - in many of which there is an unconscious art that none of our modern masters of fiction has greatly surpassed. For delightful reading the lover of sea stories is referred to Best's account of Frobisher's second voyage - to Richard Chancellor's chronicle of the same period - to Hakluyt, an immortal classic - and to Purchas' "pilgrimage."
But from the earliest growth of the art of fiction the sea was frankly accepted as a stirring theme, comparatively rarely handled because voyages were fewer then, and the subject still largely unknown. To the general reader it may seem a rather astounding fact that in "Robinson Crusoe" we have the first classic of this period and in "Colonel Jack" another classic of much the same type. These two stories by the immortal Defoe may be accepted as the foundation of the sea-tale In literary art.
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Great Sea Stories Classic Reprint Joseph Lewis French Books
A variety of authors, known and some long forgotten, including Jack London and Herman Melville, no less, tell sea adventures masterfully and entertainingly in short or excerpted form. A satisfying read for any fan of the genre.Product details
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Great Sea Stories Classic Reprint Joseph Lewis French Books Reviews
I like this series of short stories about sailing the high seas in the square-riggers.
I got hooked on the Horation Hornblower series of 12 books.
And the price was right...
I love these old sea stories and I can read them all the time. Plus this volume is free so you can't go wrong at that price.
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It was hard to get into the story line. It could have been the writer assuming I knew the locale and period of the action.
Excellent author gives insite to details of
life in 17th and 18th century England and British navy. Stories similar to Daniel Defoe
and other popular authors. The down side
is that books are digitally reproduced and
contain numerous typos. Despite this fact
the reading is well worth the trouble. Better than the "free" versions as it is much more
readable.
Because of the sectional selection of the pieces, some leave you wanting a bit more explanation & most leave you wondering. Read the books in their entirety and you either like them or don't. Pieces of books accomplish little.
Retired from 26 years U. S. Navy, I crewed 7 ships; 3 times round the World.
Though my sea-time as an "enlisted person" was not unlike what one might envision life lived in a shore-side prison-setting, (HA!), I fared more nicely than did characters in subject book. An enjoyable read,
A variety of authors, known and some long forgotten, including Jack London and Herman Melville, no less, tell sea adventures masterfully and entertainingly in short or excerpted form. A satisfying read for any fan of the genre.
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