Snarleyyow: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Snarleyyow, credited to Frederick Marryat, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Snarleyyow by Frederick Marryat. Read in English by Arnold 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 captain's 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. ( Arnold Banner)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Snarleyyow
• Author credits: Frederick Marryat
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 55
• Listed recording duration: 16:52:11

Catalogue topics

• seafaring

Opening tracks: first 24 of 55

1. 01 - Introduction of Divers Parties and a Red-Herring — 14:19
2. 02 - Showing what Became of the Red-Herring — 9:34
3. 03 - A Retrospect, and Short Description of a New Character — 13:17
4. 04 - In which there is a Desperate Combat — 9:10
5. 05 - A Consultation in which there is much Mutiny — 18:46
6. 06 - In which as often happens at Sea when Signals are not made out, Friends exchange Broadsides — 13:15
7. 07 - In which Mr Vanslyperken goes on Shore to woo the Widow Vandersloosh — 8:53
8. 08 - In which the Widow lays a Trap for Mr Vanslyperken, and Smallbones lays a Trap for Snarleyyow, and both bag their Game — 15:04
9. 09 - A Long Chapter, in which there is Lamentation, Singing, Bibbling, and Dancing — 32:18
10. 10 - In which is explained the Sublime Mystery of Keelhauling—Snarleyyow saves Smallbones from being drowned, although Smallbones would have drowned him — 22:56
11. 11 - In which Snarleyyow does not at all assist his Master’s Cause with the Widow Vandersloosh — 13:32
12. 12 - In which Resolutions are entered into in all Quarters, and Jemmy Ducks is accused of Mutiny for singing a Song in a Snow-Storm — 15:54
13. 13 - In which the Ship’s Company join in a Chorus, and the Corporal goes on a Cruise — 22:17
14. 14 - In which some new Characters appear on the Stage, although the Corporal is not to be heard of — 21:50
15. 15 - In which the Crew of the Yungfrau lose a Good Prize, and Snarleyyow loses his Character — 12:28
16. 16 - In which we change the Scene, and the Sex of our Performers — 19:43
17. 17 - In which there is a Great Deal of Plotting, and a Little Execution — 25:31
18. 18 - The whole of which has been fudged out of the History of England, and will therefore be quite New to the Majority of our Readers — 10:42
19. 19 - In which Smallbones is sent to look after a Pot of Black Paint — 21:35
20. 20 - In which Mr Vanslyperken proves False to the Widow Vandersloosh, and Many Strange Things take Place — 30:46
21. 21 - In which are narrated the Adventures which took place in the Corporal’s Cruise in the Jolly-Boat — 20:55
22. 22 - In which Snarleyyow proves to be the Devil, and no Mistake — 24:49
23. 23 - In which Mr Vanslyperken finds Great Cause of Vexation and Satisfaction — 21:37
24. 24 - In which Mr Vanslyperken has Nothing but Trouble from the Beginning to the End — 28:43

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