The Cruise of the Esmeralda: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Cruise of the Esmeralda by Harry Collingwood: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 23 original MP3 tracks, 10:29:48 running time and a link to listen.
The Cruise of the Esmeralda, credited to Harry Collingwood, 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 The Cruise of the Esmeralda, by Harry Collingwood. After his father died, Captain Saint Leger and his family are left destitute. However, the Saint Legers have a family secret: an ancestor is said to have buried a vast fortune in gold and jewels somewhere in the Eastern Seas. The catch: all directions are encrypted. Nevertheless, Captain Saint Leger decides to take a chance and sails east. A journey full of adventure begins, including pirates, storms and mutiny... (Summary by Carolin)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Cruise of the Esmeralda
- Author credits: Harry Collingwood
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 23
- Listed recording duration: 10:29:48
Catalogue topics
- nautical novel
Track guide
- 01 - Chapter I - The Story of the Buried Treasure — 19:45
- 02 - Chapter II - The Cryptogram — 22:49
- 03 - Chapter III - 'The Esmeralda' — 33:00
- 04 - Chapter IV - In Blue Water, Part 1 — 22:22
- 05 - Chapter IV - In Blue Water, Part 2 — 21:44
- 06 - Chapter V - A Wreck and a Rescue, Part 1 — 20:26
- 07 - Chapter V - A Wreck and a Rescue, Part 2 — 22:34
- 08 - Chapter VI - The Tragedy on Board the 'City of Calcutta' — 33:09
- 09 - Chapter VII - The Strange Fate of the 'Northern Queen' — 30:35
- 10 - Chapter VIII - The Chief Mate has a Presentiment — 29:54
- 11 - Chapter IX - An Eventful Night — 32:47
- 12 - Chapter X - On a Lee-Shore — 27:02
- 13 - Chapter XI - A Ghastly Waif of the Sea — 28:37
- 14 - Chapter XII - The Solution of the Cryptogram — 29:41
- 15 - Chapter XIII - The New Crew, Part 1 — 21:13
- 16 - Chapter XIII - The New Crew, Part 2 — 18:13
- 17 - Chapter XIV - Plot and Counterplot — 28:40
- 18 - Chapter XV - We Arrive at the Treasure Island — 36:22
- 19 - Chapter XVI - The Finding of the Treasure: And What Followed — 27:29
- 20 - Chapter XVII - The Recapture of the Barque — 29:35
- 21 - Chapter XVIII - A Pacific Hurricane — 29:57
- 22 - Chapter XIX - In Dire Extremity — 29:45
- 23 - Chapter XX - The End of the Adventure — 34:19
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