The Wrecker (1892) is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story is a 'sprawling, episodic adventure story, a comedy of brash manners and something of a detective mystery'. It revolves around the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island. Clues in a stamp collection are used to track down the missing crew and solve the mystery. It is only in the last chapter that different story elements become linked. - Summary by Wikipedia
Chapters
1 Prologue - In the Marquesas 22 min 2 Chapter 1 - A Sound Commercial Education 27 min 3 Chapter 2 - Roussillon Wine 24 min 4 Chapter 3 - To Introduce Mr. Pinkerton 28 min 5 Chapter 4 - In Which I Experience Extremes of Fortune 33 min 6 Chapter 5 - In Which I am Down on My Luck in Paris 37 min 7 Chapter 6 - In Which I Go West 30 min 8 Chapter 7 - Irons in the Fire, part 1 26 min 9 Chapter 7 - Irons in the Fire, part 2 21 min 10 Chapter 8 - Faces on the City Front 27 min 11 Chapter 9 - The Wreck of the 'Flying Scud' 30 min 12 Chapter 10 - In Which the Crew Vanish, part 1 31 min 13 Chapter 10 - In Which the Crew Vanish, part 2 20 min 14 Chapter 11 - In Which Jim and I Take Different Ways 30 min 15 Chapter 12 - The 'Nora Creina' 32 min 16 Chapter 13 - The Island and the Wreck 23 min 17 Chapter 14 - The Cabin of the 'Flying Scud' 30 min 18 Chapter 15 - The Cargo of the 'Flying Scud' 27 min 19 Chapter 16 - In Which I Turn Smuggler, and the Captain Casuist 26 min 20 Chapter 17 - Light From the Man of War 27 min 21 Chapter 18 - Cross Questions and Crooked Answers 31 min 22 Chapter 19 - Travels with a Shyster, part 1 21 min 23 Chapter 19 - Travels with a Shyster, part 2 25 min 24 Chapter 20 - Stallbridge-Le-Carthew 31 min 25 Chapter 21 - Face to Face 15 min 26 Chapter 22 - The Remittance Man, part 1 26 min 27 Chapter 22 - The Remittance Man, part 2 24 min 28 Chapter 23 - The Budget of the 'Currency Lass', part 1 32 min 29 Chapter 23 - The Budget of the 'Currency Lass', part 2 30 min 30 Chapter 24 - A Hard Bargain 22 min 31 Chapter 25 - A Bad Bargain, part 1 24 min 32 Chapter 25 - A Bad Bargain, part 2 21 min 33 Epilogue 13 min
