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Westward Ho!

par Charles Kingsley · 34 parties · about 21 hours de lecture

Bonjour, je m'appelle Finn et je vais t'aider à comprendre ce livre.

Le voici, expliqué comme si tu avais 10 ans :

Amyas Leigh est un grand et fort garçon du Devon qui rêve de la mer. Au temps de la reine Élisabeth, il navigue vers l'ouest avec des capitaines audacieux, poursuivant les galions espagnols chargés d'or, affrontant tempêtes, jungles et la cruelle Inquisition en Amérique du Sud. Il aime, il perd, et il durcit dans la vengeance. Chez lui, son histoire se termine quand l'Armada espagnole vient contre l'Angleterre. Charles Kingsley la raconte comme une épopée, et a dédié le livre en février 1855 à deux héros qu'il admirait.

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Chapitres

Dedication1 min Chapter 1: How Mr. Oxenham Saw the White Bird37 min Chapter 2: How Amyas Came Home the First Time62 min Chapter 3: Of Two Gentlemen of Wales, and How They Hunted with the Hounds, and Yet Ran with the Deer36 min Chapter 4: The Two Ways of Being Crost in Love50 min Chapter 5: Clovelly Court in the Olden Time52 min Chapter 6: The Combes of the Far West16 min Chapter 7: The True and Tragical History of Mr. John Oxenham of Plymouth90 min Chapter 8: How the Noble Brotherhood of the Rose Was Founded35 min Chapter 9: How Amyas Kept His Christmas Day68 min Chapter 10: How the Mayor of Bideford Baited His Hook with His Own Flesh21 min Chapter 11: How Eustace Leigh Met the Pope's Legate34 min Chapter 12: How Bideford Bridge Dined at Annery House52 min Chapter 13: How the Golden Hind Came Home Again17 min Chapter 14: How Salvation Yeo Slew the King of the Gubbings48 min Chapter 15: How Mr. John Brimblecombe Understood the Nature of an Oath22 min Chapter 16: The Most Chivalrous Adventure of the Good Ship Rose33 min Chapter 17: How They Came to Barbados, and Found No Men Therein11 min Chapter 18: How They Took the Pearls at Margarita24 min Chapter 19: What Befell at La Guayra46 min Chapter 20: Spanish Bloodhounds and English Mastiffs49 min Chapter 21: How They Took the Communion Under the Tree at Higuerote34 min Chapter 22: The Inquisition in the Indies7 min Chapter 23: The Banks of the Meta34 min Chapter 24: How Amyas Was Tempted of the Devil44 min Chapter 25: How They Took the Gold-Train53 min Chapter 26: How They Took the Great Galleon60 min Chapter 27: How Salvation Yeo Found His Little Maid Again26 min Chapter 28: How Amyas Came Home the Third Time25 min Chapter 29: How the Virginia Fleet Was Stopped by the Queen's Command51 min Chapter 30: How the Admiral John Hawkins Testified Against Croakers31 min Chapter 31: The Great Armada36 min Chapter 32: How Amyas Threw His Sword Into the Sea37 min Chapter 33: How Amyas Let the Apple Fall12 min