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En El perro diabólico nos encontramos con la balandra Yungfrau, cuya misión es patrullar el Canal de la Mancha con el fin de impedir el contrabando procedente de las costas francesas, y su oficial al mando, el teniente Cornelis Vanslyperken, sirve tambien como correo real del rey Guillermo con los Estados Generales de Holanda. Estamos en 1699. Pero no es el teniente Cornelis quien protagoniza esta divertida y original novela, sino su perro Malaspulgas, cuyo lamentable aspecto fisico y mirada traicionera concita el odio de toda la tripulacion. El joven Smallbones, sirviente de Cornelis, decide declarar una guerra sin cuartel al antipatico perro, respaldado en su lucha por toda la tripulacion. De sus sucesivos enfrentamientos a muerte ambos salen maltrechos, pero, para sorpresa de todos, siempre logran sobrevivir, forjando asi la leyenda sobre el caracter sobrenatural del perro diabolico.

Illustrator: J. Cawse and W. Greathatch

See also etext #21576, a different edition

In the tumultuous era of the Napoleonic Wars, embark on an unforgettable voyage with Peter Simple, a young and naive midshipman. Join him as he navigates the treacherous waters of the Royal Navy, facing both the exhilaration of battle and the harsh realities of life at sea.From the bustling streets of Portsmouth to the unforgiving Atlantic, Peters adventures will test his courage, loyalty, and the very essence of his being. Witness the transformation of a wide-eyed boy into a seasoned sailor, as he encounters eccentric characters, endures perilous storms, and grapples with the complexities of love and duty.

The Children of the New Forest is a childrens novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphaned during the war, and hide from their Roundhead oppressors in the shelter of the New Forest where they learn to live off the land.The story begins in 1647 when King Charles I has been defeated in the civil war and has fled from London towards the New Forest. Parliamentary soldiers have been sent to search the forest and decide to burn Arnwood, the house of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby. The four orphan children of the house, Edward, Humphrey, Alice and Edith, are believed to have died in the flames. However, they are saved by Jacob Armitage, a local gamekeeper, who hides them in his isolated cottage acting as his grandchildren.Under Armitages guidance, the children adapt from an aristocratic lifestyle to that of simple foresters. After Armitages death, Edward takes charge and the children develop and expand the farmstead, aided by the entrepreneurial spirit of the younger brother Humphrey. They are assisted by a gypsy boy, Pablo, who they rescue from a pitfall trap. A sub-plot involves a hostile Puritan gamekeeper named Corbould who seeks to harm Edward and his family. Edward also encounters the sympathetic Puritan, Heatherstone, placed in charge of the Royal land in the New Forest, and rescues his daughter, Patience, in a house-fire. Edward leaves the cottage and works as a secretary for Heatherstone, but Edward maintains the pretence that he is the grandson of Jacob Armitage. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Pirates are the subject of many a dime novel and boys stories, but they tend to be portrayed as one-dimensional. Such is the case here. The captain of The Avenger is a Byronic or even a Michael Scottish heroan impossible monster, compounded of one virtue and a thousand crimes. Marryat drew on his recollections of the time when he was a midshipman with Cochrane in the Imperieuse, for the figure of the old steersman, who sticks to his post under the fire of the Avenger.The Three Cutters was written to pad out the novel The Pirate and deals with smuggling. It is a farcical romp, with too many women in a mans world to be credible.

This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early humor, it is somewhat heavy-handed, the sympathies of the author are clear and good, and cruelty is often averted by good fortune or background characters. First published under the title The Dog Fiend, the primary characters are an evil captain of a cutter and his dog. The dog seems indestructible, as is the poor cabin boy who is the butt of the captains ill humor, and who often is chewed on by the dog. The cutter is sent against smugglers, transporting Alamodes and lute strings - a term for foreign silks. But, the smugglers really are Jacobites plotting against King William, and much of the action relates to politics of that time.

Set amid the Napoleonic Wars, Mr. Midshipman Easy follows Jack Easy, a youth reared on his fathers doctrine of absolute equality, as he collides with the Royal Navys hierarchies. Marryat blends crisp nautical realism with comic satire and a comingofage arc: boarding actions and Mediterranean cruises, Sicilian interludes, and a mock island republic steadily expose theory to sea-tested fact. Published in 1836, it anchors early Victorian maritime fiction. Frederick Marryat (17921848) rose from midshipman to post captain, seeing hard service against France and the United States; his rescue exploits and later invention of a widely used signaling code attest to practical mastery. After retiring, he edited magazines and turned experience into narrative art. The eras debates on reform and order sharpened his skepticism toward abstract egalitarianism and his sympathy for competence, captured in figures like the resourceful Mesty. Recommended to readers of OBrian and Forester, to historians of the long nineteenth century, and to anyone curious how ideas fare at sea. It entertains vigorously while provoking thought about authority, loyalty, and growthan enduring gateway to the tradition Marryat helped define.Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the authors voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readabledistilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Un joven huérfano, William Seymour, es destinado al servicio del rey, aunque es un héroe más nominal que real. Como en las otras novelas de Marryat, el interés recae los pintorescos incidentes de la vida del mar y el estudio de caracteres de unos personajes llenos de vida. Por mas que el autor proteste, es evidente que el capitan M, el capitan de la Aspasia, es un muy buen retrato de lord Cochrane, y no es dificil adivinar que el capitan Capperbar es la caricatura de algun conocido personaje de la epoca. El mas celebrado pasaje de la obra es, sin duda, la descripcion del combate, en medio de una terrible tormenta, entre la Aspasia y un navio frances, que se extiende desde el capitulo LI hasta el LIV Un combate que no es pura invencion, sino una reelaboracion de un hecho historico, del cual fue protagonista Edward Pellew, visconde de Exmouth, al comando de la Indefatigable y en compañia de otra fragata, la Arnazon, en la mañana del 13 de enero de 1797.

BUQUE FANTASMA,EL es un libro del autor MARRYAT,FREDERICK editado por EDICIONES ABRAXAS. BUQUE FANTASMA,EL tiene un c�digo EAN 9788415215349, de la colecci�n NAUTILUS y consta de 504 p�ginas.