The Oxford Book of Sea Stories cover

The Oxford Book of Sea Stories

by Tony Tanner

Initiation / Joseph Conrad -- The voyage / Washington Irving -- [Descent into the Maelstrom](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273476W) / Edgar Allan Poe -- I have been drowned / Tom Hopkinson -- Mocha Dick / J.N. Reynolds -- The chase / Herman Melville -- A tragedy of error / Henry James -- High-water mark / Francis Bret Harte -- The open boat / Stephen Crane -- Make westing / Jack London -- A matter of fact / Rudyard Kipling -- In the abyss / H.G. Wells -- The cruise of the willing mind / A.E.W. Mason -- The terror of the sea caves / Charles G.D. Roberts -- False colours / W.W. Jacobs -- The secret sharer / Joseph Conrad -- The ghost ship / Richard Middleton -- Ambitious Jimmy Hicks / John Masefield -- Poor old man! / A.E. Dingle -- Easting down / Shalimar -- The story of the siren / E.M. Forster -- The rough crossing / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- After the storm / Earnest Hemingway -- The bravest boat / Malcolm Lowry -- The boy stood on the burning deck / C.S. Forester -- Turnabout / William Faulkner -- The frontiers of the sea / Peter Ustinov.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?