The Cruise of the Dazzler: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 22 original MP3 tracks, 3:38:55 running time and a link to listen.
The Cruise of the Dazzler, credited to Jack London, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London. Read in English by Robert Keiper Young Joe Bronson, caught between poor grades and his father's threats of military school, runs away from home. He joins the crew of a sloop named the Dazzler, but quickly figures out his captain, Pete Le Maire (nicknamed "French Pete") frequently engages himself and those at his command in criminal activity. Will Joe be able to escape this unwanted and dangerous new life at sea? Published in 1902, Jack London sold this book (his first full-length novel) as a boy's adventure novel set in San Francisco, his hometown. In his autobiography, London recalls lifting several more elements in this novel from his adolescence, as in youth he bought a sloop called the Razzle Dazzle from a oyster pirate nicknamed "French Frank." - Summary by Mary Kay
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Cruise of the Dazzler
- Author credits: Jack London
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 22
- Listed recording duration: 3:38:55
Catalogue topics
- orphans
- nautical
- sailor
- San Francisco
- California
- runaway
- pirates
- Storm
Track guide
- 00 - Foreword — 2:45
- 01 - Chapter I: Brother and Sister — 9:20
- 02 - Chapter II: The Draconian Reforms — 9:56
- 03 - Chapter III: Brick, Sorrel-top and Reddy — 17:37
- 04 - Chapter IV: The Biter Bitten — 8:30
- 05 - Chapter V: Home Again — 7:45
- 06 - Chapter VI: Examination Day — 13:12
- 07 - Chapter VII: Father and Son — 9:13
- 08 - Chapter VIII: 'Frisco Kid and the New Boy — 8:30
- 09 - Chapter IX: Aboard the Dazzler — 10:12
- 10 - Chapter X: With the Bay Pirates — 10:52
- 11 - Chapter XI: Captain and Crew — 6:59
- 12 - Chapter XII: Joe Tries to Take French Leave — 10:10
- 13 - Chapter XIII: Befriending Each Other — 9:10
- 14 - Chapter XIV: Among the Oyster-Beds — 12:01
- 15 - Chapter XV: Good Sailors in Wild Anchorage — 11:00
- 16 - Chapter XVI: 'Frisco Kid's Ditty-Box — 8:53
- 17 - Chapter XVII: 'Frisco Kid Tells His Story — 10:46
- 18 - Chapter XVIII: A New Responsibility for Joe — 11:16
- 19 - Chapter XIX: The Boys Plan an Escape — 8:43
- 20 - Chapter XX: Perilous Hours — 10:03
- 21 - Chapter XXI: Joe and His Father — 12:02
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