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An Iceland Fisherman

First published
1886
Pages
192

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  1. Pierre Loti

    26:25

  2. Part 1, On the Icy Sea, Chapter I, The Fishermen

    20:07

  3. Part 1, Chapter II, Icelanders

    4:38

  4. Part 1, Chapter III, The Women at Home

    21:01

  5. Part 1, Chapter IV, First Love

    6:45

  6. Part 1, Chapter V, The Second Meeting

    21:57

  7. Part 1, Chapter VI, News From Home

    14:11

  8. Part 2, In The Breton Land, Chapter I, The Plaything of the Storm

    16:06

  9. Part 2, Chapter II, A Pardonable Ruse

    3:29

  10. Part 2, Chapter III, Of Sinister Portent

    19:15

  11. Part 2, Chapter IV, His Reluctance

    2:32

  12. Part 2, Chapter V, Sailors at the Play

    1:45

  13. Part 2, Chapter VI, Ordered on Foreign Service

    2:05

  14. Part 2, Chapter VII, Moan's Sweetheart

    4:08

  15. Part 2, Chapter VIII, Old and Young

    5:59

  16. Part 2, Chapter IX, The Eastern Voyage

    7:07

  17. Part 2, Chapter X, The Orient

    3:40

  18. Part 2, Chapter XI, A Curious Rencontre

    11:32

  19. Part 2, Chapter XII. Striking the Rock Unknown

    6:30

  20. Part 2, Chapter XIII, Home News

    5:05

  21. Part 3, In The Shadow, Chapter I, The Skirmish

    5:40

  22. Part 3, Chapter II, ''Out, Brief Candle!''

    8:06

  23. Part 3, Chapter III, The Grave Abroad

    3:53

  24. Part 3, Chapter IV, To the Survivors, the Spoils

    4:24

  25. Part 3, Chapter V, The Death-Blow

    10:01

  26. Part 3, Chapter VI, A Charitable Assumption

    1:34

  27. Part 3, Chapter VII, The Comforter

    2:13

  28. Part 3, Chapter VIII, The Brother's Grief

    2:47

  29. Part 3, Chapter IX, Work Cures Sorrow

    10:51

  30. Part 3, Chapter X, The White Fog

    4:57

  31. Part 3, Chapter XI, The Spectre Ship

    10:04

  32. Part 3, Chapter XII, The Strange Couple

    11:40

  33. Part 3, Chapter XIII, Renewed Disappointment

    4:27

  34. Part 3, Chapter XIV, The Grandam Breaking Up

    9:48

  35. Part 3, Chapter XV, The New Ship

    8:20

  36. Part 3, Chapter XVI, Lone and Lorn

    6:32

  37. Part 3, Chapter XVII, The Espousal

    9:45

  38. Part 4, Yann's First Wedding, Chapter I, The Courting by the Sea

    3:49

  39. Part 4, Chapter II, The Seaman's Secret

    1:56

  40. Part 4, Chapter III, The Ominous Wedding-Dress

    1:43

  41. Part 4, Chapter IV, Flower of the Thorn

    3:47

  42. Part 4, Chapter V, The Cost of Obstinacy

    4:49

  43. Part 4, Chapter VI, The Bridal

    5:47

  44. Part 4, Chapter VII, The Discordant Note

    17:44

  45. Part 4, Chapter VIII, The Blissful Week

    12:18

  46. Part 5, The Second Wedding, Chapter I, The Start

    10:16

  47. Part 5, Chapter II, The First of the Fleet

    4:44

  48. Part 5, Chapter III, All But Two

    1:59

  49. Part 5, Chapter IV, Still at Sea

    1:21

  50. Part 5, Chapter V, Sharing the Dread

    5:52

  51. Part 5, Chapter VI, All But One

    4:36

  52. Part 5, Chapter VII, The Mourner's Vision

    5:03

  53. Part 5, Chapter VIII, The False Alarm

    9:02

  54. Part 5, Chapter IX, Wedded to the Sea

    2:15

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Pierre Loti draws on his own years at sea for this elegiac story of the Breton fishermen of Paimpol, who leave their village each spring for the cod grounds off Iceland and do not all come home. At its heart are Yann, a proud and reticent sailor seemingly wedded to the ocean, and Gaud, the young woman who waits and hopes through long absences and longer silences. Loti tells their slow courtship in spare, luminous prose that catches the grey northern light and the ever-present nearness of death. The result is one of the tenderest and saddest of French sea novels. Free to read here as a PDF and EPUB download.

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Pierre Loti

Pierre Loti was the pen name of Julien Viaud (1850-1923), a French naval officer who turned his voyages into exotic, impressionistic novels. Elected to the Academie francaise, he drew on postings across the globe to write of distant seas, foreign lands, and fleeting love.

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First published
1886
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
192
Language
English
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