# Pirate, and The Three Cutters

An audiobook by Frederick Marryat, read by LibriVox volunteers (8 h 25 min, English).

Pirates are the subject of many a dime novel and boys' stories, but they tend to be portrayed as one-dimensional. Such is the case here. The captain of The Avenger is a Byronic or even a Michael Scottish hero—an impossible monster, compounded of one virtue and a thousand crimes. Marryat drew on his recollections of the time when he was a midshipman with Cochrane in the Impèrieuse, for the figure of the old steersman, who sticks to his post under the fire of the Avenger. The Three Cutters was written to pad out the novel The Pirate and deals with smuggling. It is a farcical romp, with too many women in a man's world to be credible.

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## Chapters

0. Introduction (17:52): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_00_marryat_64kb.mp3
1. The Bay of Biscay (13:52): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_01_marryat_64kb.mp3
2. The Bachelor (21:45): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_02_marryat_64kb.mp3
3. The Gale (11:10): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_03_marryat_64kb.mp3
4. The Leak (17:22): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_04_marryat_64kb.mp3
5. The Old Maid (16:45): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_05_marryat_64kb.mp3
6. The Midshipman (12:48): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_06_marryat_64kb.mp3
7. Sleeper's Bay (18:32): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_07_marryat_64kb.mp3
8. The Attack (15:01): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_08_marryat_64kb.mp3
9. The Capture (38:27): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_09_marryat_64kb.mp3
10. The Sand-bank (15:30): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_10_marryat_64kb.mp3
11. The Escape (22:50): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_11_marryat_64kb.mp3
12. The Lieutenant (15:36): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_12_marryat_64kb.mp3
13. The Landing (27:40): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_13_marryat_64kb.mp3
14. The Meeting (22:15): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_14_marryat_64kb.mp3
15. The Mistake (19:04): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_15_marryat_64kb.mp3
16. The Caicos (23:34): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_16_marryat_64kb.mp3
17. The Trial (26:02): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_17_marryat_64kb.mp3
18. Conclusion (16:26): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_18_marryat_64kb.mp3
19. Cutter the First (23:56): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_19_marryat_64kb.mp3
20. Cutter the Second (18:55): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_20_marryat_64kb.mp3
21. Cutter the Third (17:13): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_21_marryat_64kb.mp3
22. Portland Bill (18:17): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_22_marryat_64kb.mp3
23. The Travestie (20:08): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_23_marryat_64kb.mp3
24. The Smuggling Yacht (13:55): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_24_marryat_64kb.mp3
25. Conclusion (19:44): https://archive.org/download/pirate_2203_librivox/pirate_25_marryat_64kb.mp3