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The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward; as told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript
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In 1757 a seasoned sailor recounts to his son the harrowing aftermath of the Glen Carrig’s wreck on an unseen rock in a remote southern sea. The narrative begins with the crew’s desperate escape in small boats, drifting aimlessly until a faint shape on the horizon hints at land. Their hope is fragile, yet they press on, only to discover a vast, unnaturally flat coastline that defies any familiar map.
Beyond the shore lies a bleak plain of endless mud and stunted, strange trees whose drooping, cabbage‑like tips seem to sigh under their own weight. The silence is absolute—no birds, no waves, no rustle—creating a sense of profound loneliness that pervades every mile. As the oars grind through the fetid water, the sailors confront an alien wilderness that feels more like a nightmare than a natural world.
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The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward; as told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship Glen Carrig through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward; as told by John Winterstraw, Gent., to his son James Winterstraw, in the year 1757, and by him committed very properly and legibly to manuscript
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (311K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Suzanne Shell, Project Gutenberg Beginners Projects, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Release date
2003-12-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
William Hope Hodgson
1877–1918
Best known for eerie sea stories and visionary weird fiction, this English writer turned his years as a sailor into tales that still feel unsettling and original. His work helped shape modern horror, fantasy, and early science fiction.
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