The Phantom Ship - Couverture souple

Marryat, Captain Frederick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1587150905 ISBN 13 : 9781587150906

Editeur : Borgo Press, 2024

Synopsis

The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat is a classic maritime ghost story that follows the adventures of Philip Vanderdecken, a young sailor determined to break the curse of the legendary ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman. Haunted by his father's fate as the captain of the doomed ship, Philip embarks on a perilous quest filled with supernatural encounters, danger at sea, and mysterious forces. Marryat's novel blends elements of nautical adventure with eerie supernatural themes.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

THE PHANTOM SHIP.
CHAPTER I.
AfcOUT the middle of the seventeenth century, in the outskirts
of the small but fortified town of Terneuse, situated on the right bank of the Scheldt, and nearly opposite to the island of Walcheren, there was to be seen in advance of a few othei even more humble tenements, a small but neat cottage, built according to the prevailing taste of the time. The outside front had, some years back, been painted of a deep orange, the windows and shutters of a vivid green. To about three feet above the surface of the earth, it was faced alternately with blue and white tiles. A small garden, of about two rods of our measure of land, surrounded the edifice; and this little plot was flanked by a low hedge of privet, and encircled by a moat full of water, too wide to be leaped with ease. Over that part of the moat which was in front of the cottage-door was a small and narrow bridge, with ornamented iron handrails, for the security of the passenger. But the colours, ori

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Phantom Ship (1839) is a Gothic novel by Frederick Marryat which explores the legend of the Flying Dutchman and, in one chapter, features a werewolf. The plot concerns the quest of Philip Vanderdecken of Terneuzen in the Netherlands to save his father - who has been doomed to sail for eternity as Captain of the Phantom Ship, after he made a rash oath to heaven and slew one of the crew whilst attempting to sail round the Cape of Good Hope. Philip sails around the world in a number of ships, in the employ of the Dutch East India Company, so that he can redeem his father by presenting him with the relic of the Holy Cross he wears round his neck. His quest, however, brings him into conflict with earthly and unearthly powers as the sight of the Flying Dutchman brings doom to all who encounter her. One chapter concerning a werewolf has often been excerpted in anthologies of supernatural fiction as The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Borgo Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1587150905
• ISBN 13: 9781587150906
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 504
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• Personne responsable: non disponible