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LOUIS-FRÉDÉRIC ROUQUETTE
Le Grand Silence Blanc
PRÉFACE
I UNE VISITE EN MANIÈRE DE PRÉSENTATION
II LES TROIS RENCONTRES DE JESSIE MARLOWE
III LA SUPRÊME SAGESSE OU LE SECRET DU BONHEUR
IV LES «POURQUOI» DE KOTAK, ESQUIMAU INNUIT
V LA CITÉ DES PHOQUES
VI DE L'UTILITÉ DU PARAPLUIE CHEZ LES THLINKITS
VII SUR LE TRAIL
In the opening pages, a solitary voice introduces us to Tempest, a loyal Alaskan dog whose quiet devotion steadies a weary wanderer. The narrator, a French traveler far from the cafés of Paris, finds himself immersed in the stark, snow‑bound wilds where every breath seems to echo inside the endless white. Through crisp, observant prose the listener is drawn into the harsh beauty of the landscape and the simple, unspoken pact between man and beast.
The story progresses as the protagonist ventures deeper into the frozen frontier, confronting both the relentless elements and the fleeting moments of human connection that surface along the way. Light humor surfaces amid the bleakness, revealing a tender irony that softens the solitude. As the first act unfolds, the narrative invites you to feel the profound silence of the North while pondering the universal ties that bind us, even in the most remote places.
Language
fr
Duration
~4 hours (259K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Release date
2020-09-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1884–1926
Drawn to the far North and to hard-traveled frontiers, this French writer turned adventure into vivid fiction. His books mix survival, wilderness, and a taste for places most readers would never see for themselves.
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