Meripoikia: Merimiesjutelmia

The Adventures of Roderick Random

T. Smollett

The work is a picaresque satire that follows the life of Roderick Random, a North‑British orphan whose…

Sea urchins

W. W. Jacobs

Sea urchins is a bawdy, episodic tale of a rag‑tag crew and a mischievous youngster thrust aboard their…

Man Overboard!

F. Marion Crawford

The opening of Man Overboard! sets the tone for a gritty seafaring yarn that blends the ordinary hazards of…

Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

Joseph Conrad

The work is a sprawling sea‑faring political novel that blends the romance of sailors’ adventures with the…

Toilers of the sea

Victor Hugo

The work is a French‑origin novel translated into English, set among fishers and sailors in the Channel…

White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War

Herman Melville

Melville’s White Jacket is a first‑person naval memoir that doubles as a satirical sea novel.