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An Antarctic Mystery

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Jules Verne

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Приключения: Прочее;Научная фантастика;

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2022-03-17

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English

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym to be true. In that novel, Pym persuades Len Guy’s brother, William Guy, to lead a voyage to the Antarctic. But the expedition ends in failure when William Guy, his crew, and his ship, the Jane, disappear under mysterious circumstances. Captain Len Guy convinces Jeorling..." data-title="Книга An Antarctic Mystery">

Description An Antarctic Mystery follows Mr. Jeorling, a wealthy American naturalist whose research has led him to the remote Kerguelen Islands, located in the southern Indian Ocean. Jeorling begins his adventure on the Halbrane after being admitted aboard by the reluctant captain Len Guy, who believes the events in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym to be true. In that novel, Pym persuades Len Guy’s brother, William Guy, to lead a voyage to the Antarctic. But the expedition ends in failure when William Guy, his crew, and his ship, the Jane, disappear under mysterious circumstances. Captain Len Guy convinces Jeorling...

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Around the World in Eighty Days

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Jules Verne

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Приключения: Прочее;Научная фантастика;

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2022-03-19

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English

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Jules Verne’s most-acclaimed novel remains a cultural cornerstone to this day. The story of Phileas Fogg’s spectacular journey by then-novel technologies is a fast-paced, colorful, and thoroughly enjoyable portrait of the British empire at the height of its power.

Originally published as a serial so believable that readers at the time placed bets on whether Fogg would succeed or not, Verne’s adventure epic continues to inspire travelers and adventurers to this..." data-title="Книга Around the World in Eighty Days">

Description Jules Verne’s most-acclaimed novel remains a cultural cornerstone to this day. The story of Phileas Fogg’s spectacular journey by then-novel technologies is a fast-paced, colorful, and thoroughly enjoyable portrait of the British empire at the height of its power. Originally published as a serial so believable that readers at the time placed bets on whether Fogg would succeed or not, Verne’s adventure epic continues to inspire travelers and adventurers to this...

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Dick Sands, the Boy Captain

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Jules Verne

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2024-10-24

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English

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101

Verne touches on scientific topics like entomology, flora, and fauna. He also recounts the adventures of the notable white explorers of Africa.

Dick Sands can be read both as an adventure story, and as a condemnation of the horrible..." data-title="Книга Dick Sands, the Boy Captain">

Description After an accident on board a whaling ship the captain is lost at sea, making the fifteen-year-old apprentice Dick Sands the acting captain. Through traitorous scheming by the ship’s cook, and bad weather, the ship is blown from the South Pacific around Cape Horn and onto the west coast of Africa. Dick continues to lead the survivors through various trials among the slave traders of Angola. As in many of his other books, Verne touches on scientific topics like entomology, flora, and fauna. He also recounts the adventures of the notable white explorers of Africa. Dick Sands can be read both as an adventure story, and as a condemnation of the horrible...

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Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

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Jules Verne

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2025-03-26

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English

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Voyages Extraordinaires series, Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon combines thrilling adventure, humor, and an intriguing mystery with an almost encyclopedic depiction of the mid-19th century flora and..." data-title="Книга Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon">

Description An ex-slave trader named Torres comes across a secret encrypted note and schemes to figure out what it means. Meanwhile, Joam Garral, who runs a farm in Peru near the source of the Amazon river and is an outlaw from Brazil, accedes to his daughter’s wishes to get married to her love at the mouth of the Amazon. They decide to travel down the Amazon with the entire family and servants in a giant raft, encountering many adventures on the way. 21st in the Voyages Extraordinaires series, Eight Hundred Leagues Down the Amazon combines thrilling adventure, humor, and an intriguing mystery with an almost encyclopedic depiction of the mid-19th century flora and...

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Facing the Flag

Автор:

Jules Verne

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Научная фантастика;

Дата добавления:

2022-03-17

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English

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Voyages Extraordinaires series, Verne takes us on the journey of Simon Hart, an engineer who poses as an aide to the scientist Dr. Roche. Roche’s whose invention of a world conquering weapon has driven him insane, and as the paranoid doctor rests in a sanatorium, the vicious pirate Karraje kidnaps both him and Hart. Karraje takes them to a secret hideaway in a burned-out island caldera in the Bermudas—but Hart hatches an ingenious escape..." data-title="Книга Facing the Flag">

Description In another science-based entry in his Voyages Extraordinaires series, Verne takes us on the journey of Simon Hart, an engineer who poses as an aide to the scientist Dr. Roche. Roche’s whose invention of a world conquering weapon has driven him insane, and as the paranoid doctor rests in a sanatorium, the vicious pirate Karraje kidnaps both him and Hart. Karraje takes them to a secret hideaway in a burned-out island caldera in the Bermudas—but Hart hatches an ingenious escape...

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Five Weeks in a Balloon

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Jules Verne

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Приключения: Прочее;Научная фантастика;

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2022-03-17

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Verne’s first published book, he already demonstrates much of the formula that..." data-title="Книга Five Weeks in a Balloon">

Description Five Weeks in a Balloon tells the tale of three Englishmen who attempt to cross Africa, from east to west, in a balloon. Dr. Ferguson is the rational scientist leading the trio, accompanied by loyal sidekick Joe and the doctor’s sporting friend Kennedy. The three embark on many adventures: They encounter natives and dangerous animals, experience problems with their ballooning technology, and struggle with the winds and the weather. Throughout the novel, the author liberally sprinkles descriptions of flora, fauna, and geography, as seen through nineteenth century eyes. Though this is Verne’s first published book, he already demonstrates much of the formula that...

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From the Earth to the Moon

Автор:

Jules Verne

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Научная фантастика;

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2022-03-17

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English

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Autour de la Lune, the sequel published four years later.

De la Terre à la Lune, number 4 in the Voyages Extraordinaires collection, is one of

Description In search of an occupation after the end of the Civil War, the Baltimore Gun Club undertakes the design and construction of a cannon capable of launching a projectile to the Moon. The three main protagonists—Impey Barbicane, president of the Gun Club, Captain Nicholl, Barbicane’s rival and then collaborator, and Michel Ardan, a French scientist—board the hollow cannonball en route to the Moon. The story concludes in Autour de la Lune, the sequel published four years later. De la Terre à la Lune, number 4 in the Voyages Extraordinaires collection, is one of ...

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In Search of the Castaways

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Jules Verne

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2024-10-24

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English

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133

Verne the opportunity to describe a variety of exotic places.

Originally titled Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant (“The Children of Captain Grant”), the story has inspired several movie adaptations. Ayrton, one of the characters, reappears in The Mysterious..." data-title="Книга In Search of the Castaways">

Description Following the clues found in a bottle cast into the ocean, Lord and Lady Genarvan set off for South America and Australia in their ship Duncan to search for the shipwrecked Captain Grant. Their eventful and perilous journey gives Verne the opportunity to describe a variety of exotic places. Originally titled Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant (“The Children of Captain Grant”), the story has inspired several movie adaptations. Ayrton, one of the characters, reappears in The Mysterious...

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Автор:
Jules Verne

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Приключения: Прочее;Научная фантастика;

Дата добавления:
2022-03-18

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English

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Jules Verne, this work is one of the most well-known subterranean fictions to this day. It inspired many similar works and adaptations. First published in 1864 in French as Voyage au centre de la Terre, it was quickly translated to English by several different publishers in the 1870s. The current edition was based on the translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson that was published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd. in 1877.

Our protagonist is Axel, whose overcautious and unadventurous spirit contrasts with that of his uncle Professor Otto Lidenbrock, an eccentric professor of geology. When Professor Lidenbrock..." data-title="Книга Journey to the Center of the Earth">

Description A classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, this work is one of the most well-known subterranean fictions to this day. It inspired many similar works and adaptations. First published in 1864 in French as Voyage au centre de la Terre, it was quickly translated to English by several different publishers in the 1870s. The current edition was based on the translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson that was published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd. in 1877. Our protagonist is Axel, whose overcautious and unadventurous spirit contrasts with that of his uncle Professor Otto Lidenbrock, an eccentric professor of geology. When Professor Lidenbrock...

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Michael Strogoff

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Jules Verne

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2024-10-24

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English

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Jules Verne is perhaps best known for his science fiction stories, and Michael Strogoff breaks that mold. It’s a true-to-life tale of the titular character’s journey across Siberia to deliver an important message to the brother of the Russian Czar.

Like other of Verne’s works, Strogoff encounters many colorful characters along the way, and together they create a vivid depiction of the harsh life in Russo-Siberia, as well as the resilient spirit of its inhabitants. The attention to detail and the accuracy of both the physical and geographical depictions of Siberia was noted by contemporaries, though it’s also said that Verne took some dramatic license in..." data-title="Книга Michael Strogoff">

Description Jules Verne is perhaps best known for his science fiction stories, and Michael Strogoff breaks that mold. It’s a true-to-life tale of the titular character’s journey across Siberia to deliver an important message to the brother of the Russian Czar. Like other of Verne’s works, Strogoff encounters many colorful characters along the way, and together they create a vivid depiction of the harsh life in Russo-Siberia, as well as the resilient spirit of its inhabitants. The attention to detail and the accuracy of both the physical and geographical depictions of Siberia was noted by contemporaries, though it’s also said that Verne took some dramatic license in...

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Robur the Conqueror

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Jules Verne

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2026-10-16

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English

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Robur the Conqueror, also published as The Clipper of the Clouds, opens in Philadelphia at a meeting of the Weldon Institute, a club of balloon enthusiasts. A stranger named Robur asks to address the members, then tells them that the future belongs to heavier-than-air machines. He mocks the club’s giant balloon, the Go-Ahead, and insults its members until the meeting erupts in chaos. That night he kidnaps Uncle Prudent, the club’s president, Phil Evans, its secretary, and Frycollin, Prudent’s servant. He takes them captive aboard the Albatross, the flying machine he built, and flies them around the world to..." data-title="Книга Robur the Conqueror">

Description Robur the Conqueror, also published as The Clipper of the Clouds, opens in Philadelphia at a meeting of the Weldon Institute, a club of balloon enthusiasts. A stranger named Robur asks to address the members, then tells them that the future belongs to heavier-than-air machines. He mocks the club’s giant balloon, the Go-Ahead, and insults its members until the meeting erupts in chaos. That night he kidnaps Uncle Prudent, the club’s president, Phil Evans, its secretary, and Frycollin, Prudent’s servant. He takes them captive aboard the Albatross, the flying machine he built, and flies them around the world to...

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Round the Moon

Автор:
Jules Verne

Жанр:
Научная фантастика;

Дата добавления:
2022-03-17

Язык книги:
English

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55

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From the Earth to the Moon narrates the eventful journey to the Moon of three passengers—Impey Barbicane, president of the Gun Club, Captain Nicholl, Barbicane’s rival and then collaborator, and Michel Ardan, a French scientist—aboard a hollow cannonball. They orbit the Moon and perform geographical observations, but the projectile fails to land, propelling them instead toward the Earth. They’re rescued at sea and widely celebrated as the first humans to leave..." data-title="Книга Round the Moon">

Description This sequel to From the Earth to the Moon narrates the eventful journey to the Moon of three passengers—Impey Barbicane, president of the Gun Club, Captain Nicholl, Barbicane’s rival and then collaborator, and Michel Ardan, a French scientist—aboard a hollow cannonball. They orbit the Moon and perform geographical observations, but the projectile fails to land, propelling them instead toward the Earth. They’re rescued at sea and widely celebrated as the first humans to leave...

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The Adventures of Captain Hatteras

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Jules Verne

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2024-10-24

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English

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Verne includes lots of history and scientific explanations in the story.

The Adventures of..." data-title="Книга The Adventures of Captain Hatteras">

Description A letter from a sea captain, signed only with cryptic initials, directs an experienced sailor to built and outfit a ship, and to assemble a crew to sail on a dangerous adventure. The voyage starts towards a northerly destination with, as far as anyone knows, no captain aboard. After some time at sea, the captain finally appears and announces his identity, and his plan to sail to the North Pole. The crew faces dangers and hardship as they fight their way through the icy seas, while the captain single-mindedly drives them to find a passage ever farther north. In his usual style, Verne includes lots of history and scientific explanations in the story. The Adventures of...

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The Child of the Cavern

Автор:
Jules Verne

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Приключения: Прочее;Научная фантастика;

Дата добавления:
2022-03-17

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English

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Description The Child of the Cavern follows engineer James Starr as he receives a letter from an old friend and co-worker, Simon Ford, requesting that he revisit a depleted coal mine in Scotland that he used to manage. Upon arriving, Starr finds the entire Ford family living in the mine, and Ford explains that a new coal vein has been located. Soon after Starr’s return, however, strange events start to occur, which seem to be supernatural. After a startling discovery, the characters continue to investigate these occurrences over the course of several...

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The Fur Country

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Jules Verne

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2025-03-04

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English

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123

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Description Lieutenant Hobson is an officer employed by the Hudson’s Bay Company, tasked with the mission of traveling to the Arctic Circle and building an outpost there in order to collect valuable furs. After a long voyage, the Lieutenant and his party settle on a small peninsula and build a modest fort. Though initially successful, the colony soon finds itself in grave danger when an earthquake severs their settlement from the mainland. Written during a period in which the fur trade was an important economic enterprise and the northern regions of America were still unexplored, The Fur Country follows the attempts of colonial settlers to claim and subdue “savage” territories. Like many of ...

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The Giant Raft

Автор:
Jules Verne

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Дата добавления:
2025-03-26

Язык книги:
English

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93

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Voyages Extraordinaires series, The Giant Raft combines thrilling adventure, humor, and an intriguing mystery with an almost encyclopedic depiction of the mid-19th century flora and fauna of the majestic..." data-title="Книга The Giant Raft">

Description An ex-slave trader named Torres comes across a secret encrypted note and schemes to figure out what it means. Meanwhile, Joam Garral, who runs a farm in Peru near the source of the Amazon river and is an outlaw from Brazil, accedes to his daughter’s wishes to get married to her love at the mouth of the Amazon. They decide to travel down the Amazon with the entire family and servants in a giant raft, encountering many adventures on the way. 21st in the Voyages Extraordinaires series, The Giant Raft combines thrilling adventure, humor, and an intriguing mystery with an almost encyclopedic depiction of the mid-19th century flora and fauna of the majestic...

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The Mysterious Island

Автор:
Jules Verne

Жанр:
Научная фантастика;

Дата добавления:
2022-03-19

Язык книги:
English

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159

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Verne had been greatly influenced by works like Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, and that influence shines brightly in this novel of engineering ingenuity and adventure. Verne imparts the escapees with such over-the-top cleverness and so many luckily-placed resources that modern readers might find the extent to which they tame the island comical. Despite that,..." data-title="Книга The Mysterious Island">

Description The Mysterious Island tells the tale of five Americans who, in an attempt to escape the Civil War, pilot a hot-air balloon and find themselves crashed on a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific. Verne had been greatly influenced by works like Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, and that influence shines brightly in this novel of engineering ingenuity and adventure. Verne imparts the escapees with such over-the-top cleverness and so many luckily-placed resources that modern readers might find the extent to which they tame the island comical. Despite that,...

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The Special Correspondent

Автор:
Jules Verne

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Дата добавления:
2024-10-24

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English

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71

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Verne’s

Description Set in the early 1890s, The Special Correspondent tells the story of Claudius Bombarnac, special correspondent from the Parisian newspaper Twentieth Century, assigned to travel the newly-completed Grand Transasiatic Railway running from Uzun Ada (on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea) to Peking (Beijing), China. Over his thirteen-day journey he meets an eclectic cast of characters, including an impatient American businessman, a detached English lady, a Russian major, a French actor and actress, a young Chinese noble accompanied by an eccentric Doctor, and a German baron racing to circle the globe in thirty-nine days—perhaps a nod to Verne’s ...

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The Survivors of the Chancellor

Автор:
Jules Verne

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Приключения: Прочее;Научная фантастика;

Дата добавления:
2022-03-17

Язык книги:
English

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53

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Jules Verne still finds space to include ample descriptions of geology, biology, and..." data-title="Книга The Survivors of the Chancellor">

Description Desiring a more romantic crossing of the Atlantic, Englishman J. R. Kazallon decides to forgo a steamship and instead sets sail on the Chancellor, a large three-mast sailing ship. What follows is a classic nautical adventure, told in the form of a series of diary entries and filled with tragedy, suffering, and even horror. Despite the grim subject matter, Jules Verne still finds space to include ample descriptions of geology, biology, and...

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Ticket No. 9672

Автор:
Jules Verne

Жанр:
Научная фантастика;

Дата добавления:
2022-03-17

Язык книги:
English

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49

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Verne’s travel through Scandinavia in 1861, belongs to the collection Voyages Extraordinaires which contains some of his best-known works, like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and

Description Hulda, the daughter of an innkeeper in the Norwegian countryside, is engaged to Ole, a fisherman. When Ole fails to return, Hulda fears him dead, until she receives a message that he has scribbled on the back of a lottery ticket. Newspapers broadcast the story, fueling excitement and speculation ahead of the lottery drawing. The novel, based in part on the Verne’s travel through Scandinavia in 1861, belongs to the collection Voyages Extraordinaires which contains some of his best-known works, like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and ...

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