Two Years in the French West Indies
By Lafcadio Hearn
Length14h 20m
About this audiobook
An often referred to and well-respected account, mainly on Martinique, but also on Trinidad, St. Pierre, St. Kitt's, St. Lucia, Granada, etc. The author is most well-known for his works on Japan. A series of light, amusing and evocative sketches of Martinique at the end of the 19th century. This tells of the two years the author lived in the West Indies in the late 1880's. An appendix includes some Creole melodies and the illustrations are interesting'. (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Science and Nature
Length14 hrs 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ILLUSTRATIONS
12LA VÉRETTE
2FOREWORD
13LES BLANCHISSEUSES
3PREFACE
14LA PELÉE
4A TRIP TO THE TROPICS
15'TI CANOTIÉ
5A MIDSUMMER TRIP TO THE TROPICS (pt. 1)
16LA FILLE DE COULEUR
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6A MIDSUMMER TRIP TO THE TROPICS (pt. 2)
17BÊTE-NI-PIÉ
7MARTINIQUE SKETCHES
18MA BONNE
8LES PORTEUSES
19"PA COMBINÉ, CHÈ!"
9LA GRANDE ANSE
20YÉ
10UN REVENANT
21LYS
11LA GUIABLESSE
22APPENDIX—SOME CREOLE MELODIES
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