The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Jack London
This is the story of a voyage of a sailing ship from Baltimore to Seattle, east-to-west around Cape Horn in the winter. It is set in 1913 and the glory days of “wooden ships and iron men” are long over. The Elsinore is a four-masted iron sailing vessel carrying a cargo of 5000 tons of coal. She has a “bughouse” crew of misfits and incompetents.
This book was published in 1915 and some actions of some of the characters seem odd to us today. There is romance, but it is strangely platonic. Two important characters disappear with no real explanation. The disparity between the officers on the one hand and the fo’c’sle on the other is striking (literally). Some people will be offended by the bigotry.
The “men against the sea” descriptions -and the weather descriptions- are among Jack London’s finest. In my opinion he is right up there with Joseph Conrad and Joshua Slocum in this effort. We also have a mutiny, complete with shootings and deliberate starvation. My personal favorite is chapter 38.
Note: The chapter titles were assigned by the reader. London gave only numbers. (Introduction by Tom Crawford)
Author - Jack London.
Narrator - LibriVox Community.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Location:
United States
Description:
This is the story of a voyage of a sailing ship from Baltimore to Seattle, east-to-west around Cape Horn in the winter. It is set in 1913 and the glory days of “wooden ships and iron men” are long over. The Elsinore is a four-masted iron sailing vessel carrying a cargo of 5000 tons of coal. She has a “bughouse” crew of misfits and incompetents. This book was published in 1915 and some actions of some of the characters seem odd to us today. There is romance, but it is strangely platonic. Two important characters disappear with no real explanation. The disparity between the officers on the one hand and the fo’c’sle on the other is striking (literally). Some people will be offended by the bigotry. The “men against the sea” descriptions -and the weather descriptions- are among Jack London’s finest. In my opinion he is right up there with Joseph Conrad and Joshua Slocum in this effort. We also have a mutiny, complete with shootings and deliberate starvation. My personal favorite is chapter 38. Note: The chapter titles were assigned by the reader. London gave only numbers. (Introduction by Tom Crawford) Author - Jack London. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:16:13
Chapter 2
Duration:00:16:45
Chapter 3
Duration:00:11:00
Chapter 4
Duration:00:08:02
Chapter 5
Duration:00:16:45
Chapter 6
Duration:00:10:00
Chapter 7
Duration:00:11:11
Chapter 8
Duration:00:14:23
Chapter 9
Duration:00:18:39
Chapter 10
Duration:00:16:21
Chapter 11
Duration:00:10:51
Chapter 12
Duration:00:09:50
Chapter 13
Duration:00:19:26
Chapter 14
Duration:00:17:06
Chapter 15
Duration:00:16:24
Chapter 16
Duration:00:12:09
Chapter 17
Duration:00:16:03
Chapter 18
Duration:00:12:20
Chapter 19
Duration:00:10:29
Chapter 20
Duration:00:11:38
Chapter 21
Duration:00:09:31
Chapter 22
Duration:00:08:32
Chapter 23
Duration:00:09:44
Chapter 24
Duration:00:10:08
Chapter 25
Duration:00:06:45
Chapter 26
Duration:00:05:46
Chapter 27
Duration:00:08:34
Chapter 28
Duration:00:21:42
Chapter 29
Duration:00:13:44
Chapter 30
Duration:00:23:42
Chapter 31
Duration:00:16:13
Chapter 32
Duration:00:09:05
Chapter 33
Duration:00:18:43
Chapter 34
Duration:00:11:24
Chapter 35
Duration:00:31:39
Chapter 36
Duration:00:11:33
Chapter 37
Duration:00:13:37
Chapter 38
Duration:00:28:30
Chapter 39
Duration:00:12:08
Chapter 40
Duration:00:17:34
Chapter 41
Duration:00:06:05
Chapter 42
Duration:00:32:44
Chapter 43
Duration:00:21:26
Chapter 44
Duration:00:16:46
Chapter 45
Duration:00:14:45
Chapter 46
Duration:00:12:59
Chapter 47
Duration:00:15:14
Chapter 48
Duration:00:09:51
Chapter 49
Duration:00:23:49
Chapter 50
Duration:00:31:06