Le Négrier, Vol. IV Aventures de mer

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Le Négrier, Vol. IV Aventures de mer

by Edouard Corbière

FR·~2 hours·6 chapters

Chapters

6 total
1

Produced by Carlo Traverso, beth133 and the Online

0:28
2

DÉVOUEMENT DE ROSALIE.

15:45
3

TRAITE A BONI.

28:51
4

»ANDREW,

7:43
5

TRAITE - AU VIEUX-CALEBAR

54:28
6

TRAITE AU GABON.

55:22

Description

In the sweltering heat of a foreign port, the narrator battles a relentless bout of yellow fever that gnaws at his body and mind. As the disease seizes his strength, he drifts between cynical resignation and fleeting dreams of distant seas and daring exploits. The oppressive climate mirrors his inner turmoil, turning every breath into a struggle and every thought into a fragile thread.

Caught in feverish delirium, he is haunted by phantom voices and vivid memories of loved ones, especially Rosadia, whose presence becomes both a comfort and a torment. One night, as the sea’s roar fades into a distant thunder, a pale, trembling figure appears at his bedside, her hand reaching out from the haze of his illness. Their encounter teeters on the edge of reality and hallucination, hinting at a desperate hope that love might pull him back from the brink.

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Full title

Le Négrier, Vol. IV Aventures de mer Aventures de mer

Language

fr

Duration

~2 hours (156K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2006-02-08

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Edouard Corbière

Edouard Corbière

1793–1875

A sailor turned novelist and journalist, he brought the rough texture of life at sea into French literature. Best known for helping shape the maritime novel, he wrote with the authority of someone who had truly lived his subject.

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