Mr. Midshipman Easy
Frederick Marryat
Jack Easy is the son of a wealthy philosopher who believes in the absolute equality of all men. Armed with this unlikely theory, Jack joins the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. What follows is a brilliant, humorous, and action-packed journey as...
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Jack Easy is the son of a wealthy philosopher who believes in the absolute equality of all men. Armed with this unlikely theory, Jack joins the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. What follows is a brilliant, humorous, and action-packed journey as Jack learns that life at sea requires more than just philosophy. A cornerstone of maritime literature. Duration - 14h 44m. Author - Frederick Marryat. Narrator - Amber Burkett. Published Date - Thursday, 22 January 2026. Copyright - © 2026 Amber Burkett ©.
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English
Opening Credits
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Front matter
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Chapter 1 which the reader will find very easy to read mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 2 in which mrs easy as usual has her own way mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 3 in which our hero has to wait the issue of an argument mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 4 in which the doctor prescribes going to school as a remedy for a cut mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 5 jack easy is sent to a school at which there is no flogging mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 6 in which jack makes essay of his fathers sublime philosophy and arrives mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 7 in which jack makes some very sage reflections and comes to a very mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 8 in which mr easy has his first lesson as to zeal in his majestys mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 9 in which mr easy finds himself on the other side of the bay of biscay mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 10 showing how jack transgresses against his own philosophy mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 11 in which our hero proves that all on board should equally sacrifice mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 12 in which our hero prefers going down to going up a choice it is to be mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 13 in which our hero begins to act and think for himself mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 14 in which our hero finds that disagreeable occurrences will take place on mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 15 in which mutiny like fire is quenched for want of fuel and no want of mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 16 in which jacks cruise is ended and he regains the harpy mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 17 in which our hero finds out that trigonometry is not only necessary to mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 18 in which our hero sets off on another cruise in which he is not blown mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 19 in which our hero follows his destiny and forms a tableau mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 20 a long story which the reader must listen to as well as our hero mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 21 in which our hero is brought up all standing under a press of sail mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 22 our hero is sick with the service but recovers with proper medicine an mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 23 jack goes on another cruise love and diplomacy jack proves himself too mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 24 our hero plays the very devil mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 25 in which the old proverb is illustrated that you must not count your mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 26 in which our hero becomes excessively unwell and agrees to go through a mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 27 in which captain wilson is repaid with interest for jacks borrowing his mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 28 philosophy made easy upon agrarian principles the subject of some mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 29 in which our hero sees a little more service and is better employed mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 30 modern philanthropy which as usual is the cause of much trouble and mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 31 a regular set to in which the parties beaten are not knocked down but mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 32 in which our hero and gascoigne ought to be ashamed of themselves and mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 33 in which mesty should be called throughout mephistopheles for it mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 34 jack leaves the service in which he had no business and goes home to mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 35 mr easys wonderful invention fully explained by himself much to the mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 36 in which jack takes up the other side of the argument and proves that mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 37 in which our hero finds himself an orphan and resolves to go to sea mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 38 in which our hero as usual gets into the very middle of it mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 39 a council of war in which jack decides that he will have one more mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 40 in which there is another slight difference of opinion between those who mr midshipman easy
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Chapter 41 which winds up the nautical adventures of mr midshipman easy mr midshipman easy
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Back matter
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Ending Credits
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