The Lighthouse The Story of a Great Fight Between Man and the Sea
By R. M. Ballantyne
Length9h 49m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "Early on a summer morning, about the beginning of the nineteenth century, two fishermen of Forfarshire wended their way to the shore, launched their boat, and put off to sea. One of the men was tall and ill-favoured, the other, short and well-favoured. Both were square-built, powerful fellows, like most men of the class to which they belonged. It was about that calm hour of the morning which precedes sunrise, when most living creatures are still asleep, and inanimate nature wears, more than at other times, the semblance of repose. The sea was like a sheet of undulating glass. A breeze had been expected, but, in defiance of expectation, it had not come, so the boatmen were obliged to use their oars. They used them well, however, insomuch that the land ere long appeared like a blue line on the horizon, then became tremulous and indistinct, and finally vanished in the mists of morning. The men pulled "with a will,"—as seamen pithily express it,—and in silence. Only once during the first hour did the big, ill-favoured man venture a remark. Referring to the absence of wind, he said, that "it would be a' the better for landin' on the rock.""
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length9 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 9, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
18Chapter Seventeen.
2Chapter One.
19Chapter Eighteen.
3Chapter Two.
20Chapter Nineteen.
4Chapter Three.
21Chapter Twenty.
5Chapter Four.
22Chapter Twenty One.
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6Chapter Five.
23Chapter Twenty Two.
7Chapter Six.
24Chapter Twenty Three.
8Chapter Seven.
25Chapter Twenty Four.
9Chapter Eight.
26Chapter Twenty Five.
10Chapter Nine.
27Chapter Twenty Six.
11Chapter Ten.
28Chapter Twenty Seven.
12Chapter Eleven.
29Chapter Twenty Eight.
13Chapter Twelve.
30Chapter Twenty Nine.
14Chapter Thirteen.
31Chapter Thirty.
15Chapter Fourteen.
32Chapter Thirty One.
16Chapter Fifteen.
33Chapter Thirty Two.
17Chapter Sixteen.
34Chapter Thirty Three.
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