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He continued for some time nearly silent, but in 1886, he published a novel of life among the Breton fisher-folk, entitled "Pecheurs d'Islande"; this has been the most popular of all his writings.
The Window in Thrums appeared in 1889 a masterpiece to set beside the French masterpiece, drawn likewise from peasant life, of almost the same date, Pecheur d'Islande. Barrie's gift, also, has been a gift making for the joy of his generation; he too has carried the flag of the True Romance slight, twinkling, fantastic thing, compared to that of Kipling, but consecrate to the same great service.
About a mile from the town, in the fjord, is the island of Munkholm, once the site of a Benedictine monastery, as its name indicates, and which was erected in 1028. The mouldering and moss-grown base of one of its towers is all that now remains. Victor Hugo gives a graphic description of this spot in his book entitled "Han d'Islande."
The mention of Iceland brings to every one's mind the name of Pierre Loti. We saw many of the "pêcheurs d'islande" whom he so effectively portrays; and often felt sorry enough for them, fishing as they still were from old square-rigged wind-jammers. On some of these which had been months on the voyage, enough green weed had grown "to feed a cow" as the mate put it.
Han d'Islande, Nôtre-Dame de Paris and some romances of Balzac, the first and poorest, not signed with his name, may serve as an example. The classic writers on their side, had not always distinguished very profoundly the difference between the general and the universal, the principal and the accessory, the permanent and the superficial.
In a chirping tone, which chilled her very soul, the voice sang: "Pour la peche d'Islande, mon mari vient de partir, Il m'a laissee sans le sou, Mais trala, trala la lou!" Then she was seized with that peculiar terror that one has of mad people. The rain fell with an unceasing, fountain-like gush, and streamed down the walls outside.
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