sea stories

An abridged version of Melville's classic tale of Captain Ahab and his insane quest for revenge against the enormous white whale that bit off his leg.

A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

In a small South American state, a silver mine owner, Charles Gould, puts a consignment of silver in the charge of a foreman. The foreman buries the silver and pretends that the boat in which he shipped it sank.

Contains the text of Conrad's 1912 short story about a young captain who is confronted with a dangerous secret; and includes five critical essays, biographical and historical notes, and a glossary.

The abridged adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo. Includes pop-up illustrations.

Moby Dick is a ferocious white whale who is pursued in a fury of revenge by Captain Ahab.

A sheltered American heir to a fortune is saved from drowning by a New England fishing schooner and, living amidst the shipmen, must learn to survive on his own strength.

Relates the story of a wealthy young man who is rescued after a shipwreck by the brutal, ruthless captain of a tramp steamer.