The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 2 (of 3)

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The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 2 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

EN·~4 hours·19 chapters

Chapters

19 total

THE DEATH SHIP

0:01

THE DEATH SHIP A STRANGE STORY;

0:28

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

0:32

CHAPTER I. IMOGENE SAYS SHE WILL TRUST ME.

13:36

CHAPTER II. VANDERDECKEN EXHIBITS SOME TREASURE.

18:37

CHAPTER III. IMOGENE AND I ARE MUCH TOGETHER.

16:25

CHAPTER IV. THE GALE BREAKS.

23:13

CHAPTER V. THE DEATH SHIP'S FORECASTLE.

16:39

CHAPTER VI. WE SIGHT A SHIP.

18:46

CHAPTER VII. WE WATCH THE SHIP APPROACH US.

15:59
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Description

Aboard the infamous Flying Dutchman, a weather‑torn crew drifts through fog and superstition, their every move watched by a restless sea. The narrator, a seasoned mariner, narrates the ship’s uncanny navigation and the eerie ritual of daily life that feels more mechanical than human. As a storm looms, the strange atmosphere thickens, hinting at a force that keeps the vessel—and its cursed captain—forever bound to the ocean’s edge.

When the ship’s captive, the brave and frightened Imogene, pleads for escape, the narrator’s compassion ignites a desperate plan. Their conversation reveals a fragile hope amid the looming dread of “death” that seems to pulse through the hull. Listeners will be drawn into the tension of a slow‑burning mystery, where love, fear, and the ghostly legend of the Death Ship collide on a perilous midnight sea.

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (241K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Sep 7, 2015

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

William Clark Russell

William Clark Russell

1844–1911

Best known for vivid sea stories, this English novelist turned hard-won experience in the Merchant Navy into adventurous fiction that felt lived-in and real. His books helped make him one of the best-known writers of nautical novels in the late 19th century.

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