
Amid The Ice And Other Thrilling Stories
By Jules VerneLength7h 51m
About this audiobook
When his son Louis and members of the crew of the ship Jeune-Hardie, do not return from sea, Jean Cornbutte decides to refit the ship and go north to find them. Accompanying him on this trip is his son's fiancée, Marie, and the man who would be his son's rival for her affections, the ship's first officer, André Vasling. When the missing party is found in the extreme north, the only thing left to do is survive the bitter cold and rivalry. Jules Verne wrote this adventure novel in 1855. (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length7 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 13, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
2DOCTOR OX’S EXPERIMENT.
3CHAPTER I. HOW IT IS USELESS TO SEEK, EVEN ON THE BEST MAPS, FOR THE SMALL TOWN OF QUIQUENDONE.
4CHAPTER II. IN WHICH THE BURGOMASTER VAN TRICASSE AND THE COUNSELLOR NIKLAUSSE CONSULT ABOUT THE AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN.
5CHAPTER III. IN WHICH THE COMMISSARY PASSAUF ENTERS AS NOISILY AS UNEXPECTEDLY.
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6CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH DOCTOR OX REVEALS HIMSELF AS A PHYSIOLOGIST OF THE FIRST RANK, AND AS AN AUDACIOUS EXPERIMENTALIST.
7CHAPTER V. IN WHICH THE BURGOMASTER AND THE COUNSELLOR PAY A VISIT TO DOCTOR OX, AND WHAT FOLLOWS.
8CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH FRANTZ NIKLAUSSE AND SUZEL VAN TRICASSE FORM CERTAIN PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE.
9CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH THE ANDANTES BECOME ALLEGROS, AND THE ALLEGROS VIVACES.
10CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH THE ANCIENT AND SOLEMN GERMAN WALTZ BECOMES A WHIRLWIND.
11CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH DOCTOR OX AND YGÈNE, HIS ASSISTANT, SAY A FEW WORDS.
12CHAPTER X. IN WHICH IT WILL BE SEEN THAT THE EPIDEMIC INVADES THE ENTIRE TOWN, AND WHAT EFFECT IT PRODUCES.
13CHAPTER XI. IN WHICH THE QUIQUENDONIANS ADOPT A HEROIC RESOLUTION.
14CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH YGÈNE, THE ASSISTANT, GIVES A REASONABLE PIECE OF ADVICE, WHICH IS EAGERLY REJECTED BY DOCTOR OX.
15CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH IT IS ONCE MORE PROVED THAT BY TAKING HIGH GROUND ALL HUMAN LITTLENESSES MAY BE OVERLOOKED.
16CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH MATTERS GO SO FAR THAT THE INHABITANTS OF QUIQUENDONE, THE READER, AND EVEN THE AUTHOR, DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE DÉNOUEMENT.
17CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH THE DÉNOUEMENT TAKES PLACE.
18CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH THE INTELLIGENT READER SEES THAT HE HAS GUESSED CORRECTLY, DESPITE ALL THE AUTHOR’S PRECAUTIONS.
19CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH DOCTOR OX’S THEORY IS EXPLAINED.
20MASTER ZACHARIUS
21CHAPTER I. A WINTER NIGHT.
22CHAPTER II. THE PRIDE OF SCIENCE.
23CHAPTER III. A STRANGE VISIT.
24CHAPTER IV. THE CHURCH OF SAINT PIERRE.
25CHAPTER V. THE HOUR OF DEATH.
26A DRAMA IN THE AIR.
27CHAPTER I THE BLACK FLAG
28CHAPTER II. JEAN CORNBUTTE’S PROJECT.
29CHAPTER III. A RAY OF HOPE.
30CHAPTER IV. IN THE PASSES.
31CHAPTER V. LIVERPOOL ISLAND.
32CHAPTER VI. THE QUAKING OF THE ICE.
33CHAPTER VII. SETTLING FOR THE WINTER.
34CHAPTER VIII. PLAN OF THE EXPLORATIONS.
35CHAPTER IX. THE HOUSE OF SNOW.
36CHAPTER X. BURIED ALIVE.
37CHAPTER XI. A CLOUD OF SMOKE.
38CHAPTER XII. THE RETURN TO THE SHIP.
39CHAPTER XIII. THE TWO RIVALS.
40CHAPTER XIV. DISTRESS.
41CHAPTER XV. THE WHITE BEARS.
42CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION.
43THE FORTIETH FRENCH ASCENT OF MONT BLANC