• PIERRE LOTI
• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

PART 1 ON THE ICY SEA

• CHAPTER I THE FISHERMEN
• CHAPTER II ICELANDERS
• CHAPTER III THE WOMEN AT HOME
• CHAPTER IV FIRST LOVE
• CHAPTER V THE SECOND MEETING
• CHAPTER VI NEWS FROM HOME

PART II IN THE BRETON LAND

• CHAPTER I THE PLAYTHING OF THE STORM
• CHAPTER II A PARDONABLE RUSE
• CHAPTER III OF SINISTER PORTENT
• CHAPTER IV HIS RELUCTANCE
• CHAPTER V SAILORS AT THE PLAY
• CHAPTER VI ORDERED ON FOREIGN SERVICE
• CHAPTER VII MOAN'S SWEETHEART
• CHAPTER VIII OLD AND YOUNG
• CHAPTER IX THE EASTERN VOYAGE
• CHAPTER X THE ORIENT
• CHAPTER XI A CURIOUS RENCONTRE
• CHAPTER XII STRIKING THE ROCK UNKNOWN
• CHAPTER XIII HOME NEWS

PART III IN THE SHADOW

• CHAPTER I THE SKIRMISH
• CHAPTER II "OUT, BRIEF CANDLE!"
• CHAPTER III THE GRAVE ABROAD
• CHAPTER IV TO THE SURVIVORS, THE SPOILS
• CHAPTER V THE DEATH-BLOW
• CHAPTER VI A CHARITABLE ASSUMPTION
• CHAPTER VII THE COMFORTER
• CHAPTER VIII THE BROTHER'S GRIEF
• CHAPTER IX WORK CURES SORROW
• CHAPTER X THE WHITE FOG
• CHAPTER XI THE SPECTRE SHIP
• CHAPTER XII THE STRANGE COUPLE
• CHAPTER XIII RENEWED DISAPPOINTMENT
• CHAPTER XIV THE GRANDAM BREAKING UP
• CHAPTER XV THE NEW SHIP
• CHAPTER XVI LONE AND LORN
• CHAPTER XVII THE ESPOUSAL

PART IV YANN'S FIRST WEDDING

• CHAPTER I THE COURTING BY THE SEA
• CHAPTER II THE SEAMAN'S SECRET
• CHAPTER III THE OMINOUS WEDDING-DRESS
• CHAPTER IV FLOWER OF THE THORN
• CHAPTER V THE COST OF OBSTINACY
• CHAPTER VI THE BRIDAL
• CHAPTER VII THE DISCORDANT NOTE
• CHAPTER VIII THE BLISSFUL WEEK

PART V THE SECOND WEDDING

• CHAPTER I THE START
• CHAPTER II THE FIRST OF THE FLEET
• CHAPTER III ALL BUT TWO
• CHAPTER IV STILL AT SEA
• CHAPTER V SHARING THE DREAD
• CHAPTER VI ALL BUT ONE
• CHAPTER VII THE MOURNER'S VISION
• CHAPTER VIII THE FALSE ALARM
• CHAPTER IX WEDDED TO THE SEA