Mr. Midshipman Easy - Softcover

Marryat, Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 048647898X ISBN 13: 9780486478982

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2010

Synopsis

In this stirring tale from the days of wooden ships, a young sailor enters the king's service with some firm but untried egalitarian notions. "Equality Jack" — known formally as Mr. Midshipman Easy — is initiated into the rigid hierarchy of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. His adventures were recounted in 1836 by the founder and master of naval fiction, Captain Frederick Marryat (1792–1848), who entered the service as a fourteen-year-old midshipman and resigned twenty-four years later to devote himself to writing. He based this novel on his own experiences sailing with Lord Thomas Cochrane, the real-life model for Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey.
Marrayat combines a sharp wit and sense of irony with realism born of firsthand knowledge of seafaring life. Joseph Conrad praised his works as "enthralling," adding, "His greatness is undeniable." Virginia Woolf declared, "Marryat has the power to set us in the midst of ships and men and sea and sky, all vivid, credible, authentic." This low-priced Dover edition of Marryat's classic includes 37 illustrations and features an Introduction by author John Harland, an expert on maritime literature.

About this title

About the Author:

A pioneer of the sea story, Captain Frederick Marryat (1792–1848) based many of his novels on his own exploits. Marryat entered the Royal Navy at the age of 14 and survived 50 battles, retiring after 25 years of service to focus on writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 048647898X
• ISBN 13: 9780486478982
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384