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Snarleyyow

Frederick Marryat (1792 - 1848)

This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early 'humor', it is somewhat heavy-handed, the sympathies
of the author are clear and good, and cruelty is often averted by good fortune or background characters. First published under the title 'The Dog Fiend', the primary
characters are an evil captain of a cutter and his dog. The dog seems indestructible, as is the poor cabin boy who is the butt of the captain's ill humor, and who often
is chewed on by the dog. The cutter is sent against smugglers, transporting ' Alamodes and lute strings' - a term for foreign silks. But, the smugglers really are
Jacobites plotting against King William, and much of the action relates to politics of that time.
( Arnold Banner)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Humorous Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introduction of Divers Parties and a Red-Herring	Arnold	00:14:19
Play 02	Showing what Became of the Red-Herring	Arnold	00:09:34
Play 03	A Retrospect, and Short Description of a New Character	Arnold	00:13:17
Play 04	In which there is a Desperate Combat	Arnold	00:09:10
Play 05	A Consultation in which there is much Mutiny	Arnold	00:18:46
Play 06	In which as often happens at Sea when Signals are not made out, Friends exchange Broadsides	Arnold	00:13:15
Play 07	In which Mr Vanslyperken goes on Shore to woo the Widow Vandersloosh	Arnold	00:08:53
Play 08	In which the Widow lays a Trap for Mr Vanslyperken, and Smallbones lays a Trap for Snarleyyow, and both bag their Game	Arnold	00:15:04
Play 09	A Long Chapter, in which there is Lamentation, Singing, Bibbling, and Dancing	Arnold	00:32:18
Play 10	In which is explained the Sublime Mystery of Keelhauling—Snarleyyow saves Smallbones from being drowned, although Smallbones would have drowned him	Arnold	00:22:56
Play 11	In which Snarleyyow does not at all assist his Master’s Cause with the Widow Vandersloosh	Arnold	00:13:32
Play 12	In which Resolutions are entered into in all Quarters, and Jemmy Ducks is accused of Mutiny for singing a Song in a Snow-Storm	Arnold	00:15:54
Play 13	In which the Ship’s Company join in a Chorus, and the Corporal goes on a Cruise	Arnold	00:22:17
Play 14	In which some new Characters appear on the Stage, although the Corporal is not to be heard of	Arnold	00:21:50
Play 15	In which the Crew of the Yungfrau lose a Good Prize, and Snarleyyow loses his Character	Arnold	00:12:28
Play 16	In which we change the Scene, and the Sex of our Performers	Arnold	00:19:43
Play 17	In which there is a Great Deal of Plotting, and a Little Execution	Arnold	00:25:31
Play 18	The whole of which has been fudged out of the History of England, and will therefore be quite New to the Majority of our Readers	Arnold	00:10:42
Play 19	In which Smallbones is sent to look after a Pot of Black Paint	Arnold	00:21:35
Play 20	In which Mr Vanslyperken proves False to the Widow Vandersloosh, and Many Strange Things take Place	Arnold	00:30:46
Play 21	In which are narrated the Adventures which took place in the Corporal’s Cruise in the Jolly-Boat	Arnold	00:20:55
Play 22	In which Snarleyyow proves to be the Devil, and no Mistake	Arnold	00:24:49
Play 23	In which Mr Vanslyperken finds Great Cause of Vexation and Satisfaction	Arnold	00:21:37
Play 24	In which Mr Vanslyperken has Nothing but Trouble from the Beginning to the End	Arnold	00:28:43
Play 25	In which Mr Vanslyperken proves that he has a Great Aversion to Cold Steel	Arnold	00:15:04
Play 26	In which Mr Vanslyperken sees a Ghost	Arnold	00:13:14
Play 27	In which Mr Vanslyperken is taught a Secret	Arnold	00:17:55
Play 28	In which we have at last introduced a Decent Sort of Heroine, who, however, only plays a Second in our History, Snarleyyow being the First Fiddle	Arnold	00:25:37
Play 29	In which Jemmy Ducks proves the Truth of Moggy’s Assertion, that there was no one like him before or since—Nancy and Jemmy serenade the Stars	Arnold	00:27:04
Play 30	In which Mr Vanslyperken treats the Ladies	Arnold	00:35:12
Play 31	In which Snarleyyow again triumphs over his Enemies	Arnold	00:19:28
Play 32	Listeners never hear any Good of Themselves	Arnold	00:26:50
Play 33	In which there is nothing very Particular or very Interesting	Arnold	00:14:06
Play 34	Besides other Matter, containing an Argument	Arnold	00:21:04
Play 35	In which the Agency of a Red-Herring is again introduced into our Wonderful History	Arnold	00:19:49
Play 36	In which Mr Vanslyperken, although at Fault, comes in for the Brush	Arnold	00:18:48
Play 37	In which Mr Vanslyperken drives a very Hard Bargain	Arnold	00:14:20
Play 38	In which Mr Vanslyperken is taken for a Witch	Arnold	00:11:40
Play 39	In which is recorded a most Barbarous and Bloody Murder	Arnold	00:25:33
Play 40	In which a most Horrid Spectre disturbs the Equanimity of Mr Vanslyperken	Arnold	00:15:53
Play 41	In which is shown how Dangerous it is to tell a Secret	Arnold	00:18:42
Play 42	In which is shown the Imprudence of sleeping in the Open Air, even in a Summer’s Night	Arnold	00:13:07
Play 43	In which Smallbones changes from a King’s Man into a Smuggler, and also changes his Sex	Arnold	00:20:23
Play 44	In which Mr Vanslyperken meets with a Double Defeat	Arnold	00:20:27
Play 45	In which Mr Vanslyperken proves his Loyalty and his Fidelity to King William	Arnold	00:18:26
Play 46	In which there is much Bustle and Confusion, Plot and Counter-Plot	Arnold	00:20:20
Play 47	Which is rather interesting	Arnold	00:14:54
Play 48	In which there is a Great Deal of Correspondence, and the Widow is called up very Early in the Morning	Arnold	00:18:43
Play 49	In which is related much Appertaining to the “Pomp and Glorious Circumstance” of War	Arnold	00:14:56
Play 50	In which the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Rank and File, are all sent to the Right About	Arnold	00:12:19
Play 51	In which the Jacobite Cause is Triumphant by Sea as well as by Land	Arnold	00:12:23
Play 52	In which a Great Deal of Loyalty is shown to counterbalance the Treason of Vanslyperken	Arnold	00:15:33
Play 53	Trial and Execution of two of the Principal Personages in our History	Arnold	00:13:30
Play 54	In which Affairs begin to wind up	Arnold	00:12:45
Play 55	In which we trust that Everything will be arranged to the Satisfaction of our Readers	Arnold	00:16:12

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