The Oxford Book of Sea Stories

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Malevolent, mysterious, vast, the ocean has always sparked our fascination and sense of adventure, giving rise to a remarkable vein of narrative deftly mined here by editor Tony Tanner. In the twenty-seven tales of The Oxford Book of the Sea, masters of the art tell of men on ships, grappling
with themselves, their fellow sailors, and the trials of the sea: from hurricane winds to the frustrating calm, from swirling currents to rampaging whales.
Here is the work of Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, C.S. Forester, Ernest Hemingway, and of course Conrad. Along with the essential stories come unexpected gems by writers not known for their seafaring bent such as William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E.M. Forster, and Edgar Allan
Poe.
Some of the finest writers in the English language have been drawn to the subject of life at sea, with its dangers, loneliness, and triumphs. The Oxford Book of the Sea gathers together some of the best examples of the form, offering moving prose, fascinating insight into the human condition,
and the simple pleasure of tales of high adventure.

Initiation / Joseph Conrad --
The voyage / Washington Irving --
A descent into the maelstrom / Edgar Allan Poe --
I have been drowned / Tom Hopkinson --
Mocha Dick / J.N. Reynolds --
The chase / Herman Melville --
A tragedy of error / Henry James --
High-water mark / Francis Bret Harte --
The open boat / Stephen Crane --
Make westing / Jack London --
A matter of fact / Rudyard Kipling --
In the abyss / H.G. Wells --
The cruise of the willing mind / A.E.W. Mason --
The terror of the sea caves / Charles G.D. Roberts --
False colours / W.W. Jacobs --
The secret sharer / Joseph Conrad --
The ghost ship / Richard Middleton --
Ambitious Jimmy Hicks / John Masefield --
Poor old man! / A.E. Dingle --
Easting down / Shalimar --
The story of the siren / E.M. Forster --
The rough crossing / F. Scott Fitzgerald --
After the storm / Earnest Hemingway --
The bravest boat / Malcolm Lowry --
The boy stood on the burning deck / C.S. Forester --
Turnabout / William Faulkner --
The frontiers of the sea / Peter Ustinov.