The Complete Works of Max Pemberton (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical Novels, Detective Mysteries, Sea Adventures & Short StoriesBy Max Pemberton
Length124h 44m
About this audiobook
The Complete Works of Max Pemberton gathers the fiction of a writer central to late Victorian and Edwardian popular literature, where adventure, detection, romance, and technological speculation meet. Pemberton's narratives move briskly through drawing rooms, battlefields, criminal underworlds, and maritime or continental settings, combining melodramatic suspense with journalistic immediacy. Read together, these works illuminate the tastes and anxieties of their age: imperial rivalry, social mobility, scientific progress, and the allure of danger beneath respectable modern life. Max Pemberton (1863–1950) was a prolific English novelist, journalist, and editor whose career was shaped by the expanding mass readership of the periodical press. His editorial work and close involvement with popular magazines helped refine his instinct for pace, cliffhanger structure, and topical appeal. Living in an era fascinated by crime, empire, invention, and war, Pemberton transformed contemporary preoccupations into accessible narratives that entertained while registering the pressures of modernity. This collection is recommended to readers interested in the broader landscape surrounding better-known contemporaries such as H. Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Anthony Hope. It offers both pleasure and historical value: energetic storytelling, vivid atmosphere, and a revealing archive of popular imagination at the turn of the twentieth century.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length124 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 10, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Works of Max Pemberton (Annotated)
26BOOK II BATTLE
2Introduction
27BOOK III THE SIEGE (pt. 1)
3Historical Context
28BOOK III THE SIEGE (pt. 2)
4Synopsis (Selection)
29THE HOUSE UNDER THE SEA (pt. 1)
5NOVELS
30THE HOUSE UNDER THE SEA (pt. 2)
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6THE IRON PIRATE (pt. 1)
31THE HOUSE UNDER THE SEA (pt. 3)
7THE IRON PIRATE (pt. 2)
32THE HOUSE UNDER THE SEA (pt. 4)
8THE IRON PIRATE (pt. 3)
33THE LADY EVELYN
9THE IRON PIRATE (pt. 4)
34BOOK I THE ESCAPADE (pt. 1)
10CAPTAIN BLACK (pt. 1)
35BOOK I THE ESCAPADE (pt. 2)
11CAPTAIN BLACK (pt. 2)
36BOOK II THE ENGLISHMAN
12CAPTAIN BLACK (pt. 3)
37BOOK III THE LIGHT (pt. 1)
13CAPTAIN BLACK (pt. 4)
38BOOK III THE LIGHT (pt. 2)
14THE SEA WOLVES (pt. 1)
39ALADDIN OF LONDON (pt. 1)
15THE SEA WOLVES (pt. 2)
40ALADDIN OF LONDON (pt. 2)
16THE SEA WOLVES (pt. 3)
41ALADDIN OF LONDON (pt. 3)
17THE SEA WOLVES (pt. 4)
42ALADDIN OF LONDON (pt. 4)
18THE LITTLE HUGUENOT (pt. 1)
43THE DIAMOND SHIP (pt. 1)
19THE LITTLE HUGUENOT (pt. 2)
44THE DIAMOND SHIP (pt. 2)
20A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN (pt. 1)
45THE DIAMOND SHIP (pt. 3)
21A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN (pt. 2)
46THE DIAMOND SHIP (pt. 4)
22A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN (pt. 3)
47WHITE MOTLEY (pt. 1)
23THE GARDEN OF SWORDS
48WHITE MOTLEY (pt. 2)
24BOOK I MAN AND WIFE (pt. 1)
49WHITE MOTLEY (pt. 3)
25BOOK I MAN AND WIFE (pt. 2)
50WHITE MOTLEY (pt. 4)
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