Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Popular Classics)

The sea - and man's relationship with it - have inspired many of the world's most pre-eminent writers. And why not? Dramatic, powerful, benign, soothing, foreboding, exhilarating, unforgiving - the oceans of the world have provided both setting and inspiration for some memorable tales. It would be difficult to compile a list of truly classic writing about the sea without including the likes of Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Daniel Defoe, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, William Bligh, Joshua Slocum, Ernest Shackleton, Jerome K. Jerome and a host of others.