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William Clark Russell

1844–1911

A former merchant seaman turned storyteller, he brought storms, shipwrecks, and life at sea to Victorian readers with unusual realism. His adventure-filled nautical novels made him one of the best-known sea writers of his day.

42 Audiobooks

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 1 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

An Ocean Tragedy

by William Clark Russell

My Danish Sweetheart: A Novel. Volume 1 of 3

by William Clark Russell

The Frozen Pirate

by William Clark Russell

A Book for the Hammock

by William Clark Russell

My Danish Sweetheart: A Novel. Volume 2 of 3

by William Clark Russell

The Last Entry

by William Clark Russell

The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 1 of 3

by William Clark Russell

My Danish Sweetheart: A Novel. Volume 3 of 3

by William Clark Russell

The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 3 of 3

by William Clark Russell

William Dampier

by William Clark Russell

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 3 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

My Shipmate Louise: The Romance of a Wreck, Volume 1 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

The Mate of the Good Ship York; Or, The Ship's Adventure

by William Clark Russell

The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 1 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

A Marriage at Sea

by William Clark Russell

The Yarn of Old Harbour Town

by William Clark Russell

List, Ye Landsmen! A Romance of Incident

by William Clark Russell

Master Rockafellar's Voyage

by William Clark Russell

The Wreck of the Corsaire

by William Clark Russell

Heart of Oak: A Three-Stranded Yarn, vol. 2.

by William Clark Russell

The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 2 of 3

by William Clark Russell

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

by William Clark Russell

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, Vol. 2 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

Jilted! Or, My Uncle's Scheme, Volume 1

by William Clark Russell

Heart of Oak: A Three-Stranded Yarn, vol. 3

by William Clark Russell

Round the Galley Fire

by William Clark Russell

John Holdsworth, Chief Mate

by William Clark Russell

The Honour of the Flag

by William Clark Russell

Jilted! Or, My Uncle's Scheme, Volume 3

by William Clark Russell

My Shipmate Louise: The Romance of a Wreck, Volume 2 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

The Convict Ship, Volume 1 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

Jilted! Or, My Uncle's Scheme, Volume 2

by William Clark Russell

My Shipmate Louise: The Romance of a Wreck, Volume 3 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

The Phantom Death, etc.

by William Clark Russell

Heart of Oak: A Three-Stranded Yarn, vol. 1.

by William Clark Russell

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

by William Clark Russell

The Convict Ship, Volume 3 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

The Convict Ship, Volume 2 (of 3)

by William Clark Russell

The Deceased Wife's Sister, and My Beautiful Neighbour, v. 3

by William Clark Russell

A Tale of Two Tunnels: A Romance of the Western Waters

by William Clark Russell

The Tragedy of Ida Noble

by William Clark Russell

About the author

Born in 1844, William Clark Russell was an English writer best known for nautical fiction. He went to sea as a teenager in the merchant service, and that firsthand experience gave his novels a vivid, believable feel that set them apart from many adventure stories of the time.

After leaving life at sea, he built a successful literary career and wrote dozens of novels and stories, many centered on sailors, long voyages, and the dangers of the ocean. Among his best-known books are The Wreck of the Grosvenor and A Sailor's Sweetheart, works that helped make him a popular name with late Victorian readers.

He spent his later years dealing with poor health, but he continued writing and remained closely associated with tales of the sea until his death in 1911. Today he is remembered as one of the notable maritime novelists of the nineteenth century.