Length7h 12m
About this audiobook
This is an absolutely delightful book, very funny indeed. (Goodreads) Excerpt: "The ancient port of Sunwich was basking in the sunshine of a July afternoon. A rattle of cranes and winches sounded from the shipping in the harbour, but the town itself was half asleep. Somnolent shopkeepers in dim back parlours coyly veiled their faces in red handkerchiefs from the too ardent flies, while small boys left in charge notice listlessly the slow passing of time as recorded by the church clock It is a fine church, and Sunwich is proud of it. The tall grey tower is a landmark at sea, but from the narrow streets of the little town itself it has a disquieting appearance of rising suddenly above the roofs huddled beneath it for the purpose of displaying a black-faced clock with gilt numerals whose mellow chimes have recorded the passing hours for many generations of Sunwich men Regardless of the heat, which indeed was mild compared with that which raged in his own bosom, Captain Nugent, fresh from the inquiry of the collision of his ship Conqueror with the German barque Hans Muller, strode rapidly up the High Street in the direction of home. An honest seafaring smell, compounded of tar, rope, and fish, known to the educated of Sunwich as ozone, set his thoughts upon the sea. He longed to be aboard ship again, with the Court of Inquiry to form part of his crew. In all his fifty years of life he had never met such a collection of fools. His hard blue eyes blazed as he thought of them, and the mouth hidden by his well-kept beard was set with anger."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length7 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 11, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ILLUSTRATIONS
14CHAPTER XIII
2CHAPTER I
15CHAPTER XIV
3CHAPTER II
16CHAPTER XV
4CHAPTER III
17CHAPTER XVI
5CHAPTER IV
18CHAPTER XVII
Show all chaptersShow less
6CHAPTER V
19CHAPTER XVIII
7CHAPTER VI
20CHAPTER XIX
8CHAPTER VII
21CHAPTER XX
9CHAPTER VIII
22CHAPTER XXI
10CHAPTER IX
23CHAPTER XXII
11CHAPTER X
24CHAPTER XXIII
12CHAPTER XI
25CHAPTER XXIV
13CHAPTER XII
26CHAPTER XXV
Series
More from W. W. Jacobs
The Skipper's Wooing and The Brown Man's ServantW. W. Jacobs4h 53m$2.30
Sea UrchinsW. W. Jacobs5h 40m$2.30
Dialstone LaneW. W. Jacobs7h 5m$2.30
Light FreightsW. W. Jacobs5h 18m$2.30
Deep WatersW. W. Jacobs4h 53m$2.30
A Master Of CraftW. W. Jacobs7h 39m$2.30
SalthavenW. W. Jacobs6h 48m$2.30
The Monkey's PawW. W. Jacobs28m$2.30
Short CruisesW. W. Jacobs4h 39m$2.30
Night WatchesW. W. Jacobs4h 1m$2.30
Ship's Company, The Entire CollectionW. W. Jacobs5h 12m$2.30
The Ghost of Jerry BundlerW. W. Jacobs33m$2.30
EmberJeffrey Wilson, Brian Andrews13h 58m$23
The Complete Works of Jane Austen (Unabridged)Jane Austen88h 8m$1 · $0.00
Beyond Temptation & Risky PleasuresBrenda Jackson10h 53m$24 · $0.00
Shōgun, Part TwoJames Clavell29h 16m$40
Showdown in the Big EasyCharles Tillman, Michael Anderle, Martha Carr7h 37m$23
Searching For ThanksgivingS.E. Smith4h 24m$20
Naughty 4Brenda Hampton7h 30m$17
The Dance with Me TrilogyShelley Shepard Gray21h 44m$35
The DopemanJaQuavis Coleman5h 25m$20
Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate CollectionArthur Conan Doyle59h 49m$5 · $0.00
My Favorite Husband, Vol. 1Hollywood 360, CBS Radio5h 40m$14
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m$29 · $0.00
Grand Opening 2Carl Weber9h 16m$20
Sons of Valor II: Violence of ActionBrian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson12h 34m$23
Malevolent MagicMildred Abbott7h 13m$17
Look TwiceEva Hudson9h 48m$20
The Complete Novels of Lucy Maud MontgomeryLucy Maud Montgomery203h 59m$1 · $0.00
The Complete Books of F. Scott Fitzgerald (all his 5 novels + all 4 short story collections published during his lifetime)F. Scott Fitzgerald87h 53m$2 · $0.00
Bikes, Toys, and Hot BoyzGenesis Woods, Shantaé13h 9m$23
The Natchez Burning TrilogyGreg Iles96h 18m$53 · $0.00
L. M. Montgomery – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & MemoirsLucy Maud Montgomery155h 55m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Books of F. Scott Fitzgerald (all his 5 novels + all 4 short story collections published during his lifetime)F. Scott Fitzgerald87h 53m$2 · $0.00
MARK TWAIN: 12 Novels, 195 Short Stories, Autobiography, 10 Travel Books, 160+ Essays & Speeches (Illustrated)Mark Twain416h 24m$2 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m$18 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen & Brontë SistersCharlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, Jane Austen204h 24m$2 · $0.00
Louisa May Alcott: 16 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated Edition)Louisa May Alcott141h 35m$2 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
The Complete Works of Oscar WildeOscar Wilde80h 38m$1 · $0.00
The Count of Monte Cristo + The Three Musketeers + The Man in the Iron Mask (3 Unabridged Classics)Alexandre Dumas100h 13m$2 · $0.00
Betty Crocker picture cooky bookBetty Crocker, Inc. General Mills2h 13m$2 · $0.00
Braving the TruthRachel Held Evans11h 31m$29 · $0.00
Richard Wagamese SelectedRichard Wagamese3h 14m$15
Shōgun, Part OneJames Clavell24h 19m$35
Henry V (The Play, Historical Background and Analysis of the Character in the Play)William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt8h 40m$1 · $0.00
The Mysterious Island Trilogy: 2 TranslationsJules Verne42h 34m$2 · $0.00
The North American Indian (Illustrated Edition)Edward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge6h$2 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of Leo Tolstoy in One Premium Edition (World Classics Series)Leo Tolstoy213h 41m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Novels of the Brontë Sisters (8 Novels: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, The Professor, Emma, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Anne Brontë118h 9m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Works of G. K. ChestertonG. K. Chesterton421h 4m$2 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 54m$2 · $0.00
You may also like
Men of MawmWilliam Riley10h 50m$1 · $0.00
Felix Holt, the RadicalGeorge Eliot17h 51m$32
Frank and Andy at boarding school : or, Rivals for many honorsVance Barnum4h 8m$2 · $0.00
The GraftonsArchibald Marshall7h 38m$2 · $0.00
Cinder BuggyGaret Garrett9h 42m$2 · $0.00
The Sundered StreamsReginald Farrer13h 43m$2 · $0.00
The EntailJohn Galt16h 27m$2.30
CoriolanusWilliam Shakespeare3h 21m$18 · $0.00
An Enemy of the People: A play in five actsHenrik Ibsen3h 54m$2 · $0.00
Frank's Campaign; Or, The Farm and the CampHoratio Jr. Alger6h 59m$1 · $0.00
The Terms of SurrenderLouis Tracy7h 35m$1 · $0.00
The Mayor of CasterbridgeThomas Hardy12h 59m$20 · $0.00
Two PoetsHonoré de Balzac7h$2 · $0.00
The Duel and Other StoriesAnton Pavlovich Chekhov8h 9m$2.30
AstorAnderson Cooper, Katherine Howe8h 19m$5 · $0.00
God Spare the GirlsKelsey McKinney9h 22m$29 · $0.00
The O'Donoghue: Tale of Ireland Fifty Years AgoCharles James Lever17h 13m$2 · $0.00
Barchester TowersAnthony Trollope18h 49m$32
Hester (Summarized Edition)Mrs. Oliphant5h 8m$2
Fender LizardsJoe R. Lansdale5h 17m$20