Wreck of the Grosvenor, Vol.1 (of 3)

The Wreck of the Grosvenor (1877) is a nautical novel by William Clark Russell first published in 3 volumes by Sampson Low. According to John Sutherland, it was &quote;the most popular mid-Victorian melodrama of adventure and heroism at sea.&quote; It remained popular and widely read in illustrated editions well into the first half of the 20th century. It was Russell's best selling and most well known novel. Russell noted in a preface, the novel 'found its first and best welcome in the United States.'