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Length4h 53m
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Excerpt: "The schooner Seamew, of London, Captain Wilson master and owner, had just finished loading at Northfleet with cement for Brittlesea. Every inch of space was packed. Cement, exuded from the cracks, imparted to the hairy faces of honest seamen a ghastly appearance sadly out of keeping with their characters, and even took its place, disguised as thickening, among the multiple ingredients of a sea-pie that was cooking for dinner. It was not until the decks were washed and the little schooner was once more presentable that the mate gave a thought to his own toilet. It was a fine, warm morning in May, and some of the cargo had got into his hair and settled in streaks on his hot, good-humored face. The boy had brought aft a wooden bucket filled with fair water, and placed upon the hatch by its side a piece of yellow soap and a towel. Upon these preparations the mate smiled pleasantly, and throwing off his shirt and girding his loins with his braces, he bent over and with much zestful splashing began his ablutions..."
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length4 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 11, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Skipper's Wooing
10CHAPTER IX.
2CHAPTER I.
11CHAPTER X.
3CHAPTER II.
12CHAPTER XI.
4CHAPTER III.
13CHAPTER XII.
5CHAPTER IV.
14CHAPTER XIII.
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6CHAPTER V.
15CHAP I.
7CHAPTER VI.
16CHAP II.
8CHAPTER VII.
17CHAP III.
9CHAPTER VIII.
18CHAP IV.
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