Frederick Marryat - The Werewolf

From Just Reads by Ed Parnell

March 5, 2026 · 44 min

About this episode

This episode discusses Frederick Marryat's short story 'The Werewolf' and its themes.

"The Werewolf," a short story extracted from Frederick Marryat's novel The Phantom Ship (1839) . Reprinted many times since, often under alternative title of "The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains," the tale chronicles the misfortunes of Krantz, A Hungarian nobleman's steward, who flees from Transylvania with his three children after murdering his unfaithful wife and lover. Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer and novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847). Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support . Please click 'like' and Subcribe and all the good stuff.

People in this episode

Host: Ed Parnell

Topics covered

literature
short stories
19th century fiction
nautical fiction
horror

Keywords

Frederick Marryat
The Werewolf
The Phantom Ship
horror stories
19th century literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Werewolf, The Phantom Ship, Mr Midshipman Easy, The Children of the New Forest

Places: Transylvania, Hungary