Showing results for "Sails" in Classics

A classic tale of adventure and romance by the most renowned Russian romance writer of the 20th century, Alexander Grin (real name: Alexander S. Grinevsky (1880-1932), Scarlet Sails is a great romantic story dealing with themes of the eternal: honor and dishonor, cowardice and bravery, hope and despair....

The setting is a small fishing village. The former seaman Longren raises his daughter Assol alone after losing his beloved wife, making a meager living by selling the toy boats he carves from wood. As a child, Assol encounters an old man who claims to be a wizard and promises the girl that one day a prince will come on a ship with scarlet sails to carry her away. The villagers scoff but Assol believes her dream will come true one day. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

"Alye parusa" - radiospektakl' po odnoimennoj povesti Aleksandra Grina o nepokolebimoj vere v chudo i vsepobezhdajushhej, vozvyshennoj mechte. Povest' rasskazyvaet istoriju o zhizni devochki Assol', kotoraja poterjala svoju mat', kogda ej bylo pjat' mesjacev. Assol' zhila so svoim otcom-morjakom. Posle otstavki on stal delat' igrushki, chtoby zarabotat' sebe i malen'koj Assol' na zhizn'. I odnazhdy Assol' v lesu vstrechaet starika po imeni Jegl', kotoryj rasskazyvaet ej, chto kogda ona stanet vzrosloj, k nej priplyvjot princ na korable s alymi parusami.

Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. After a distinguished career, where he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Joshua Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckage and sailed back to New York. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdad, a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success.