Le trois-mâts fantôme by Frédéric Causse
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Le trois-mâts fantôme by Frédéric Causse is a novel written in the early 20th century. It blends a maritime mystery with a jungle adventure, centering on naval doctor René Duroc, his fiancée Georgette Kerbrat, her brother Georges, and the charming but enigmatic Annibal Diény after the suspicious death of banker Labru aboard a yacht. Expect a tale of accusation and exile that shifts into a high-stakes gold quest in the Guyanese interior,
with simmering tensions and hints of darker designs. The opening follows a grim discovery off Saint-Malo: a fisherman brings aboard the yacht La Circé the body of banker Labru, where family and friends gather in shock. A tiny fang-like shard found near the ear and a missing “coral-snake” hook from René Duroc’s box turn suspicion on him; after a chilly investigation and the captain’s testimony of a late-night quarrel, René is convicted and shipped to the penal colony, while Georgette remains convinced of his innocence. The scene shifts to Guyana, where Georges Kerbrat and Diény push up the Maroni into the Tumuc-Humac, battling heat, beasts, and rapids, briefly sheltering desperate escapees; one dying “gnome” forçat, Dizenier, bequeaths a map to a fabulously rich placer and asks that a share go to his actress daughter, Linette Magloire. Guided by the crude sketch, the party strikes an extraordinarily rich gold field, builds the camp “Labru,” and works feverishly until Georges falls ill; word of a famed “white sorcerer” healer in the nearby mountains prompts Diény to scout him—he refuses to come—so Georges resolves to attempt the journey for a cure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Causse, Frédéric, 1892-1951 |
|---|---|
| Title | Le trois-mâts fantôme |
| Original Publication | Paris :Éditions cosmopolites, 1929. |
| Credits | Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Subject | Ghosts -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sailors -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77967 |
| Release Date | Feb 16, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 226 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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