William Hope Hodgson's short story group composed around the Sargasso Sea is often referred to as the "Sargasso Sea story". They have been featured in various short story collections, including The Boat of the "Glen Carrig" and Other Nautical Adventures: Fiction Collected from William Hope Hodgson, Volume 1 . In the introduction to this book, editor Jeremy Lassen writes:
[These stories] are the kind of stories that helped Hodgson achieve commercial success. These stories are often published in the highest-paying fiction markets of his day, and show his broad narrative talent... Today's readers Hodgson may be more familiar with his stunning original novel of cosmic vision, such as The House in Borderland > or The Night Land , but the narrative about the sea first attracted the public's reading. Most importantly, however, it was in the choking Sargasso Sea where Hodgson first began exploring unreality, and the border of human existence.
Video Sargasso Sea Stories
"Dari Bagian Laut Tideless"
The story was first published in the United States in April 1906 in The Monthly Story and was first published in England in May 1907 at The London Magazine.
This story contains some similarities to Hodgson's novel The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" . Both involve a ship trapped in the Sargasso Sea, building a superstructure against invading creatures; The ship trapped in the novel is Seabird , while the ship in this story is called Homebird . This story can be regarded as a shorter but similar story narrated from the perspective of characters trapped on such a ship.
Plot summary
A sailboat takes place on top of floating barrels, well sealed with pitch and contains a script. The barrel is open and the manuscript is read.
This is the story of the ship Homebird . A terrible storm in the sea greatly damages the ship, breaks all three poles and injures the captain, and leaves it under the wind and ups and downs until it is trapped in the "sea cemetery," the Sargasso Sea. A group of crew members try to free the Homebird but taken by a giant octopus. The remaining crew were also killed, leaving only the narrator, the injured captain, and the captain's daughter. When the captain's health fails, the narrator builds a superstructure of hardened wood and canvas to protect the ship from predators. The captain realizes that he will soon die, leaving the narrator alone with his daughter. To protect his honor, the narrator agreed to marry the young woman.
- "'Do you - do you love him?'
- "His tone is very sad, and there is a problem hiding in his eyes.
- "'He will be my wife,' I said, simply, and he nodded.
- "'God has dealt with us strangely," he mumbles, now, as if to himself.
- "Suddenly, he asked me to let him in.
- "And then he married us.
- "Three days later, he's dead, and we're alone.
The narrator continued to fortify the ship's defenses, and soon discovered that his new wife was pregnant. He took stock of the ship's food stores and found that sufficient provisions existed to keep them alive for fifteen to seventeen years.
The narrator of the story in a story ends by describing his plan to attach a manuscript in a water vat and attach it to a balloon, so that the wind will take him into the open water. The back narration of the story-in-story to illustrate the captain's current reaction to the story:
"Seventeen," he mumbled thoughtfully. "A 'this' Sumthin ere was written' like twenty-nine years ago!" He nodded several times. "Poor creetures!" she exclaimed. "In a minute, Jock - it's been a long time!"
"From undulating sea Part Two: More news from Homebird "
"The Mystery of Derelict"
"The Thing in Weed"
"The Finding of Graiken "
A man abuses his friend's trust by taking over his ship and sailing on a mission to the Sargasso Sea to save his girlfriend.
Maps Sargasso Sea Stories
"Call in the Dawn"
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