by Hector Malot · LE GRAND LIVRE DU MOIS · tapa dura · ISBN 9782702815571
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«Le Mousse» is the sea adventure novel by Hector Malot, published by Le Grand Livre du Mois in hardcover (223 pages, in French).
During a storm, an English steamer is shipwrecked off the coast of Normandy. Michelle, an English girl, is rescued by a fisherman and taken in by the sailors of Villerville. The novel recounts Michelle's life as a cabin boy, the young girl's adaptation to the harsh life at sea, and the mystery of her origins, which finally comes to light.
Hector Malot dedicated the novel to his granddaughter. This French edition was published in 1997 and corresponds to ISBN 9782702815571.
For readers of classic adventure novels and sea stories, as well as for followers of Hector Malot's narrative.
Hector-Henri Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a literary critic for L'Opinion Nationale.
