Project Gutenberg 2006-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 53 Corbière, Edouard 1793 1875 Corbière, Édouard Corbiere, Edouard Scènes de mer, Tome I Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Scènes de mer, Tome I" by Edouard Corbière is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story centers around Captain Sautard and his companion, subrécargue Laurenfuite, who embark on a maritime adventure filled with trade and personal aspirations. Their journey unveils themes of longing, ambition, and the quest for companionship, as they navigate through various encounters in search of a woman to transport to a colonial governorship. The opening of the novel introduces readers to the contrasting personalities of the main characters, Captain Sautard, a practical and somewhat cynical man, and Laurenfuite, a romantic, who often engages in lofty conversations about love and desire. Their voyage leads them through different ports, where they discuss their ambition, the nature of women, and their eventual travels to Sierra-Leone. Ultimately, they aim to facilitate a quirky yet serious arrangement with the local governor, highlighting the interplay of commerce, personal ambition, and social dynamics, setting the stage for their subsequent adventures in the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Sea stories French fiction -- 19th century PQ Text Pirates, Buccaneers, Corsairs, etc. FR Nouvelles Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 321402 321403 2024-10-08T06:21:19.214317 2023-09-08T08:19:39.025940 text/html text/html 362212 2006-04-03T15:22:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 119374 2006-04-03T15:22:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 187266 2024-10-08T06:21:25.776786 application/epub+zip 191558 2024-10-08T06:21:21.168318 application/epub+zip 191558 2024-10-08T06:21:19.931336 application/epub+zip 350960 2024-10-08T06:21:29.243942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332150 2024-10-08T06:21:25.031785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307875 2022-09-08T14:43:31.467101 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303115 302846 2024-10-08T06:21:18.447354 2023-09-08T08:19:38.411916 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 296326 2006-04-03T15:22:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 111904 2006-04-03T15:22:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20453 2024-10-08T06:21:29.381769 application/rdf+xml 12427 2024-10-08T06:21:20.490300 image/jpeg 3290 2024-10-08T06:21:20.202313 image/jpeg 182485 2024-10-08T06:21:19.244323 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