Seven stories of the sea: W. Clark Russell’s chief mate who lands on a newly risen volcanic island, Walter Besant’s Quarantine Island, G. B. O’Halloran’s The Master of the Chrystolite and Grant Allen’s Melissa’s Tour, with anonymous tales of rock scorpions, rival trawlers and a message from Vanderdecken of the Flying Dutchman.
A compact sampler of Victorian sea fiction for an evening’s reading. Download the free EPUB.