Project Gutenberg 2008-03-24 Public domain in the USA. 396 Hough, Emerson 1857 1923 Mathes, Harry A. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive Produced by David Edwards, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Lady and the Pirate" by Emerson Hough is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows the journey of two young boys, Jean Lafitte and Henri L'Olonnois, who embody the spirit of adventure and youthful ambition, as they encounter a seemingly disillusioned man referred to as Black Bart, who yearns to relive his own lost boyhood adventures. The storyline is set against the backdrop of a pirate fantasy, where the characters aspire to seek treasure and face challenges on their quest for excitement and friendship. At the start of the narrative, the protagonist is revealed to be a man who has retreated from the world of adult responsibilities and expectations, seeking solace in solitude and introspection. While fishing on his estate, he unexpectedly encounters the two boys in a pirate-themed mission, which ignites in him a longing for the youthful joy and freedom he has lost. As the boys decide to take him along on their adventure, the opening chapters set the stage for a whimsical exploration of friendship, fantasy, and the search for identity against the alluring backdrop of a life of piracy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Pirates -- Fiction PS Text Pirates, Buccaneers, Corsairs, etc. Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels 599858 2025-06-10T10:17:39.788080 text/html 642687 2008-03-24T10:22:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 429168 2008-03-24T10:22:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 514758 2025-06-10T10:17:51.438427 application/epub+zip 518078 2025-06-10T10:17:42.729013 application/epub+zip 313060 2025-06-10T10:17:40.950026 application/epub+zip 770129 2025-06-10T10:17:57.848440 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 706042 2025-06-10T10:17:50.153456 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 483741 2022-09-11T12:36:26.881371 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 526751 2025-06-10T10:17:38.105097 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 526540 2008-03-24T10:22:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 206711 2008-03-24T10:22:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 526535 2008-03-24T10:22:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 206624 2008-03-24T10:22:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20920 2025-06-10T10:17:58.032411 application/rdf+xml 12884 2025-06-10T10:17:41.541995 image/jpeg 3771 2025-06-10T10:17:41.248964 image/jpeg 488483 2025-06-10T10:17:39.859016 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia