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The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
Off the treacherous Malay coast, a roving captain vows to save a stranded yacht and the alluring passenger whose fate is tied to a rebel plot. Among coral shallows, monsoon calms, and sudden gunfire, loyalties shift and bargains sour. As the tide turns against him, he must choose between profit and honor—and risk everything to steer love and a broken conscience into clear water.
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Typhoon
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A stolid sea captain, praised for his dull reliability, steers a crowded steamer straight into a monstrous storm in the South China Sea. As winds howl and waves swallow the sky, panicked passengers and quarrelling crew reveal their true natures, while he clings stubbornly to duty, charts, and an almost inhuman calm that may save them all.
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Wounds in the Rain: War Stories
Amid steamy ports and gunboat patrols in a distant colonial war, sailors, officers, and exiles face ambush, fever, and moral fatigue. Through tense skirmishes, botched missions, and brief flashes of grace, these linked tales expose the hollow heroics of empire and the quiet courage it takes simply to endure and remain human.
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Under Western Eyes
Categories: Fiction » Politics
In a czarist city of spies and informers, a timid student is coerced into betraying a fiery revolutionary and then driven abroad to face the exiles who trusted him. Torn between cowardice, guilt, and a desperate need to be understood, he stumbles through plots, interrogations, and doomed love, seeking a truth that may destroy him.
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A Personal Record
Categories: Non-Fiction » Inspiration
A Polish-born sailor turned novelist reflects on his youth, from restless adventures at sea to his unlikely path to literary fame. Through vivid memoirs, he weaves tales of maritime struggles, cultural displacement, and the spark of creative awakening, offering a poignant glimpse into the making of a storytelling master
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Youth: A Narrative
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
An aging sea captain recalls the voyage that shaped his spirit: a leaky coal ship, fire in the hold, storms, delays, and the stubborn hope of a green young officer. In the chaos of machinery and sea, he remembers the reckless confidence of early manhood and how one disastrous journey forged it into lasting courage he still treasures.
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Notes on Life & Letters
Categories: Non-Fiction » Literary Criticism
A collection of penetrating essays blending personal reflection with keen observation on art, literature, and the modern world. With eloquence and depth, it explores the writer’s craft, the turmoil of changing times, and the enduring quest to find truth and meaning through words and experience.
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The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A storm-tossed voyage tests the endurance and loyalty of a ship’s crew as illness and fear spread among them. Set amid the relentless sea, the story reveals the depths of human strength, isolation, and solidarity in the face of mortality.
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Victory: An Island Tale
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
On a remote tropical island, a detached wanderer offers refuge to a desperate young woman, drawing the wrath of a vengeful businessman and his brutal henchmen. As suspicion and compassion collide, isolation turns to battleground, forcing him to choose between self-protective retreat and a perilous, redemptive act of loyalty.
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Lord Jim
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A young sailor’s moment of cowardice sets him on a lifelong quest for redemption. Haunted by guilt and the consequences of a single choice, he struggles to rebuild his honor while confronting moral ambiguity, human frailty, and the harsh realities of a world that rarely forgives.
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A Set of Six
Categories: Fiction » Historical
Six gripping tales unfold, from a castaway’s desperate survival on a desolate shore to a revolutionary’s betrayal in a Latin American port. Each story weaves intense human struggles, exploring courage, honor, and the shadows of fate against vivid backdrops of sea, war, and exile
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Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Categories: Fiction » Politics
In a restless South American port, greed and idealism collide when a hidden treasure ignites ambition, betrayal, and revolution. Through the fate of a trusted man caught between honor and corruption, the story exposes the moral cost of power and the illusions that drive empires and men alike.
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Tales of Unrest
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A dark and compelling collection exploring human frailty, moral conflict, and the shadows of ambition. Each story delves into tension, guilt, and the consequences of choices, revealing the unsettling complexities of the human heart.
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The Mirror of the Sea
Categories: Non-Fiction » Philosophy
A lyrical tribute to the sea and those who sail it, blending memoir and meditation. Through vivid imagery and deep reflection, it captures the ocean’s beauty, peril, and the timeless bond between sailor and ship.
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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
Categories: Fiction » Literature
London’s fog hides a shabby shop where a listless anarchist, his embittered wife, and her fragile brother orbit a plot demanded by a foreign embassy: a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory. Between police informers, zealots, and cynical diplomats, betrayal detonates at home, turning a petty scheme into tragedy and exposing the emptiness at the heart of fanaticism.
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Amy Foster
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A haunting tale of a shipwrecked immigrant washed ashore in a remote English village. Struggling with isolation and prejudice, he finds solace in the kind but simple Amy. Their love, tested by cultural divides and unspoken fears, unfolds against a stark coastal backdrop, revealing the fragility of human connection and the heart-wrenching cost of misunderstanding in a world of strangers.
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The Secret Sharer
Categories: Fiction » Adventure
A young captain, barely in command of his first ship, takes aboard a fugitive who has swum from a nearby vessel after killing a man. Hiding him in his cabin, the captain feels an uncanny kinship that sharpens his solitude and authority. As reefs loom and crew suspicion rises, he must choose between duty and the double who may cost him everything.
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Heart of Darkness
Categories: Fiction » Literature
A voyage up the Congo River exposes the darkness at the heart of both empire and human nature. Through danger, moral ambiguity, and psychological tension, this haunting tale explores greed, power, and the thin line between civilization and savagery.
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