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Captains Courageous
Rudyard Kipling · 1897
After wealthy young Harvey Cheyne falls overboard in the North Atlantic, he is rescued by the fishing schooner We're Here. Put to work on the Grand Banks, he learns the skill, discipline, and shared labor of Gloucester fishermen as he grows from a pampered boy into a capable young man.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 64 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
Principal Figures: Harvey Cheyne, Dan Troop, Disko Troop, and Manuel
The Troop and Cheyne Families
Miss Kinzey, Milsom, Suzanne, and Wouverman
From the Grand Banks to Cape Ann
Fog on the Fishing GroundsThe fleet works through the Banks fog.
Inside the Atlantic Liner
Manuel’s RescueThe doryman pulls Harvey from the North Atlantic.
The First HalibutHarvey takes in the catch he helped bring aboard.
This edition
- Title
- Captains Courageous
- Author
- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
- First published
- 1897
- Illustrated plates
- 124 original artworks · 64 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 10 · about 52,675 words
- Reading time
- 3 h 31 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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