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Smith, Frank Berkeley

 
9781334091971: A Village of Vagabonds (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

A village life that grows into mystery and warmth
In A Village of Vagabonds, a narrator’s search for wild beauty leads him to Pont du Sable, a forgotten marsh village and its abandoned house. The journey blends memory, landscape, and small adventures as the sea, dunes, and old stone buildings frame a life rebuilt with grit and charm.

The book follows the narrator’s discovery of a ruin turned home, the help of Suzette, and the quiet moments that reveal a community’s character. It shifts between the gentle humor of village life, the pull of past eras, and the hints of danger that brush the margins of everyday life. Across its pages, readers meet the mayor, a painterly cast of villagers, and a sense that happiness requires patience, sacrifice, and devotion.

- A vivid sense of place: wind, sea spray, cobwebbed rooms, and a sprawling, lived-in estate.
- Restoring a home with the help of a loyal helper and the rhythms of village life.
- Encounters with unusual visitors, moments of threat, and small acts of kindness.
- Human stories of love, duty, friendship, and the price of happiness.

Ideal for readers who enjoy evocative, character-driven tales set against a timeless small-town world and the pull of places that become home.

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