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The Pirate
Frederick Marryat
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“Oh, very well,” replied Mr Witherington, angry at the interruption.
“And if you please, sir, I should like to go this very day—indeed, sir, I shall not stay.”
“Go to the devil! if you please,” replied Mr Witherington, angrily; “but first go out and shut the door after you.”
The cook retired, and Mr Witherington was again alone.
“Confound the old woman—what a huff she is in! won’t cook for black people, I suppose—yes, that’s it.”
Here Mr Witherington was again interrupted by a second double tap at the door.
“Oh! thought better of it, I suppose. Come in.”
It was not the cook, but Mary, the housemaid, that entered.
“If you please, sir,” said she, whimpering, “I should wish to leave my situation.”
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Community Reviews
A contemporary of Charles Dickens, Captain Frederick Marryat was an officer in the Royal British Navy who, also a novelist, certainly followed the old line about writing what you know. The result is an accessible, deeply immersive, high-seas adventure full of chases, battles, baddies getting their c
Qualquer pessoa brinca em ser pirata quando é criança.
Este livro consegue transportar-nos para uma época que tem tanto de fantástico como de cruel.
Aventuras fabulosas e acção marítima vertiginosa.
Fantástico!
Tons of fun if you enjoy Victorian sea adventures and can get past the (unpleasant and wrong) racism. The writing is technically ace. Pure pleasure (excepting the racism, of course).
Capt Marryat always entertains with humor, adventure, and drama. He is one of few of his era that can detail without being pedantic.
It's full of melodrama, improbable coincidences and racism. But it's also an adventurous tale told with gusto and good humour!