Redburn. His First Voyage

Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and Reminiscences Of the Son-Of-A-Gentleman In the Merchant Navy

Contents

 * Chapter I HOW WELLINGBOROUGH REDBURN’S TASTE FOR THE SEA WAS BORN AND BRED IN HIM
 * Chapter II REDBURN’S DEPARTURE FROM HOME
 * Chapter III HE ARRIVES IN TOWN
 * Chapter IV HOW HE DISPOSED OF HIS FOWLING-PIECE
 * Chapter V HE PURCHASES HIS SEA-WARDROBE, AND ON A DISMAL RAINY DAY PICKS UP HIS BOARD AND LODGING ALONG THE WHARVES
 * Chapter VI HE IS INITIATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CLEANING OUT THE PIG-PEN, AND SLUSHING DOWN THE TOP-MAST
 * Chapter VII HE GETS TO SEA AND FEELS VERY BAD
 * Chapter VIII HE IS PUT INTO THE LARBOARD WATCH; GETS SEA-SICK; AND RELATES SOME OTHER OF HIS EXPERIENCES
 * Chapter IX THE SAILORS BECOMING A LITTLE SOCIAL, REDBURN CONVERSES WITH THEM
 * Chapter X HE IS VERY MUCH FRIGHTENED; THE SAILORS ABUSE HIM; AND HE BECOMES MISERABLE AND FORLORN
 * Chapter XI HE HELPS WASH THE DECKS, AND THEN GOES TO BREAKFAST
 * Chapter XII HE GIVES SOME ACCOUNT OF ONE OF HIS SHIPMATES CALLED JACKSON
 * Chapter XIII HE HAS A FINE DAY AT SEA, BEGINS TO LIKE IT; BUT CHANGES HIS MIND
 * Chapter XIV HE CONTEMPLATES MAKING A SOCIAL CALL ON THE CAPTAIN IN HIS CABIN
 * Chapter XV THE MELANCHOLY STATE OF HIS WARDROBE
 * Chapter XVI AT DEAD OF NIGHT HE IS SENT UP TO LOOSE THE MAIN-SKYSAIL
 * Chapter XVII THE COOK AND STEWARD
 * Chapter XVIII HE ENDEAVORS TO IMPROVE HIS MIND; AND TELLS OF ONE BLUNT AND HIS DREAM BOOK
 * Chapter XIX A NARROW ESCAPE
 * Chapter XX IN A FOG HE IS SET TO WORK AS A BELL-TOLLER, AND BEHOLDS A HERD OF OCEAN-ELEPHANTS
 * Chapter XXI A WHALEMAN AND A MAN-OF-WAR’S-MAN
 * Chapter XXII THE HIGHLANDER PASSES A WRECK
 * Chapter XXIII AN UNACCOUNTABLE CABIN-PASSENGER, AND A MYSTERIOUS YOUNG LADY
 * Chapter XXIV HE BEGINS TO HOP ABOUT IN THE RIGGING LIKE A SAINT JAGO’s MONKEY
 * Chapter XXV QUARTER-DECK FURNITURE
 * Chapter XXVI A SAILOR A JACK OF ALL TRADES
 * Chapter XXVII HE GETS A PEEP AT IRELAND, AND AT LAST ARRIVES AT LIVERPOOL
 * Chapter XXVIII HE GOES TO SUPPER AT THE SIGN OF THE BALTIMORE CLIPPER
 * Chapter XXIX REDBURN DEFERENTIALLY DISCOURSES CONCERNING THE PROSPECTS OF SAILORS
 * Chapter XXX REDBURN GROWS INTOLERABLY FLAT AND STUPID OVER SOME OUTLANDISH OLD GUIDE-BOOKS
 * Chapter XXXI WITH HIS PROSY OLD GUIDE-BOOK, HE TAKES A PROSY STROLL THROUGH THE TOWN
 * Chapter XXXII THE DOCKS
 * Chapter XXXIII THE SALT-DROGHERS, AND GERMAN EMIGRANT SHIPS
 * Chapter XXXIV THE IRRAWADDY
 * Chapter XXXV GALLIOTS, COAST-OF-GUINEA-MAN, AND FLOATING CHAPEL
 * Chapter XXXVI THE OLD CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE
 * Chapter XXXVII WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT’S-HEY
 * Chapter XXXVIII THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS
 * Chapter XXXIX THE BOOBLE-ALLEYS OF THE TOWN
 * Chapter XL PLACARDS, BRASS-JEWELERS, TRUCK-HORSES, AND STEAMERS
 * Chapter XLI REDBURN ROVES ABOUT HITHER AND THITHER
 * Chapter XLII HIS ADVENTURE WITH THE CROSS OLD GENTLEMAN
 * Chapter XLIII HE TAKES A DELIGHTFUL RAMBLE INTO THE COUNTRY; AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THREE ADORABLE CHARMERS
 * Chapter XLIV REDBURN INTRODUCES MASTER HARRY BOLTON TO THE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION OF THE READER
 * Chapter XLV HARRY BOLTON KIDNAPS REDBURN, AND CARRIES HIM OFF TO LONDON
 * Chapter XLVI A MYSTERIOUS NIGHT IN LONDON
 * Chapter XLVII HOMEWARD BOUND
 * Chapter XLVIII A LIVING CORPSE
 * Chapter XLIX CARLO
 * Chapter L HARRY BOLTON AT SEA
 * Chapter LI THE EMIGRANTS
 * Chapter LII THE EMIGRANTS’ KITCHEN
 * Chapter LIII THE HORATII AND CURIATII
 * Chapter LIV SOME SUPERIOR OLD NAIL-ROD AND PIG-TAIL
 * Chapter LV 5 DRAWING NIGH TO THE LAST SCENE IN JACKSON’S CAREER
 * Chapter LVI UNDER THE LEE OF THE LONG-BOAT, REDBURN AND HARRY HOLD CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNION
 * Chapter LVII ALMOST A FAMINE
 * Chapter LVIII THOUGH THE HIGHLANDER PUTS INTO NO HARBOR AS YET; SHE HERE AND THERE LEAVES MANY OF HER PASSENGERS BEHIND
 * Chapter LIX THE LAST END OF JACKSON
 * Chapter LX HOME AT LAST
 * Chapter LXI REDBURN AND HABBY, ARM IN ARM, IN HARBOR
 * Chapter LXII THE LAST THAT WAS EVER HEARD OF HARRY BOLTON