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This antiquarian volume contains a number of miscellaneous essays and writings by Pierre Loti, with an introduction by Henry James. With subject matter ranging from the death of a child, to witnessing Midnight Mass, the various essays of this collection have been inspired by instances in the author’s life. As a collection, it will be of considerable value to fans and collectors of Loti’s work. The chapters of this book include: “The Passing of a Child”, “Easter Holidays”, “A Reflective Moment”, “At Loyola”, “The Mayor of the Sea”, “The Grotto of Isturitz”, “Midnight Mass”, “The Passing of a Procession”, “The Sword Dance”, and many more. Pierre Loti (1850 - 1923) was a French novelist and officer in the navy. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Julien Viaud, 1850-1923) was a French novelist and naval officer. Madame Chrysanth me is a novel of Japanese manners that is a precursor to Madame Butterfly and Miss Saigon presented as a combination of narrative and travelog.
This volume consists of a lengthy introduction by Henry James and his selection of Loti's writings. The work is a gem of literary criticism and re-creates James's experience of surrendering to Loti's prose.
His clothes were blood-stained, his shirt in tatters, and in his head there were still the fumes of alcohol. A mist was before his eyes, and it was with difficulty that he read the letter...The poor, confiding letter touched his heart; he kissed it fervently, and began to weep.Then he swore he would never drink again; and as the habit had not yet a strong hold on him, it was easily broken.-from "XIX: Francoise Peyral to Her Son"Called one of the finest descriptive writers of his day, and certainly one of the most original, French writer and sailor Pierre Loti, traveled the world in the late 19th century and painted what he saw in prose acclaimed as extraordinarily rhythmic and lyrical. This 1890 work is a fanciful romance about a Frenchman abroad in Africa and the mysterious letter that leads him into idyllic adventure. A lost classic of byronic fiction, this beguiling novel will delight readers seeking a transporting literary experience.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Loti's Egypt.French writer LOUIS MARIE JULIEN VIAUD (1850-1923), aka Pierre Loti, served in the French navy, his experiences in which were the basis of much of his writing. He is also the author of An Iceland Fisherman, Madame Chrysantheme, and The Story of a Child.
This vintage book contains a novel by the French author, Pierre Loti. It portrays the romantic but unavoidably sad life of Breton fishermen who sail every summer to the tumultuous Iceland cod grounds. Described by literary critic Edmund Gosse as "the most popular and finest of all his writings,'' this is a volume that is not to be missed by collectors and fans of Loti's seminal writing, and one that would make for a worthy addition to any personal library. Pierre Loti (1850 – 1923) was a French novelist and naval officer most remembered for his works Aziyadé (1879) and Madame Chrysanthème (1887). Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing 'An Iceland Fisherman' now in a modern, affordable edition complete with a prefatory biography of the author.
The dwelling-places of the Apis, in the grim darkness beneath the Memphite desert, are, as all the world knows, monster coffins of black granite ranged in catacombs, hot and stifling as eternal stoves.-from "Chapter VI: In the Tombs of the Apis"Called one of the finest descriptive writers of his day, and certainly one of the most original, French writer and sailor Pierre Loti traveled the world in the late 19th century and painted what he saw in prose acclaimed as extraordinarily rhythmic and lyrical. This 1909 novel is a dreamlike reverie of a journey through Egypt just before it became overrun by Western tourists. For readers today, it serves as a window into a world forever lost.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Loti's Between Two Opinions.French writer LOUIS MARIE JULIEN VIAUD (1850-1923), aka Pierre Loti, served in the French navy, his experiences in which were the basis of much of his writing. He is also the author of An Iceland Fisherman, Madame Chrysantheme, and The Story of a Child.
Louis Marie-Julien Viaud (1850-1923) was a French sailor and writer, who used the pseudonym Pierre Loti. At the age of seventeen, being destined for the navy, he entered the naval school in Brest. In 1876 fellow naval officers persuaded him to turn into a novel passages in his diary dealing with some curious experiences at Istanbul. The result was Aziyade (1879). Several years after leaving Tahiti where he had spent part of his naval training, he published the Polynesian idyll Rarahu (also known as Le Mariage de Loti) (1880) the first book to introduce him to the wider public. In 1883 he really entered the spotlight, when he publish the critically acclaimed My Brother Yves, a novel describing the life of a French naval officer and a Breton sailor. Other works include An Iceland Fisherman (1886), a novel of life among the Breton fisherfolk and a classic of French literature; Madame Chrysantheme (1887), a novel of Japanese manners which is a combination of narrative and travelog; The Story of a Child (1890), a somewhat fictionalized recollection of his childhood and Ramuntcho (1897), a story of contraband runners in the Basque province.
Pierre Loti, ne Louis Marie Julien Viaud, (1850-1923) est un ecrivain francais. Officier de marine, ses voyages lui ont inspire beaucoup de ses romans, dont l'un des plus connus est Pecheur d'Islande (1886). Il est egalement connu pour son admiration envers la Turquie. En 1867, il entre a l'Ecole navale de Brest. En 1872, il decouvre Tahiti lors d'une escale et ecrit Le Mariage de Loti (1880). Il avait recu de la reine Pomare le surnom de Loti et tenu a une certaine reserve du fait de sa qualite d'officier de marine, il adoptera ce pseudonyme a partir de 1876. En 1881, il est promu lieutenant de vaisseau et publie son premier roman signe "Pierre Loti," Le Roman d'un Spahi. En 1883, il embarque sur l'Atalante pour participer a la campagne du Tonkin et publie le recit, heure par heure, de la prise de Hue dans Trois Journees de Guerre en Annam, texte qui parait dans les colonnes du Figaro. Autres oeuvres comprennent: Mon Frere Yves (1883), Madame Chrysantheme (1887), Les Derniers Jours de Pekin (1902) et L'Inde sans les Anglais (1903).
Pierre Loti is the pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud (1850-1923), a French naval officer and author known for his exotic novels and short stories. Born into a Protestant family, he entered the naval school in Brest at 17 and gradually rose in his profession, attaining the rank of captain in 1906. In 1876 his fellow naval officers persuaded him to turn into a novel passages from his diary dealing with some curious experiences in Constantinople, the result being the anonymously published Aziyade (1879), part romance and part autobiography. Loti had been sent to the South Seas as part of his naval training, living in Papeete, Tahiti, for two months in 1872 where he "went native," and in 1880 published the Polynesain idyll Rarahu (later reprinted as Le Mariage de Loti) and this work introduced him to a wider audience. Further works in his semi-autobiographical style followed, some, like Madame Chrysantheme (1887), taking the form of part narrative, part travelogue, and in 1891 he was elected to the Academie francaise. This work was first published in the original French as Le Desert in 1895 and is reprinted in English translation from the Brentano's, New York, edition of 1921.
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