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Résumé de Le Pirate gelé
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Perfect for readers who love shipwrecks, polar scenery, ghostly mysteries and old pirate treasure, and for anyone who enjoys a lone narrator telling his own astonishing story in a warm, vivid voice.
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What would you do if a stranger you thawed by a fire turned out to have been frozen for forty-eight years? In The Frozen Pirate, William Clark Russell sends the sailor Paul Rodney from a ruined brig to an island of ice, where a pirate schooner waits with its dead crew and a hidden fortune. You get a sea tale of storm, loneliness and greed. The first key idea starts in the black waters off Cape Horn.
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- 1A gale drives the brig toward the iceFree
- 2An iceberg destroys the ship and the crew
- 3A lone survivor sails an open boat south
- 4The ice island offers a dead man and a ship
- 5The frozen schooner holds food, fire and corpses
- 6A thawed stranger returns from the dead
- 7Two men and a treasure build distrust
- 8A dangerous plan to break the ice
- 9What the tale is about and how it is told
Point clé 1 sur 9
A gale drives the brig toward the ice
The story opens in the year 1801 aboard the Laughing Mary, a light brig sailing in ballast from Callao toward Cape Town. South of the Pacific's mild waters, a hurricane strikes with lightning and freezing rain. Paul Rodney, the mate, tells the tale in his own words.
The crew shelters in the cabin with Captain Rosy, who passes round a jar of whisky and says a man can die only once. The brig survives the night but loses spars, and the gale pushes her steadily south toward the polar cold. Ice glazes the rigging, the decks flood, and no fire can be lit.
This section sets the mood of the whole book. The sea is a force with a will of its own, and the narrator's dry, honest voice makes the danger feel close. It also prepares the first great shock, which comes out of the dark.
That’s 1 of 9 key points.
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What is The Frozen Pirate about?
It tells how the English sailor Paul Rodney survives a wreck near Cape Horn, lands on an iceberg and finds a pirate schooner and its frozen crew. A man he thaws leads him to a hidden treasure.
Who is Jules Tassard?
Tassard is a French pirate and third in command of the Spanish schooner Boca del Dragon. Rodney warms him back to life after he has lain frozen for decades, and his greed shapes the middle of the story.
When is The Frozen Pirate set?
The opening storm carries the brig into July 1801. The pirate ship was trapped in the ice in 1753, so the tale rests on a gap of forty-eight years.
Is The Frozen Pirate a true story?
It is told as a first-person memoir. Real polar ice, whalers and sea life give it a convincing setting, and a postscript refers to reports of icebound ships.
Is The Frozen Pirate easy to read?
Its story moves from shipwreck to discovery to escape with clear scenes and a warm, confiding narrator. Short chapters, lively dialogue and strong images make it easy to follow.