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William Clark Russell

Lifespan: 1844 – 1911
Nationality: British
Active: 1888
Works held: 2

William Clark Russell (1844–1911) was the most celebrated writer of nautical fiction of his generation. Among his many sea-novels is The Death Ship, a full-length treatment of the Flying Dutchman legend, and other tales edged with the supernatural. His authentic, atmospheric sea-writing carried the ghostly maritime tradition into the popular novel.

The works

1888

The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 2 (of 3) The Death Ship: A Strange Story, Vol. 3 (of 3)

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Recurring themes

Kindred authors shared themes

Alexandre Dumas Algernon Blackwood Anna Bonus Kingsford Anonymous Arlo Bates Arthur Machen Arthur Quiller-Couch Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Mark Twain Jules Verne Edward Bellamy Andrew Lang John Ames Mitchell Lewis Carroll Edwin Abbott Abbott Frank R. Stockton Georges Le Faure H. de Graffigny

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