The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat
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"The Phantom Ship" by Frederick Marryat is a Gothic novel published in 1839 that explores the legend of the Flying Dutchman. Philip Vanderdecken embarks on a perilous quest to save his father's cursed spirit, doomed to sail eternally after making a rash oath. Armed with a holy relic, Vanderdecken travels the world seeking his father's phantom vessel, but his mission draws supernatural doom upon all who cross paths with the spectral ship.
His journey leads him through encounters with Arabian magic, demonic pilots, and the terrors of the Inquisition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Phantom Ship |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Ship |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, Josephine Paolucci, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Sea stories |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | Immortalism -- Fiction |
| Subject | Flying Dutchman -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 12954 |
| Release Date | Jul 19, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 563 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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