Project Gutenberg 2005-09-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Dumas, Alexandre 1802 1870 Dumas, Alexander Dumas, Alexandre, pere père, Alexandre Dumas Le Speronare Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Anne Dreze, Marc D'Hooghe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Le Speronare" by Alexandre Dumas is a historical novel likely written in the early 19th century. The story revolves around a French traveler, seeking adventure in Italy, particularly Sicily, and introduces various characters through whom Dumas crafts an immersive narrative rich in political tension and personal ambitions. The opening of the book sees the protagonist, whose name suggests he is also the son of the renowned general Alexandre Dumas, arriving in Naples with his companion Jadin, drawn by the desire to explore. However, they are met with complications regarding their travel permits, stemming from his political connections. The protagonist, resolute to continue his journey, cleverly devises a plan to secure passage to Sicily by utilizing the name of a friend to circumvent restrictions. As they engage with the local culture, they commit to renting a "speronare", a traditional fishing boat, and prepare for their journey ahead, setting the stage for the adventures to unfold on the Italian coast. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Italy -- Description and travel Sicily (Italy) -- Description and travel DG Text FR Littérature Browsing: History - European Browsing: Literature Browsing: Travel & Geography 1200472 1200340 2024-10-04T09:00:47.461512 2023-10-04T08:21:36.235796 text/html text/html 1200465 1200333 2024-10-04T09:00:47.855524 2023-10-04T08:21:36.534784 text/html text/html 506303 2024-10-04T09:01:00.586951 application/epub+zip 524392 2024-10-04T09:00:50.315499 application/epub+zip 524392 2024-10-04T09:00:48.856542 application/epub+zip 863749 2024-10-04T09:01:08.765905 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 809759 2024-10-04T09:00:59.634505 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 775386 2022-09-04T12:12:33.194461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1120286 1120205 2024-10-04T09:00:46.641548 2023-10-04T08:21:35.660814 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1092196 2013-05-31T10:12:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 407763 2013-05-31T10:19:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19718 2024-10-04T09:01:08.899900 application/rdf+xml 11474 2024-10-04T09:00:49.410527 image/jpeg 3178 2024-10-04T09:00:49.132528 image/jpeg 497435 2024-10-04T09:00:47.961515 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia