Les trois pirates (1/2) by Edouard Corbière

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/58088.html.images 330 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/58088.epub3.images 173 kB Send
to
kindle
email:

EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/58088.epub.noimages 175 kB
Kindle https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/58088.kf8.images 264 kB
older Kindles https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/58088.kindle.images 245 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://sendtokindle.compellingsciencefiction.com/ebooks/58088.txt.utf-8 304 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/58088/pg58088-h.zip 154 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Corbière, Edouard, 1793-1875
Title Les trois pirates (1/2)
Note Reading ease score: 69.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits Produced by Carlo Traverso, Laurent Vogel and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)
Summary "Les trois pirates (1/2)" by Edouard Corbière is a novel written in the early 19th century. The narrative revolves around three distinct characters— a wayward naval officer, an uneducated sailor, and a scheming seminarian— who each navigate a moral landscape that leads them toward a shared goal, albeit a nefarious one. Through their interactions and differing motivations, the book explores themes of freedom, moral depravity, and the philosophical underpinnings of crime. The opening of the novel introduces readers to the setting of the Café de la Pointe, a popular dive for sailors and corsairs. Amid a violent storm, three young mariners engage in conspiratorial discussions about the fortune left by one of their deceased relatives, while one of the café's patrons eavesdrops. As they debate whether to indulge in gambling or pursue piracy in search of wealth, their characters surface: the ambitious captor Salvage, the greedy Bastringue, and the cunning José. The tone is infused with a mix of humor and gravity, setting the stage for a story that promises both adventure and moral complexity as these flawed characters embark on their illicit endeavors. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Pirates -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 58088
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 23 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!