Project Gutenberg 2008-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 214 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne Loreau, H. (Henriette) 1815 Loreau, Henriette Boy tar. French A fond de cale Produced by Laurent Vogel, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "A fond de cale" by Mayne Reid is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Philippe Forster, an old sea captain who lives in a small bay village, as he relates his adventurous past to a group of curious young boys. The narrative begins with the captain's reflections on his life, establishing his connection to the sea and hinting at the exciting tales he holds from his youthful adventures. The opening of the novel sets the stage with Philippe sharing his background and the simple life he leads now, juxtaposed against the excitement of his childhood. He enjoys the admiration of local children who are eager to hear his stories, leading him to recount his first maritime expedition. The boys’ eagerness prompts him to begin a tale of his boyhood exploits, which includes a perilous incident involving his passion for the water, the loss of his boat, and his struggle against the sea. As he prepares to share, the reader gets a sense of both nostalgia and the thrill of adventure that will unfold in the chapters to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Sea stories Adventure stories Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text FR Jeunesse Category: Adventure Category: Novels 493958 2025-10-11T06:56:48.036110 text/html 477566 2008-10-12T12:40:00 text/html 1181326 2025-10-11T06:56:56.152119 application/epub+zip 1190413 2025-10-11T06:56:50.499099 application/epub+zip 250890 2025-10-11T06:56:48.781123 application/epub+zip 1873665 2025-10-11T06:57:00.561096 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1823409 2025-10-11T06:56:54.882089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373565 2022-09-12T11:48:59.126753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469571 2025-10-11T06:56:47.197280 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 457899 2008-10-12T12:39:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19456 2025-10-11T06:57:00.701049 application/rdf+xml 9108 2025-10-11T06:56:49.283106 image/jpeg 2671 2025-10-11T06:56:49.031118 image/jpeg 166786 2008-10-12T12:40:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 1101019 2008-10-12T12:40:00 application/octet-stream application/zip 1162539 2025-10-11T06:56:48.109156 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