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The Sea-Wolf Jack London · 1900 · ★ 4.1 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Jack London's novel The Sea Wolf became an instant bestseller on its release in 1904. Ambrose Bierce wrote "The great thing - and it is among the greatest of things - is that tremendous creation, Wolf Larsen...the hewing out and setting up of such a figure is black for a man to do in one lifetime." The Sea Wolf tells the story of intellectual Humphrey van Weyden's toughening and growth in the… Shares: American Sea stories, Sailors, Sea Stories

Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad · 1899 · ★ 3.4 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best. His readers are… Shares: Sailors, Sea Stories, Description and travel, Drama

The sea lions James Fenimore Cooper · 1800 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Challenging If any thing connected with the hardness of the human heart could surprise us, it surely would be the indifference with which men live on, engrossed by their worldly objects, amid the sublime natural phenomena that so eloquently and unceasingly speak to their imaginations, affections, and judgments. So completely is the existence of the individual concentrated in self, and so regardless does he… Shares: American Sea stories, Classic Literature

Billy Budd Herman Melville · 1900 · ★ 3.2 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging TRIALS OF THE HANDSOME SAILOR Aboard the warship Bellipotent, the young orphan Billy Budd was called the Handsome Sailor. Billy was tall, athletic, noble looking; he was friendly, innocent, helpful and ever-cheerful. He was a fierce fighter and a loyal friend. All the men and officers liked him... All but one: Master-at-Arms Claggart. Envious, petty Claggart plotted to make Billy's life… Shares: Sailors, Sea Stories, Classic Literature, Adventure

Sea Tales James Fenimore Cooper · 1823 · ★ 3.7 · 406p · ≈ 13h · Challenging An American frigate and her supporting schooner enter a shoal-filled bay off Northumberland (northeastern England) on a bleak day in December during the American Revolution. Their immediate purpose is to pick up from the rocky cliffs someone referred to at first simply as a pilot. There is a suggestion that he may be a very special pilot when Captain Munson, commander of the frigate, orders his… Shares: American Sea stories, Sea Stories, Classic Literature

The water-witch James Fenimore Cooper · 1830 · ★ 3.7 · 429p · ≈ 14h · Challenging James Fenimore Cooper’s 1830 novel set in colonial New York follows seafaring smugglers and merchants as they evade the corrupt British government. Shares: American Sea stories, Sea Stories

Moby Dick Herman Melville · 1851 · ★ 3.6 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Challenging "Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick!" So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession -- the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial mission is perverted to one of vengeance. To Ahab, the monster that destroyed his body is not a… Shares: American Sea stories, Sea Stories, Drama, Adventure

Venture to the Interior Laurens van der Post · 1951 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A gripping, sometimes harrowing account of a British exploratory expedition into an uncharted region of southern Africa Shares: Indigenous peoples, Description and travel, Biography & Memoir

A week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Henry David Thoreau · 1849 · ★ 4.1 · 222p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Thoreau's first book excels at depicting nature around his trip in words. Shares: Gift books, Description and travel, Classic Literature

The Tree Where Man Was Born Peter Matthiessen · 1972 · 247p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 1. The tree where man was born -- 2. White highlands -- 3. Northwest frontier -- 4. Siringet -- 5. In Maasai -- 6. Rites of passage -- 7. Elephant kingdoms -- 8. Great caldron mountains -- 9. Red god -- 10. At Gidabembe. Shares: Indigenous peoples, Description and travel

The Red Rover: A Tale James Fenimore Cooper · 1827 · ★ 3.7 · 361p · ≈ 12h · Challenging In "The Red Rover," a notorious pirate is chased by a disguised agent of the Royal Navy. Romance, adventure, political intrigue, revelations of mistaken identity--here is Cooper at his best: a painter of brilliant seascapes, a riveting narrator of suspense. --- The Library of America Shares: American Sea stories, Sea Stories

Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway · 1952 · ★ 3.8 · 87p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It stands as a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to the elements. Shares: American Sea stories, Sea Stories

Relato de un náufrago Gabriel García Márquez · 1970 · ★ 3.9 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate On t.p.: . . . who drifted on a life raft for ten days without food or water, was proclaimed a national hero, kissed by beauty queens, made rich through publicity, and then spurned by the government and forgotten for all time. Shares: Sailors, Sea Stories, Biography & Memoir

Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia George Kennan · 1870 · 425p · ≈ 14h · Challenging An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the Atlantic. Shares: Description and travel, Social life and customs

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief James Fenimore Cooper · 1897 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Autobiography of a Pocket Handkerchief is a serial novel by James Fennimore Cooper first published by Graham's Magazine in 1843. The novel explores the upper crust of New York Society from the perspective of a woman's handkerchief. Shares: Classic Literature, Biography & Memoir

Martin Eden Jack London · 1908 · ★ 4.5 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Jack London's Martin Eden was first published in 1909 and is the story of a young writer's quest for celebrity and love. Much loved by writers who identify with Martin's belief that when he posted a manuscript, 'there was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning arrangement of cogs that changed the manuscript from one envelope to another and stuck on the stamps,' that automatically… Shares: Autobiographical fiction, Classic Literature

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce · 1818 · ★ 3.6 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin, feeling different from the other boys. His childhood and adolescence are shaped by bullying, his father's weaknesses and the growing realization that in order to make his way in the world he must reject a conventional life and boecome an artist. Penguin Popular Classics are the perfect introduction to the world-famous Penguin Classics series — which… Shares: Autobiographical fiction, Drama, Classic Literature

Pelham Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1828 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Challenging This is the tale of Henry Pelham. He falls in love with his best friend’s sister, and then learns that his friend is accused of murder. He must find the real killer in order to marry his love. The book really illustrates the manners, habits and lifestyles of the rich and famous in the first half of the 19th century. This is a very entertaining read!Please Note: This book is easy to read in true… Shares: Drama, Classic Literature, Adventure

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