In Search of the Castaways

In Search of the Castaways

By Jules Verne
Michael Caine
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The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle cast into the ocean by the captain himself after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland contact Mary and Robert, the young daughter and son of Captain Grant, through an announcement in a newspaper. Moved by the children's condition, Lord and Lady Glenarvan decide to launch a rescue expedition. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known; thus, the expedition would have to circumnavigate the oceans on the 37th parallel south… (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length18 hrs 13 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME FOUR
36CHAPTER VII THE QUARTERMASTER OF THE "BRITANNIA"
2SOUTH AMERICA
37CHAPTER VIII PREPARATION FOR THE JOURNEY
3CHAPTER I THE SHARK
38CHAPTER IX A COUNTRY OF PARADOXES
4CHAPTER II THE THREE DOCUMENTS
39CHAPTER X AN ACCIDENT
5CHAPTER III THE CAPTAIN'S CHILDREN
40CHAPTER XI CRIME OR CALAMITY
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6CHAPTER IV LADY GLENARVAN'S PROPOSAL
41CHAPTER XII TOLINE OF THE LACHLAN
7CHAPTER V THE DEPARTURE OF THE "DUNCAN"
42CHAPTER XIII A WARNING
8CHAPTER VI AN UNEXPECTED PASSENGER
43CHAPTER XIV WEALTH IN THE WILDERNESS
9CHAPTER VII JACQUES PAGANEL IS UNDECEIVED
44CHAPTER XV SUSPICIOUS OCCURRENCES
10CHAPTER VIII THE GEOGRAPHER'S RESOLUTION
45CHAPTER XVI A STARTLING DISCOVERY
11CHAPTER IX THROUGH THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN
46CHAPTER XVII THE PLOT UNVEILED
12CHAPTER X THE COURSE DECIDED
47CHAPTER XVIII FOUR DAYS OF ANGUISH
13CHAPTER XI TRAVELING IN CHILI
48CHAPTER XIX HELPLESS AND HOPELESS
14CHAPTER XII ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET ALOFT
49NEW ZEALAND
15CHAPTER XIII A SUDDEN DESCENT
50CHAPTER I A ROUGH CAPTAIN
16CHAPTER XIV PROVIDENTIALLY RESCUED
51CHAPTER II NAVIGATORS AND THEIR DISCOVERIES
17CHAPTER XV THALCAVE
52CHAPTER III THE MARTYR-ROLL OF NAVIGATORS
18CHAPTER XVI THE NEWS OF THE LOST CAPTAIN
53CHAPTER IV THE WRECK OF THE "MACQUARIE"
19CHAPTER XVII A SERIOUS NECESSITY
54CHAPTER V CANNIBALS
20CHAPTER XVIII IN SEARCH OF WATER
55CHAPTER VI A DREADED COUNTRY
21CHAPTER XIX THE RED WOLVES
56CHAPTER VII THE MAORI WAR
22CHAPTER XX STRANGE SIGNS
57CHAPTER VIII ON THE ROAD TO AUCKLAND
23CHAPTER XXI A FALSE TRAIL
58CHAPTER IX INTRODUCTION TO THE CANNIBALS
24CHAPTER XXII THE FLOOD
59CHAPTER X A MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW
25CHAPTER XXIII A SINGULAR ABODE
60CHAPTER XI THE CHIEF'S FUNERAL
26CHAPTER XXIV PAGANEL'S DISCLOSURE
61CHAPTER XII STRANGELY LIBERATED
27CHAPTER XXV BETWEEN FIRE AND WATER
62CHAPTER XIII THE SACRED MOUNTAIN
28CHAPTER XXVI THE RETURN ON BOARD
63CHAPTER XIV A BOLD STRATAGEM
29AUSTRALIA
64CHAPTER XV FROM PERIL TO SAFETY
30CHAPTER I A NEW DESTINATION
65CHAPTER XVI WHY THE "DUNCAN" WENT TO NEW ZEALAND
31CHAPTER II TRISTAN D'ACUNHA AND THE ISLE OF AMSTERDAM
66CHAPTER XVII AYRTON'S OBSTINACY
32CHAPTER III CAPE TOWN AND M. VIOT
67CHAPTER XVIII A DISCOURAGING CONFESSION
33CHAPTER IV A WAGER AND HOW DECIDED
68CHAPTER XIX A CRY IN THE NIGHT
34CHAPTER V THE STORM ON THE INDIAN OCEAN
69CHAPTER XX CAPTAIN GRANT'S STORY
35CHAPTER VI A HOSPITABLE COLONIST
70CHAPTER XXI PAGANEL'S LAST ENTANGLEMENT

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