01768cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000290011324500140014226400510015630000470020733600260025433700260028033800360030650000780034250000310042050802310045152006310068253400450131365300300135865300230138885600430141113592UtSlPG20260610133324.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afr2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aSand, George,d1804-187612aL'Uscoque 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Uscoque  aRelease date is 2004-10-04  aProduced by Carlo Traverso, Christian Breville and PG Distributed Proofreaders Europe. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr  a"L'Uscoque" by George Sand is a historical novella published in 1838. Set against the backdrop of seventeenth-century Adriatic piracy, the story centers on an Uscoque—one of the feared Dalmatian pirates who terrorized the seas. Through a frame narrative, a character claims to have known Lord Byron and reveals the true story behind the Uscoque, arguing that Byron's romantic portrayal in "The Corsair" failed to capture the dangerous reality of these maritime outlaws. The tale captivated young readers including Dostoevsky, who described being "enfiévré" after reading it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aVenice (Italy) -- Fiction  aPirates -- Fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13592