Mon frère Yves by Pierre Loti

"Mon frère Yves" by Pierre Loti is a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1883. It chronicles the intense friendship between a French naval officer and Yves Kermadec, a hard-drinking Breton sailor, during the 1870s and 80s. Through their adventures—gambling, brawling, and roaming the Breton countryside—the story explores the bonds of loyalty tested by Yves's alcoholism and the narrator's sworn promise to protect his friend forever. The novel vividly portrays Breton seafaring life both aboard ship and ashore. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Loti, Pierre, 1850-1923
Title Mon frère Yves
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Brother_Yves Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_fr%C3%A8re_Yves_(roman)
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Brittany (France) -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 18427
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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