I went to Newport.
In the evening I read aloud out of a book relating to the adventures of one Jacob Faithful*
*Jacob Faithful is a book written by Captain Frederick Marryat which was published in 1834, the fifth book to flow from Marryat’s pen. The story tells the life and adventures of a boy who was born and brought up on a lighter (small river-barge) on the River Thames as it flows through London. It gives an extremely interesting contemporary picture of life in London and on the river in the early part of the nineteenth century. The book is out of copyright, worldwide, so we are able to present this book as a free download for you to read. It is in plain text format, which you can open with Notepad, Wordpad or any plain text reader. Download: Captain Faithful txt file (833KB). HTML Version ‘E Book’ version Captain Frederick Marryat was born 10th July, 1792, and died 8th August, 1848. He retired from the British navy in 1828 in order to devote himself to writing. In the following 20 years he wrote 26 books, many of which are among the very best of English literature, and some of which are still in print.