The Ghost Ship with illustrations

"The Ghost Ship" (1837–1839) by English writer, naval officer, and traveler, a classic of adventure prose Frederick Marryat, known by the pseudonym Captain Marryat, is perhaps the most famous literary variation of the ancient legend of the "Flying Dutchman," a... mysterious sailing vessel without a crew that wanders the ocean's vastness for centuries, never docking at shore and instilling terror in sailors. The main character of the novel, young sailor Philip Vanderdecken, must lift the terrible curse from his father, the captain, who once recklessly made a fatal vow on a sacred relic, and then, while at sea, in a moment of despair, blasphemed the Lord God and doomed himself and his crew to eternal wandering, — however, getting rid of the curse turns out to be quite difficult... The novel is published in a modern translation, without abbreviations; the edition includes full sets of illustrations for "The Ghost Ship," created by the remarkable Czech artists Wenceslaus Černý and Václav Chutta.