
LE SANG DE LA SIRÈNE
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The book opens with a lyrical invitation to a summer visitor, urging her to step into the Breton coast where sea‑kissed cliffs and shadowed manor houses hold a quiet, almost otherworldly charm. The author paints the islands off Beg‑Meil as places where ancient Breton families keep their customs close, marrying within and preserving a lineage that seems to glow with the legend of sea‑sirens. Their women move with a graceful, unstudied elegance, their eyes reflecting the shifting hues of the Atlantic, and the local dialect drifts like a soft chant through kitchens lit by dim, amber light.
As the narrator’s gentle observations deepen, a subtle tension emerges: the very isolation that protects the community also conceals a price for the gifts the sea bestows. The story follows the outsider’s growing fascination with these mystic inhabitants, hinting at a choice between admiration and the hidden currents that may pull her deeper into their world.
Language
fr
Duration
~4 hours (266K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif 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
2020-03-31
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1859–1926
A vivid keeper of Breton memory, he turned local legends, ghost stories, and rural customs into books that still feel atmospheric and alive. His work helped bring the folklore of Brittany to a wide French and international audience.
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