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Mr. Midshipman Easy is the 1836 novel by Frederick Marryat, a retired Captain in the 19th century Royal Navy. The novel is set during the Napoleonic Wars, in which Marryat himself served with distinction. It was adapted twice into films in 1916 and in 1935 as Midshipman Easy. Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 - August 9, 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story.

A wolf howls through the forests of Transylvania, the murky graveyards of H.P. Lovecraft, the mythic marshes of Count Stenbock and the ghostly vaults of English cathedrals in these timeless stories read by award-winning actors from The Story Circle company.

Young Jack Easy, full of his wealthy philosopher father's impractical notions of the rights of man and perfect equality—and failing to find much sympathy for them on land—resolves to join the navy, reasoning that "although the whole earth has been so nefariously divided among the few, that the waters at least are the property of all." He soon finds, though, that life in the Royal Navy is not quite the egalitarian ideal that he had expected, and is a good deal more eventful.

The Pirate and The Three Cutters offers a thrilling nautical tale of piracy, smuggling, and adventure on the open seas. A feared pirate captain clashes with the law, while a parallel tale of smugglers unfolds in a world of deception, chase, and high-stakes danger.

Children of the New Forest by Frederick Marryat is a historical novel set during the English Civil War. After their father, a Royalist colonel, is killed, four orphaned children—Edward, Humphrey, Alice, and Edith Beverley—flee to the New Forest. They are sheltered by Jacob Armitage, a forester, who teaches them survival skills. Living in hiding, Edward later joins the Royalist cause, while his siblings maintain their rural life. The story explores themes of loyalty, resilience, and justice. Eventually, King Charles II is restored, and Edward regains his inheritance, reuniting with his ...

In den verschneiten Berges des Harzes ist das Leben kein Zuckerschlecken. Gefahren drohen nicht allein von der Kälte und der Einsamkeit, sondern auch von den Wölfen, die sich zu Rudeln formieren und die verstreut wohnenden Menschen in Angst und Schrecken versetzen.