Project Gutenberg 2005-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 78 Corbière, Edouard 1793 1875 Corbière, Édouard Corbiere, Edouard Contes de bord Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Contes de bord" by Edouard Corbière is a collection of maritime tales written in the early 19th century. The text explores the lives, customs, and transformations of sailors as they embark on their journeys at sea, capturing their experiences and interactions with a blend of humor and observation of their unique culture. The opening of the book introduces the reader to the world of sailors as they prepare to set out to sea, illustrating the poignant moments of departure and the subsequent changes that sweep over the crew. The narrator describes the rituals and habits of the sailors, from their initial reluctance to leave the shore to the transformation they undergo once they are at sea. The text captures the fundamental dynamics of ship life, detailing the camaraderie among crew members, the challenges they face with the onboard cook, and their various routines as they navigate the vastness of the ocean. This introduction establishes a vivid backdrop for the stories that follow, evoking the humor and struggles intrinsic to life at sea. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Sea stories French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Pirates, Buccaneers, Corsairs, etc. FR Nouvelles Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 393002 391643 2024-10-07T07:04:18.284588 2023-09-07T08:23:28.709770 text/html text/html 440822 2020-12-14T11:01:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 166873 2020-12-14T11:01:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229652 2024-10-07T07:04:25.985561 application/epub+zip 234457 2024-10-07T07:04:20.527551 application/epub+zip 218198 2024-10-07T07:04:19.091568 application/epub+zip 474103 2024-10-07T07:04:29.999535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454106 2024-10-07T07:04:25.060590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332062 2022-09-07T23:25:46.327487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 366569 366367 2024-10-07T07:04:17.295609 2023-09-07T08:23:27.821735 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 358030 2020-12-14T11:01:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 137620 2020-12-14T11:01:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20643 2024-10-07T07:04:30.134505 application/rdf+xml 11704 2024-10-07T07:04:19.664545 image/jpeg 3251 2024-10-07T07:04:19.378810 image/jpeg 224047 2024-10-07T07:04:18.328564 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia