Length4h 14m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "In the year 1851 there dwelt on the banks of the river Thames a retired tailor, whom I will call John Sloper, out of regard to the feelings of his posterity, if such there be. This man had for many years carried on a flourishing trade in the east end of London. Having got together as much money as he might suppose would supply his daily needs, he built himself a villa near the pleasant little town of Erith. His house overlooked the water; in front of it sloped a considerable piece of garden ground. Mr. Sloper showed good sense and good taste in building himself a little home on the banks of the Thames. All day long he was able, if he pleased, to entertain himself with the sight of as stirring and striking a marine picture as is anywhere to be witnessed. He could have built himself a house above bridges, where there is no lack of elegance and river beauty of many sorts; but he chose to command a view of the Thames on its commercial side. In his day there was more life in the river than there is now. In our age the great steamer thrusts past and is quickly gone; the tug runs the sailing-ship to the docks or to her mooring buoys, and there is no life in the fabric she drags. In Sloper's time steamers were few; the water of the river teemed with sailing craft of every description; they tacked across from bank to bank as they staggered to their destination against the wind."
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Rating★★★★ 3.6 (18)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction, Young Adult
Length4 hrs 14 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Honour of the Flag.
2Cornered!
3A Midnight Visitor.
4Plums from a Sailor's Duff.
5The Strange Adventures of a South Seaman.
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6The Adventures of Three Sailors.
7The Strange Tragedy of the "White Star."
8The Ship Seen on the Ice.
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