Sea Stories

4 hrs. 53 min.

Language Russian

Author Boris Zhitkov

Narrator Alexander Bordukov

Description

Before Boris Zhitkov, at the insistence of his friend Korney Chukovsky, became a professional writer, he changed many professions: he was an ichthyologist, a navigator on a sailing ship, a metalworker, a carpenter, a naval officer and shipbuilding engineer, captain of a research vessel, a teacher of physics and drafting, and head of a technical school. From this fairly long list it’s clear that the sea element was no novelty to Zhitkov. That’s why his stories about the sea were especially successful—beautiful accounts of sea voyages, of people who devoted themselves to the sea, and of the sea itself—stern at times, friendly at times, but always romantic and alluring.

Contents:

Squall
Over the water
Under the water
Wadding
Jerylgach
“Maria” and “Mary”
N. I. Pushkin
Uncle
Compass
The death
Mechanic Solerno
Drowned man