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A dying widow reveals his father's strange fate, driving Philip to search a sealed room and read his letter.
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幽霊船の概要
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- 初版刊行年
- 1839by フレデリック・マリアット
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幽霊船 in short
The Phantom Ship follows Philip Vanderdecken from a cottage in Terneuse to the ends of the Eastern seas. Philip vows to free his father from a curse, and that vow follows him through shipwreck, fire, mutiny and war. Beside him stands Amine, who loves him, doubts his priests and keeps her own beliefs.
What 幽霊船 is about
What would you do if your dying mother told you that your father is neither alive nor dead? In the Dutch town of Terneuse, a young man named Philip Vanderdecken hears exactly that. His father, a sea captain, swore a terrible oath off the Cape of Good Hope and now sails on, cursed, until the Day of Judgment.
The Phantom Ship was written by Frederick Marryat, a former naval officer turned novelist. He built it on the old sea legend of the Flying Dutchman. You get a ghost story, a love story, a tale of shipwreck and a sharp look at greed, faith and fate, with a surprising streak of humour.
対象読者. Readers who enjoy ghost legends, storms at sea and ships under sail will find plenty here. It suits anyone who likes a brave hero and a daring heroine.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A dying mother hands her son a curse
The story opens in a neat cottage near Terneuse. Philip Vanderdecken, nineteen and powerfully built, wants to go to sea with his uncle, because the family is close to starving. His widowed mother begs him to stay. She will not say why, and the front parlor has been sealed for almost seventeen years.
Pressed by Philip, she collapses. The miserly doctor Poots says she has a day or two at most, and in the same breath asks who will pay his fee.
In her last night she tells the secret. Seventeen years ago her husband came through the window in a gale, cold as ice. He said he was neither dead nor alive. Off the Cape he had blasphemed and struck a pilot who drowned. Then he swore on the relic of the Holy Cross, which she wears, to round the Cape even if he must sail until Judgment Day. The oath was answered in thunder and flame, and he left a sealed letter on the table.
A secret kept for years can become the inheritance that shapes a whole life.
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The sealed room gives up its letter
After a night of searching, Philip finds the key to the parlor in a secret drawer.
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A night of gunfire brings Philip a wife
The doctor Poots has a beautiful daughter, and Philip meets her in a strange way.
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Love, a marriage and a one-eyed messenger
Philip wants to marry Amine, but he will not do it without telling her everything.
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The Ter Schilling meets the Phantom Ship
The ship is a comic stage before it becomes a tragic one.
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Poison, priests and a dream of a shell
Back at the cottage, Philip finds Poots more desperate for gold than ever.
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Fire, mutiny and a ship that sails over rocks
The Vrow Katerina is old and badly built, and her captain, Barentz, talks to her like a lover.
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Duty, destiny and the argument over faith
At the heart of the story is a clash between two ways of seeing the world.
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Greed is the real monster of the book
Poots is the first picture of greed.
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A legend told with humour, speed and dread
Marryat tells this story in a voice that moves quickly.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Philip Vanderdecken A strong, hot-tempered young Dutchman who swears to free his cursed father and sails the Eastern seas to find the Phantom Ship.
- Amine The brave, clever daughter of Doctor Poots, of Arab descent, who marries Philip and holds to her own beliefs against the priests.
- Schriften A one-eyed pilot with a thin giggle who keeps turning up, seems to know too much, and wants Philip's relic.
- Krantz Philip's loyal mate and friend, calm in a crisis, who believes in Philip's mission and has an eerie family story of his own.
- Mynheer Poots A miserly doctor, skilled but greedy, who loves gold above all and cannot stop scheming for Philip's wealth.
- Father Seysen The kindly parish priest of Terneuse who watches over Philip and Amine and tries to turn Philip from his dangerous quest.
- Father Mathias An old Portuguese priest, rescued at sea, who becomes Philip's guest and urges Amine to embrace his faith.
How it ends (spoiler)
Philip, white-haired and worn out, boards a ship for Europe and meets Schriften again. When a phantom ship rises from the sea, a crew drives them away in a small boat. Philip forgives Schriften, who dissolves into the air, and rows to his father's ship. He offers the relic to his father, who falls to his knees. The curse is lifted, and the phantom ship, with father and son at peace, sinks from the world.
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『幽霊船』についての質問
What is The Phantom Ship about?
It follows Philip Vanderdecken, a young Dutchman who learns his father is cursed to sail the seas as the Flying Dutchman. Philip swears to free him and travels the East Indies with his wife Amine.
Who is the Flying Dutchman in the book?
The Flying Dutchman is the Phantom Ship, commanded by Philip's father, who swore a reckless oath off the Cape of Good Hope. Sailors who meet the ship meet trouble soon after.
What is the relic Philip carries?
The relic is a fragment of the Holy Cross in a gold frame. Philip's father swore his fatal oath on it, and the letter says that kissing it on his ship could end his doom.
Is The Phantom Ship based on a true story?
No, it is fiction built on the old sailors' legend of the Flying Dutchman. Frederick Marryat wrote it in the nineteenth century and set it in the seventeenth, in the age of Dutch trade.
Is The Phantom Ship worth reading?
Readers find a lively mix of ghost story, sea adventure and romance, with short chapters, humour, a strong heroine and vivid wrecks and battles. It offers a sailor's view of the age of sail.
この版を引用します
Marryat, Frederick. The Phantom Ship. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-phantom-ship.
Marryat, F. (2026). The phantom ship. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-phantom-ship (Original work published 1839)
Marryat, Frederick. The Phantom Ship. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-phantom-ship.
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author = {Marryat, Frederick},
title = {The Phantom Ship},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-phantom-ship},
note = {First published 1839}
}
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