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The Wreck of the Grosvenor - Volume 1

William Clark Russell

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .The watch on deck had orders to call the captain if a change of wind came; also I knew that the pilot would be up, sniffing about, off and on, through the night: so I turned in properly and slept soundly until two; when, waking up, I drew on my small clothes and went on deck, where I found Duckling mousing about in the moonshine in a pair of yellow flannel drawers, he having, like myself, come up to see if any wind was stirring. He looked like a new kind of monkey in his tight white rig and immense head of hair. "No wind, no wind," he muttered, in a sleepy grumble,42 and then went below with a run, nearly tumbling, in fact, head over heels down the companion-ladder.

I took a turn forward to see if the riding lights burned well and the man on the look-out was awake. The decks were wet with dew, and the moon was now hanging over the South Foreland. The sky was still cloudless, and not a breath of air to be felt. This being the case, I went back to my cot.. . . Read More

Community Reviews

An interesting read. Written in 1877, it is highly realistic and must be representative of the time as it is not speculative. The values are certainly imperial English and the sentiments clearly Victorian, and the dialog is sometimes overwrought and awkward from the a modern reader's perspective. Bu

A great 19th Century British sea novel. A gripping story and extremely well-written.

Exciting.

extremely well written with deep character development and detailed action

"Sherlock Holmes sat moodily at one side of the fireplace cross-indexing his records of crime, while I at the other was deep in one of Clark Russell's fine sea-stories until the howl of the gale from without seemed to blend with the text, and the splash of the rain to lengthen out into the long swas

Harv read this book to me and the kids many years ago. I consider it one of my top ten favorites.

A fun, old-fashioned sea story. Not amazing but good.

“As evening drew in, the storm grew higher and louder, and the wind cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney. Sherlock Holmes sat moodily at one side of the fireplace cross-indexing his records of crime, while I at the other was deep in one of Clark Russell’s fine sea-stories until the howl of t

A great adventure

The author did a fabulous job pulling me into the story. I love a great adventure. Wished it didn't end

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