A Tale of Brittany (Pierre Loti Library)

Brand: Routledge

Author: Loti, Professor Pierre

Edition: 1

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Format: International Edition

Number Of Pages: 302

EAN: 9780710308634

Release Date: 11-12-2002

Languages: English

Binding: Hardcover

Package Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches

Details: This tale of Breton peasant life, with its simple joys and sorrows, is beautifully told. There are grim and sordid scenes at Brest showing the temptations that lie in wait for the sailor as he comes ashore, and the sufferings of the wives living in the seaport, and of course there are characteristic description of the Breton country-side. Parallel with these there are descriptions of life in a warship during its cruise about the world.