Project Gutenberg 2024-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 117 Curwood, James Oliver 1878 1927 Curwood, James-Oliver Postif, Louis 1887 1942 The Valley of Silent Men. French La Vallée du Silence $aParis :$bPlon, $c1928, pubdate 1930. Laurent Vogel (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) "La Vallée du Silence" by James Oliver Curwood is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds in the vast wilderness of the Canadian North, focusing on characters such as James Grenfell Kent, a man facing imminent death due to a gunshot wound, and the mysterious Marette Radisson, who appears to have an intriguing connection to the events surrounding him. The narrative sets the stage for themes of adventure, love, and the struggle between the encroaching civilization and the untouched wild. The beginning of the novel introduces the reader to the port of Athabasca, a pivotal gateway to the mysterious adventures of the Great White North. Kent, who is informed by his doctor that he has little time left to live, grapples with existential questions as he reflects on his life and the wilderness he loves. His confessions, meant to absolve an innocent man, lead to revelations about his past and the impact of relationships formed under perilous circumstances. Enter Marette, a captivating character with a connection to the story's tension, who seems determined to assist Kent, signaling a deeper mystery that promises to unfold as the plot progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97739044 20241213122300curwood 1928 FR Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. fr Western stories Royal North West Mounted Police (Canada) -- Fiction Mounted police -- Fiction Athabasca (Alta.) -- Fiction Athabasca River Valley (Alta.) -- Fiction Peace-Athabasca Delta (Alta.) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 359195 2025-07-29T14:20:20.651999 text/html 334787 2024-12-18T16:57:17 text/html 366276 2025-07-29T14:20:26.077982 application/epub+zip 365875 2025-07-29T14:20:21.714992 application/epub+zip 259191 2025-07-29T14:20:21.139042 application/epub+zip 665685 2025-07-29T14:20:29.660960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 637408 2025-07-29T14:20:25.745987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331154 2025-07-29T14:20:20.034038 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 311300 2024-12-18T16:57:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17764 2025-07-29T14:20:29.825968 application/rdf+xml 14511 2025-07-29T14:20:21.416013 image/jpeg 2414 2025-07-29T14:20:21.257024 image/jpeg 294384 2025-07-29T14:20:20.685246 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia