The Wrecker

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) and Lloyd Osbourne (1868 - 1947)

The Wrecker (1892) is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story is a 'sprawling, episodic adventure story, a comedy of brash manners and something of a detective mystery'. It revolves around the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island. Clues in a stamp collection are used to track down the missing crew and solve the mystery. It is only in the last chapter that different story elements become linked. - Summary by Wikipedia

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Prologue - In the Marquesas Antony Brown
00:21:52
Play 01 Chapter 1 - A Sound Commercial Education Lynne T
00:27:04
Play 02 Chapter 2 - Roussillon Wine Lynne T
00:23:46
Play 03 Chapter 3 - To Introduce Mr. Pinkerton Antony Brown
00:28:19
Play 04 Chapter 4 - In Which I Experience Extremes of Fortune Jules Hawryluk
00:32:36
Play 05 Chapter 5 - In Which I am Down on My Luck in Paris Jules Hawryluk
00:36:54
Play 06 Chapter 6 - In Which I Go West Bill Boerst
00:30:24
Play 07 Chapter 7 - Irons in the Fire, part 1 Muggle1013
00:26:24
Play 08 Chapter 7 - Irons in the Fire, part 2 KHand
00:20:31
Play 09 Chapter 8 - Faces on the City Front whdemick
00:27:00
Play 10 Chapter 9 - The Wreck of the 'Flying Scud' Bill Boerst
00:29:58
Play 11 Chapter 10 - In Which the Crew Vanish, part 1 Deon Gines
00:30:44
Play 12 Chapter 10 - In Which the Crew Vanish, part 2 Deon Gines
00:20:09
Play 13 Chapter 11 - In Which Jim and I Take Different Ways Bill Boerst
00:29:45
Play 14 Chapter 12 - The 'Nora Creina' Bill Boerst
00:32:11
Play 15 Chapter 13 - The Island and the Wreck Reeses118
00:23:27
Play 16 Chapter 14 - The Cabin of the 'Flying Scud' Deon Gines
00:29:31
Play 17 Chapter 15 - The Cargo of the 'Flying Scud' Deon Gines
00:26:56
Play 18 Chapter 16 - In Which I Turn Smuggler, and the Captain Casuist Antony Brown
00:26:01
Play 19 Chapter 17 - Light From the Man of War Antony Brown
00:26:42
Play 20 Chapter 18 - Cross Questions and Crooked Answers Deon Gines
00:31:16
Play 21 Chapter 19 - Travels with a Shyster, part 1 Bill Boerst
00:20:47
Play 22 Chapter 19 - Travels with a Shyster, part 2 Bill Boerst
00:24:51
Play 23 Chapter 20 - Stallbridge-Le-Carthew Jules Hawryluk
00:31:02
Play 24 Chapter 21 - Face to Face Reeses118
00:14:42
Play 25 Chapter 22 - The Remittance Man, part 1 Deon Gines
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Play 26 Chapter 22 - The Remittance Man, part 2 Deon Gines
00:23:49
Play 27 Chapter 23 - The Budget of the 'Currency Lass', part 1 Jules Hawryluk
00:32:05
Play 28 Chapter 23 - The Budget of the 'Currency Lass', part 2 Jules Hawryluk
00:30:06
Play 29 Chapter 24 - A Hard Bargain Denise Nordell
00:22:13
Play 30 Chapter 25 - A Bad Bargain, part 1 Deon Gines
00:23:35
Play 31 Chapter 25 - A Bad Bargain, part 2 Deon Gines
00:21:01
Play 32 Epilogue Lynne T
00:12:43