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The Open Boat
Stephen Crane
Written by Stephen Crane 3 audiobooks with Academy Voices
Stephen Crane was an American novelist, poet and journalist. More about Stephen Crane →
Mike Polischuk
Read by a real person Mike Polischuk 30 audiobooks with Academy Voices
After kicking around the edges of VO over the last 7 years or so, I decided last year to jump into the pool and start putting some of my 'online learn… Hear more from Mike →
Literary

The Open Boat

by Stephen Crane · read by Mike Polischuk · 1 hr 7 min

Four men are adrift in a small dinghy off the coast of Florida after their ship has sunk: the captain, the cook, the oiler and a newspaper correspondent. Land is in sight, but the waves are too rough to risk the shore.

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Four men are adrift in a small dinghy off the coast of Florida after their ship has sunk: the captain, the cook, the oiler and a newspaper correspondent. Land is in sight, but the waves are too rough to risk the shore. They row all night, and the sea does not care. Stephen Crane based the story on his own shipwreck in 1897. It is a short, tense tale of survival and of men who learn to depend on each other, read by Mike Polischuk. An hour and seven minutes.

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Details
Length
1 hr 7 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
October 2025
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798295344053
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This edition of The Open Boat by Stephen Crane is narrated by Mike Polischuk.

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It runs 1 hr 7 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.

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