Project Gutenberg 2015-08-28 Public domain in the USA. 156 Russell, William Clark 1844 1911 Russell, W. Clark (William Clark) The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 1 (of 3) Produced by Chris Curnow, Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 1 (of 3)" by William Clark Russell is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Geoffrey Fenton, a young man who takes on the role of second mate aboard the merchant ship Saracen during a perilous voyage toward the East Indies in the late 1700s. This maritime adventure intertwines elements of superstition, exploring themes such as fate and the supernatural through the ominous legend of the Flying Dutchman. At the start of the narrative, Geoffrey Fenton describes his journey to becoming a sailor, detailing his apprenticeship before joining the Saracen. As the ship ventures into distant waters, Fenton and his crew encounter various challenges and superstitions, particularly revolving around the dreaded appearance of the Death Ship. With Captain Skevington's grave discussions about the Phantom Ship, the crew soon finds themselves steeped in fear when they learn of a cursed snowship, Lovely Nancy, which has recently crossed their path. This encounter leads to a series of eerie events, ultimately culminating in a tragic death aboard the Saracen, which leaves the crew grappling with a palpable sense of doom as they face the possibility of encountering the malevolent specter themselves. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Immortalism -- Fiction Flying Dutchman -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels 307493 2025-06-20T05:19:39.094212 text/html 289362 2024-10-24T17:55:58 text/html 195679 2025-06-20T05:19:43.894184 application/epub+zip 196385 2025-06-20T05:19:39.927211 application/epub+zip 196386 2025-06-20T05:19:39.529210 application/epub+zip 295123 2025-06-20T05:19:47.218157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258204 2025-06-20T05:19:43.420226 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258340 2022-09-22T14:17:32.541492 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274945 2023-09-21T12:30:43.702315 text/plain 254949 2024-10-24T17:55:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15802 2025-06-20T05:19:47.356155 application/rdf+xml 16558 2025-06-20T05:19:39.621191 image/jpeg 2574 2025-06-20T05:19:39.575191 image/jpeg 176145 2025-06-20T05:19:39.126209 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia