Madame Chrysanthemum

Name: Madame Chrysanthemum
Author: Pierre Loti

by Pierre Loti

French naval officer's transient romance in Japan

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Pierre Loti

French naval officer and author whose melancholic, sensuous novels drew on his travels to exotic lands. Iceland Fisherman is his masterpiece, a lyrical elegy for Breton fishermen and their harsh, beautiful world.

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