
LES TROIS PIRATES
AVERTISSEMENT DE L'AUTEUR.
I LE CAFÉ DE LA POINTE.
II MAMZELLE ZIROU.
III SAINT-THOMAS.
IV ARRIVÉE DE FRÈRE JOSÉ.
V RÉUNION DES TROIS PIRATES.
IV AVENTURES DU CAPITAINE SALVAGE.
VII RAPPORT DE MAITRE BASTRINGUE.
NOTES.
Three very different men sail under the same black flag. One is a young naval officer whose privileged upbringing leaves him clueless when liberty unmoors him from duty. Another is a rough‑spun seaman, guided only by instinct and the pull of the tide. The third, a seminarian turned schemer, weighs every action against the cold benefit it might bring him, turning conscience into a weapon. Their clash on the high seas becomes a study of freedom, ambition and the moral choices that follow, inviting listeners to ponder whether a person is shaped more by education, birth or calculation.
The story opens in a bustling colonial tavern, where the faded green‑felt of an old billiard table and the clatter of dice set the tone for a world of restless sailors and whispered plots. Amid the chatter of former corsairs and the sway of tropical breezes, the three protagonists first cross paths, each drawn toward a shared, dangerous goal. Their early maneuvers promise a tangled adventure that tests loyalty, greed and the very notion of right and wrong.
Language
fr
Duration
~4 hours (275K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
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)
Release date
2018-10-13
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

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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