Le Frère-de-la-Côte

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

Un marin français, Jean Peyrol, ayant quitté le service de la marine nationale pendant les guerres napoléoniennes, se retire dans une ferme de la presqu'île de Giens. Il y vit avec la vieille Catherine, la jeune Arlette et le sans-culotte Scevola. Un officier venu de Toulon, le lieutenant Réal, voudrait induire en erreur la flotte de Nelson en empruntant la tartane de Peyrol.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782291025023
Publisher:	AB Books
Publication date:	05/11/2018
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	150
File size:	393 KB
Language:	French

About the Author

Best known for his novella Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish–British author. Although not a native English speaker, Conrad came to be regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He revolutionized the English novel with books such as The Secret Agent, Nostromo, and Typhoon. Before publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895, Joseph Conrad spent almost 20 years working mostly at sea as a merchant sailor.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France