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Mr. Midshipman Easy

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Mr. Midshipman Easy

By: Frederick Marryat
Narrated by: Michael Healy
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About this listen

At fourteen, the unworldly, idealistic Jack Easy leaves the luxury of his father's estate in England and sails into a world of action and adventure aboard the sloop of war HMS Harpy. At first, Jack finds it hard to stomach the discipline of naval life and, with his mischievous sense of humor, is always getting himself into scrapes. But soon he is bravely taming a band of mutinous seamen, outwitting a wily and murderous Sicilian nobleman, and breathing the smell of gunpowder and raw steel as the Harpy chases Spanish ships on the Mediterranean.

This neglected 1836 classic is both a rousing adventure story and a profound coming-of-age tale written with great skill and humor.

Public Domain (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Drama & Plays European World Literature Witty Adventure Comedy

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The story of Midshipman Easy stands up very well. It is a story of its time but written in a diverting style which doesn’t lack pace. The philosophical passages - rather like soliloquies- are interesting and don’t get in the way of the story.
The reader has a pleasant voice and a good speed . Some of his pronunciations are surprising to my ears: eg “ boatswain” rather than “ bosun” but it may be that these are the correct pronunciations to American listeners. I have assumed that the reader is American for his pronunciation of “ inquiry” with a short “i” but I may be mistaken.

A rattling good yarn

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