The Survivors of the Chancellor
Told as the day-by-day diary of passenger J.R. Kazallon, this is one of Verne’s darkest stories. The Chancellor sails from Charleston bound for Liverpool with a cargo that is quietly burning below deck. What begins as an ordinary Atlantic crossing turns into fire, shipwreck, and a slow ordeal on a makeshift raft, where thirst, hunger, and finally the temptation of cannibalism strip the survivors down to raw instinct. Verne wrote it with a cold, documentary realism, drawing on real accounts of disaster at sea, and it stands well apart from his lighter adventures. First published in 1875, it remains a gripping study of how people behave when rescue never comes. This free PDF and EPUB edition includes the full English translation.
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| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | 4:05 | |
| 2 | The Chancellor | 3:52 | |
| 3 | Crew and Passengers | 4:14 | |
| 4 | Bill of Lading | 2:50 | |
| 5 | Something About My Fellow Passengers | 9:01 | |
| 6 | An Unusual Route | 4:34 | |
| 7 | The Sargasso Sea | 5:08 | |
| 8 | Voices in the Night | 6:49 | |
| 9 | Fire on Board | 4:37 | |
| 10 | Curtis Explains the Situation | 5:13 | |
| 11 | Picrate of Potash on Board | 5:21 | |
| 12 | The Passengers Discover Their Danger | 5:21 | |
| 13 | Curtis Becomes Captain | 7:13 | |
| 14 | Between Fire and Water | 7:42 | |
| 15 | Breakers to Starboard! | 5:09 | |
| 16 | Shipwrecked | 4:37 | |
| 17 | Sila Huntly Rescued from the Waves | 10:13 | |
| 18 | M. Letourneur is Pessimistic | 4:57 | |
| 19 | We Explore the Reef | 8:26 | |
| 20 | The Cargo Unloaded | 4:19 | |
| 21 | Examination of the Hold | 7:02 | |
| 22 | The 'Chancellor' Released from her Prison | 5:12 | |
| 23 | A New Danger | 4:13 | |
| 24 | An Attempt at Mutiny | 3:51 | |
| 25 | Curtis Resolves to Abandon the Ship | 4:35 | |
| 26 | While There's Life There's Hope | 5:06 | |
| 27 | Mr. Kear Makes a Business Deal | 6:57 | |
| 28 | The Whale-Boat Missing | 4:15 | |
| 29 | Mrs. Kear Succumbs to Fever | 3:23 | |
| 30 | We Embark on the Raft | 3:28 | |
| 31 | Our Situation Critical | 2:50 | |
| 32 | First Day on the Raft | 5:02 | |
| 33 | We Catch a Supply of Fish | 6:43 | |
| 34 | Mutiny on the Raft | 6:04 | |
| 35 | A Squall | 4:33 | |
| 36 | Two Sailors Washed Overboard | 5:27 | |
| 37 | We lose Nearly All our Provisions | 3:07 | |
| 38 | Lieutenant Walter's Condition | 6:25 | |
| 39 | Mutiny Again | 7:35 | |
| 40 | A Father's Love | 6:10 | |
| 41 | Death of Lieutenant Walter | 4:12 | |
| 42 | Human Flesh for Bait | 5:44 | |
| 43 | Oxide of Copper Poisoning | 5:20 | |
| 44 | Owen's Death | 8:36 | |
| 45 | The Depths of Despair | 7:24 | |
| 46 | Our Thirst Relieved | 4:41 | |
| 47 | My Fast is Broken | 6:09 | |
| 48 | Hobart Hangs Himself | 5:01 | |
| 49 | Hobart's Body Stolen | 3:19 | |
| 50 | The Negro Becomes Insane | 3:35 | |
| 51 | All Hope Gone | 2:17 | |
| 52 | Flaypole Becomes Delirious | 4:46 | |
| 53 | I Decide to Commit Suicide | 6:25 | |
| 54 | We Decide to Draw Lots | 4:03 | |
| 55 | Miss Herbey Pleads for One Day More | 4:37 | |
| 56 | Fresh Water | 4:32 | |
| 57 | Near the Coast of South America | 2:04 | |
| 58 | Land Ahoy! | 3:50 |
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