
The Greatest Works of Jules Verne
Enriched edition. A Voyage Through Time and Space: Classic Adventures of Science Fiction and ExplorationBy Jules VerneLength247h 38m
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In "The Greatest Works of Jules Verne," the reader is invited into a meticulously crafted world that blends science fiction with adventure, showcasing Verne's innovative imagination and pioneering spirit. This compilation reflects on remarkable narratives such as "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth," revealing Verne's profound ability to merge factual scientific principles with fantastical explorations. The literary style is marked by detailed descriptions, imaginative plots, and a dedication to technological optimism, positioning Verne as a forerunner in the genre of speculative fiction during the late 19th century. Jules Verne, often dubbed the father of science fiction, was deeply influenced by the rapidly advancing technology of his time as well as his early exposure to nautical themes during his childhood in Nantes, France. His extensive travels and broad reading significantly shaped his profound understanding of science and exploration, key elements that permeate his work. This particular anthology showcases his ability to capture the imagination of readers, encouraging them to ponder the possibilities of human ingenuity and exploration. I wholeheartedly recommend "The Greatest Works of Jules Verne" to readers both new and familiar with his oeuvre. This collection not only celebrates Verne's literary genius but also serves as a reminder of the power of dreams and the importance of curiosity in our understanding of the world. Dive into these timeless adventures and explore the limitless horizons of imagination.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
459Chapter 18 THE OLD HOUSEKEEPER’S LAST COMMENT
2Introduction
460The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (1866)
3Historical Context
461PART I. THE ENGLISH AT THE NORTH POLE.
4Author Biography
462CHAPTER I. The Forward.
5Synopsis (Selection)
463CHAPTER II. An Unexpected Letter.
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6PART ONE
464CHAPTER III. Dr. Clawbonny.
7CHAPTER I A Shifting Reef
465CHAPTER IV. The Dog-Captain.
8CHAPTER II Pro and Con
466CHAPTER V. At Sea.
9CHAPTER III I Form My Resolution
467CHAPTER VI. The Great Polar Current.
10CHAPTER IV Ned Land
468CHAPTER VII. The Entrance of Davis Strait.
11CHAPTER V At a Venture
469CHAPTER VIII. The Talk of the Crew.
12CHAPTER VI At Full Steam
470CHAPTER IX. Another Letter.
13CHAPTER VII An Unknown Species of Whale
471CHAPTER X. Dangerous Sailing.
14CHAPTER VIII Mobilis in Mobili
472CHAPTER XI. The Devil's Thumb.
15CHAPTER IX Ned Land's Tempers
473CHAPTER XII. Captain Hatteras.
16CHAPTER X The Man of the Seas
474CHAPTER XIII. The Captain's Plans.
17CHAPTER XI All By Electricity
475CHAPTER XIV. The Expeditions in Search of Franklin.
18CHAPTER XII Some Figures
476CHAPTER XV. The Forward Driven Southward.
19CHAPTER XIII The Black River
477CHAPTER XVI. The Magnetic Pole.
20CHAPTER XIV A Note of Invitation
478CHAPTER XVII. The Fate of Sir John Franklin.
21CHAPTER XV A Walk on the Bottom of the Sea
479CHAPTER XVIII. The Way Northward.
22CHAPTER XVI A Submarine Forest
480CHAPTER XIX. A Whale in Sight.
23CHAPTER XVII Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
481CHAPTER XX. Beechey Island.
24CHAPTER XVIII Vanikoro
482CHAPTER XXI. The Death of Bellot.
25CHAPTER XIX Torres Straits
483CHAPTER XXII. The First Signs of Mutiny.
26CHAPTER XX A Few Days on Land
484CHAPTER XXIII. Attacked by the Ice.
27CHAPTER XXI Captain Nemo's Thunderbolt
485CHAPTER XXIV. Preparations for Wintering.
28CHAPTER XXII "Aegri Somnia"
486CHAPTER XXV. One of James Ross's Foxes.
29CHAPTER XXIII The Coral Kingdom
487CHAPTER XXVI. The Last Piece of Coal.
30PART TWO
488CHAPTER XXVII. The Great Cold at Christmas.
31CHAPTER I The Indian Ocean
489CHAPTER XXVIII. Preparations for Departure.
32CHAPTER II A Novel Proposal of Captain Nemo's
490CHAPTER XXIX. Across the Ice-fields.
33CHAPTER III A Pearl of Ten Millions
491CHAPTER XXX. The Cairn.
34CHAPTER IV The Red Sea
492CHAPTER XXXI. The Death of Simpson.
35CHAPTER V The Arabian Tunnel
493CHAPTER XXXII. The Return to the Forward.
36CHAPTER VI The Grecian Archipelago
494PART II. THE DESERT OF ICE.
37CHAPTER VII The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
495CHAPTER I. The Doctor's Inventory.
38CHAPTER VIII Vigo Bay
496CHAPTER II. Altamont's First Words.
39CHAPTER IX A Vanished Continent
497CHAPTER III. Seventeen Days of Land Journey.
40CHAPTER X The Submarine Coal-Mines
498CHAPTER IV. The Last Charge of Powder.
41CHAPTER XI The Sargasso Sea
499CHAPTER V. The Seal and the Bear.
42CHAPTER XII Cachalots and Whales
500CHAPTER VI. The Porpoise.
43CHAPTER XIII The Iceberg
501CHAPTER VII. A Discussion About Charts.
44CHAPTER XIV The South Pole
502CHAPTER VIII. Excursion to the North of Victoria Bay.
45CHAPTER XV Accident or Incident?
503CHAPTER IX. Cold and Heat.
46CHAPTER XVI Want of Air
504CHAPTER X. The Pleasures of Winter-quarters.
47CHAPTER XVII From Cape Horn to the Amazon
505CHAPTER XI. Disquieting Traces.
48CHAPTER XVIII The Poulps
506CHAPTER XII. The Ice Prison.
49CHAPTER XIX The Gulf Stream
507CHAPTER XIII. The Mine.
50CHAPTER XX From Latitude 47° 24' to Longitude 17° 28'
508CHAPTER XIV. The Polar Spring.
51CHAPTER XXI A Hecatomb
509CHAPTER XV. The Northwest Passage.
52CHAPTER XXII The Last Words of Captain Nemo
510CHAPTER XVI. Northern Arcadia.
53CHAPTER XXIII Conclusion
511CHAPTER XVII. Altamont's Revenge.
54Around the World in Eighty Days (1872)
512CHAPTER XVIII. The Last Preparations.
55CHAPTER I.In Which Phileas Fogg And Passepartout Accept Each Other, The One As Master, The Other As Man
513CHAPTER XIX. The Journey Northward.
56CHAPTER II.In Which Passepartout Is Convinced That He Has At Last Found His Ideal
514CHAPTER XX. Footprints on the Snow.
57CHAPTER III.In Which A Conversation Takes Place Which Seems Likely To Cost Phileas Fogg Dear
515CHAPTER XXI. The Open Sea.
58CHAPTER IV.In Which Phileas Fogg Astounds Passepartout, His Servant
516CHAPTER XXII. The Approach to the Pole.
59CHAPTER V.In Which A New Species Of Funds, Unknown To The Moneyed Men, Appears On ‘Change
517CHAPTER XXIII. The English Flag.
60CHAPTER VI.In Which Fix, The Detective, Betrays A Very Natural Impatience
518CHAPTER XXIV. Polar Cosmography.
61CHAPTER VII.Which Once More Demonstrates The Uselessness Of Passports As Aids To Detectives
519CHAPTER XXV. Mount Hatteras.
62CHAPTER VIII.In Which Passepartout Talks Rather More, Perhaps, Than Is Prudent
520CHAPTER XXVI. Return to the South.
63CHAPTER IX.In Which The Red Sea And The Indian Ocean Prove Propitious To The Designs Of Phileas Fogg
521CHAPTER XXVII. Conclusion.
64CHAPTER X.In Which Passepartout Is Only Too Glad To Get Off With The Loss Of His Shoes
522CHAPTER I. In Which The Peculiarities And Nationality Of The Personages Are Gradually Revealed.
65CHAPTER XI.In Which Phileas Fogg Secures A Curious Means Of Conveyance At A Fabulous Price
523CHAPTER II. In Which Kin-Fo And The Philosopher Are More Fully Described.
66CHAPTER XII.In Which Phileas Fogg And His Companions Venture Across The Indian Forests, And What Ensued
524CHAPTER III. In Which The Reader, Without Fatigue, Can Glance Over The City Of Shang-hai.
67CHAPTER XIII.In Which Passepartout Receives A New Proof That Fortune Favors The Brave
525CHAPTER IV. In Which Kin-Fo Receives An Important Letter, Which Is Eight Days Behind Time.
68CHAPTER XIV.In Which Phileas Fogg Descends The Whole Length Of The Beautiful Valley Of The Ganges Without Ever Thinking Of Seeing It
526CHAPTER V. In Which Le-Ou Receives A Letter Which She Would Rather Not Have Received.
69CHAPTER XV.In Which The Bag Of Banknotes Disgorges Some Thousands Of Pounds More
527CHAPTER VI. Which Will, Perhaps, Make The Reader Desire To Visit The Offices Of The “Centenary.”
70CHAPTER XVI.In Which Fix Does Not Seem To Understand In The Least What Is Said To Him
528CHAPTER VII. Which Would Be Very Sad If It Did Not Treat Of Ways And Customs Peculiar To The Celestial Empire.
71CHAPTER XVII.Showing What Happened On The Voyage From Singapore To Hong Kong
529CHAPTER VIII. In Which Kin-Fo Makes A Serious Proposition To Wang, Which The Latter No Less Seriously Accepts.
72CHAPTER XVIII.In Which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, And Fix Go Each About His Business
530CHAPTER IX. The Conclusion Of Which, However Singular It May Be, Perhaps Will Not Surprise The Reader.
73CHAPTER XIX.In Which Passepartout Takes A Too Great Interest In His Master, And What Comes Of It
531CHAPTER X. In Which Craig And Fry Are Officially Presented To The New Patron Of The Centenary.
74CHAPTER XX.In Which Fix Comes Face To Face With Phileas Fogg
532CHAPTER XI. In Which Kin-Fo Becomes The Most Celebrated Man In The Central Empire.
75CHAPTER XXI.In Which The Master Of The “tankadere” Runs Great Risk Of Losing A Reward Of Two Hundred Pounds
533CHAPTER XII. In Which Kin-Fo, His Two Acolytes, And His Valet Start On An Adventure.
76CHAPTER XXII.In Which Passepartout Finds Out That, Even At The Antipodes, It Is Convenient To Have Some Money In One’s Pocket
534CHAPTER XIII. In Which Is Heard The Celebrated Lament Called “the Five Periods In The Life Of A Centenarian.”
77CHAPTER XXIII.In Which Passepartout’s Nose Becomes Outrageously Long
535CHAPTER XIV. In Which The Visitor, Without Fatigue, Can Travel Through Four Cities By Visiting Only One.
78CHAPTER XXIV.During Which Mr. Fogg And Party Cross The Pacific Ocean
536CHAPTER XV. Which Certainly Contains A Surprise For Kin-Fo, And Perhaps For The Reader.
79CHAPTER XXV.In Which A Slight Glimpse Is Had Of San Francisco
537CHAPTER XVI. In Which Kin-fo, Who Is Still A Bachelor, Begins To Travel Again In Earnest.
80CHAPTER XXVI.In Which Phileas Fogg And Party Travel By The Pacific Railroad
538CHAPTER XVII. In Which Kin-Fo’s Market Value Is Once More Uncertain.
81CHAPTER XXVII.In Which Passepartout Undergoes, At A Speed Of Twenty Miles An Hour, A Course Of Mormon History
539CHAPTER XVIII. In Which Craig And Fry, Urged By Curiosity, Visit The Hold Of The “Sam-Yep.”
82CHAPTER XXVIII.In Which Passepartout Does Not Succeed In Making Anybody Listen To Reason
540CHAPTER XIX. Which Does Not Finish Well, Either For Capt. Yin, The Commander Of The “Sam-Yep,” Or For Her Crew.
83CHAPTER XXIX.In Which Certain Incidents Are Narrated Which Are Only To Be Met With On American Railroads
541CHAPTER XX. In Which It Will Be Seen To What Dangers Men Are Exposed Who Use Capt. Boyton’s Nautical Apparatus.
84CHAPTER XXX.In Which Phileas Fogg Simply Does His Duty
542CHAPTER XXI. In Which Craig And Fry See The Moon Rise With Extreme Satisfaction.
85CHAPTER XXXI.In Which Fix, The Detective, Considerably Furthers The Interests Of Phileas Fogg
543CHAPTER XXII. Which The Reader Might Have Written Himself, It Ends In So Surprising A Way.
86CHAPTER XXXII.In Which Phileas Fogg Engages In A Direct Struggle With Bad Fortune
544PART ONE
87CHAPTER XXXIII.In Which Phileas Fogg Shows Himself Equal To The Occasion
545CHAPTER I The Carrier-Pigeon
88CHAPTER XXXIV.In Which Phileas Fogg At Last Reaches London
546CHAPTER II The Pigeon’s Home
89CHAPTER XXXV.In Which Phileas Fogg Does Not Have To Repeat His Orders To Passepartout Twice
547CHAPTER III Count Sandorf
90CHAPTER XXXVI.In Which Phileas Fogg’s Name Is Once More At A Premium On ‘change
548CHAPTER IV Toronthal’s Bank
91CHAPTER XXXVII.In Which It Is Shown That Phileas Fogg Gained Nothing By His Tour Around The World, Unless It Were Happiness
549CHAPTER V The Message in Cipher
92The Mysterious Island (1875)
550CHAPTER VI Can the Cipher Be Solved?
93CHAPTER 1
551CHAPTER VII The Trial
94CHAPTER 2
552CHAPTER VIII After the Sentence
95CHAPTER 3
553CHAPTER IX The Donjon of Pisino
96CHAPTER 4
554CHAPTER X Down the Brico
97CHAPTER 5
555CHAPTER XI Along the Foiba
98CHAPTER 6
556CHAPTER XII The Ruined Farm
99CHAPTER 7
557CHAPTER XIII The Fisherman’s Hut
100CHAPTER 8
558CHAPTER XIV Carpena’s Offer
101CHAPTER 9
559CHAPTER XV The Final Effort of the Final Struggle
102CHAPTER 10
560PART TWO
103CHAPTER 11
561CHAPTER I Pescade and Matifou
104CHAPTER 12
562CHAPTER II The Launch of the Trabacolo
105CHAPTER 13
563CHAPTER III Doctor Antekirtt
106CHAPTER 14
564CHAPTER IV The Young Recruits
107CHAPTER 15
565CHAPTER V The Widow of Stephen Bathory
108CHAPTER 16
566CHAPTER VI On Board the Savarena
109CHAPTER 17
567CHAPTER VII The Doctor’s Dilemma
110CHAPTER 18
568CHAPTER VIII The Mouths of the Cattaro
111CHAPTER 19
569CHAPTER IX Complications
112CHAPTER 20
570CHAPTER X Another Blow
113CHAPTER 21
571CHAPTER XI A Meeting in the Stradone
114CHAPTER 22
572PART THREE
115CHAPTER I
573CHAPTER I The Mediterranean
116CHAPTER II
574CHAPTER II “Past and Present”
117CHAPTER III
575CHAPTER III The Present
118CHAPTER IV
576CHAPTER IV Events at Ragusa
119CHAPTER V
577CHAPTER V The Doctor Delays
120CHAPTER VI
578CHAPTER VI Off Malta
121CHAPTER VII
579CHAPTER VII Malta
122CHAPTER VIII
580CHAPTER VIII The Spy in the Manderaggio
123CHAPTER IX
581CHAPTER IX The Environs of Catania
124CHAPTER X
582CHAPTER X The Casa Degli Inglesi
125CHAPTER XI
583CHAPTER XI The Fight on Mount Etna
126CHAPTER XII
584PART FOUR
127CHAPTER XIII
585CHAPTER XII Ceuta
128CHAPTER XIV
586CHAPTER XIII The Meeting at Gibraltar
129CHAPTER XV
587CHAPTER XIV The Doctor’s Experiment
130CHAPTER XVI
588CHAPTER XV Seventeen Times
131CHAPTER XVII
589CHAPTER XVI The Last Stake
132CHAPTER XVIII
590CHAPTER XVII A Check for Sarcany
133CHAPTER XIX
591CHAPTER XVIII The Examination of Toronthal
134CHAPTER XX
592CHAPTER XIX Borik’s Letter
135Chapter One.
593CHAPTER XX The Apparition
136Chapter Two.
594PART FIVE
137Chapter Three.
595CHAPTER XXI A Squeeze from Cape Matifou
138Chapter Four.
596CHAPTER XXII The House at Tetuan
139Chapter Five.
597CHAPTER XXIII The Feast of the Storks
140Chapter Six.
598CHAPTER XXIV The House of Sidi Hazam
141Chapter Seven.
599CHAPTER XXV Antekirtta
142Chapter Eight.
600CHAPTER XXVI The Battle
143Chapter Nine.
601CHAPTER XXVII Justice
144Chapter Ten.
602BOOK I.
145Chapter Eleven.
603CHAPTER I. A Challenge
146Chapter Twelve.
604CHAPTER II. Captain Servadac and His Orderly
147Chapter Thirteen.
605CHAPTER III. Interrupted Effusions
148Chapter Fourteen.
606CHAPTER IV. A Convulsion of Nature
149Chapter Fifteen.
607CHAPTER V. A Mysterious Sea
150Chapter Sixteen.
608CHAPTER VI. The Captain Makes an Exploration
151Chapter Seventeen.
609CHAPTER VII. Ben Zoof Watches in Vain
152Chapter Eighteen.
610CHAPTER VIII. Venus in Perilous Proximity
153Chapter Nineteen.
611CHAPTER IX. Inquiries Unsatisfied
154Chapter Twenty.
612CHAPTER X. A Search for Algeria
155CHAPTER I. The Professor And His Family
613CHAPTER XI. An Island Tomb
156CHAPTER II. A Mystery To Be Solved At Any Price
614CHAPTER XII. At the Mercy of the Winds
157CHAPTER III. The Runic Writing Exercises The Professor
615CHAPTER XIII. A Royal Salute
158CHAPTER IV. The Enemy To Be Starved Into Submission
616CHAPTER XIV. Sensitive Nationality
159CHAPTER V. Famine, Then Victory, Followed By Dismay
617CHAPTER XV. An Enigma from the Sea
160CHAPTER VI. Exciting Discussions About An Unparalleled Enterprise
618CHAPTER XVI. The Residuum of a Continent
161CHAPTER VII. A Woman’s Courage
619CHAPTER XVII. A Second Enigma
162CHAPTER VIII. Serious Preparations For Vertical Descent
620CHAPTER XVIII. An Unexpected Population
163CHAPTER IX. Iceland! But What Next?
621CHAPTER XIX. Gallia’s Governor General
164CHAPTER X. Interesting Conversations With Icelandic Savants
622CHAPTER XX. A Light on the Horizon
165CHAPTER XI. A Guide Found To The Centre Of The Earth
623CHAPTER XXI. Winter Quarters
166CHAPTER XII. A Barren Land
624CHAPTER XXII. A Frozen Ocean
167CHAPTER XIII. Hospitality Under The Arctic Circle
625CHAPTER XXIII. A Carrier-Pigeon
168CHAPTER XIV. But Arctics Can Be Inhospitable, Too
626CHAPTER XXIV. A Sledge-Ride
169CHAPTER XV. Snæfell At Last
627BOOK II.
170CHAPTER XVI. Boldly Down The Crater
628CHAPTER I. The Astronomer
171CHAPTER XVII. Vertical Descent
629CHAPTER II. A Revelation
172CHAPTER XVIII. The Wonders Of Terrestrial Depths
630CHAPTER III. The Professor’s Experiences
173CHAPTER XIX. Geological Studies In Situ
631CHAPTER IV. A Revised Calendar
174CHAPTER XX. The First Signs Of Distress
632CHAPTER V. Wanted: A Steelyard
175CHAPTER XXI. Compassion Fuses The Professor’s Heart
633CHAPTER VI. Money at a Premium
176CHAPTER XXII. Total Failure Of Water
634CHAPTER VII. Gallia Weighed
177CHAPTER XXIII. Water Discovered
635CHAPTER VIII. Jupiter Somewhat Close
178CHAPTER XXIV. Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I’ The Ground So Fast?
636CHAPTER IX Market Prices in Gallia
179CHAPTER XXV. De Profundis
637CHAPTER X. Far Into Space
180CHAPTER XXVI. The Worst Peril Of All
638CHAPTER XI. A Fete Day
181CHAPTER XXVII. Lost In The Bowels Of The Earth
639CHAPTER XII. The Bowels of the Comet
182CHAPTER XXVIII. The Rescue In The Whispering Gallery
640CHAPTER XIII. Dreary Months
183CHAPTER XXIX. Thalatta! Thalatta!
641CHAPTER XIV. The Professor Perplexed
184CHAPTER XXX. A New Mare Internum
642CHAPTER XV. A Journey and a Disappointment
185CHAPTER XXXI. Preparations For A Voyage Of Discovery
643CHAPTER XVI. A Bold Proposition
186CHAPTER XXXII. Wonders Of The Deep
644CHAPTER XVII. The Venture Made
187CHAPTER XXXIII. A Battle Of Monsters
645CHAPTER XVIII. Suspense
188CHAPTER XXXIV. The Great Geyser
646CHAPTER XIX. Back Again
189CHAPTER XXXV. An Electric Storm
647CHAPTER I. Healthful House.
190CHAPTER XXXVI. Calm Philosophic Discussions
648CHAPTER II. Count d’Artigas..
191CHAPTER XXXVII. The Liedenbrock Museum Of Geology
649CHAPTER III. Kidnapped..
192CHAPTER XXXVIII. The Professor In His Chair Again
650CHAPTER IV. The Schooner Ebba..
193CHAPTER XXXIX. Forest Scenery Illuminated By Eletricity
651CHAPTER V. Where Am I?.
194CHAPTER XL. Preparations For Blasting A Passage To The Centre Of The Earth
652CHAPTER VI. On Deck..
195CHAPTER XLI. The Great Explosion And The Rush Down Below
653CHAPTER VII. Two Days At Sea..
196CHAPTER XLII. Headlong Speed Upward Through The Horrors Of Darkness
654CHAPTER VIII. Back Cup..
197CHAPTER XLIII. Shot Out Of A Volcano At Last!
655CHAPTER IX. Inside Back Cup..
198CHAPTER XLIV. Sunny Lands In The Blue Mediterranean
656CHAPTER X. Ker Karraje..
199CHAPTER XLV. All’s Well That Ends Well
657CHAPTER XI. Five Weeks in Back Cup..
200CHAPTER I. The Gun Club.
658CHAPTER XII. Engineer Serko’s Advice..
201CHAPTER II. President Barbicane’s Communication.
659CHAPTER XIII. God Be With It..
202CHAPTER III. Effect of President Barbicane’s Communication.
660CHAPTER XIV. Battle Between the “Sword” and the Tug..
203CHAPTER IV. Answer from the Cambridge Observatory.
661CHAPTER XV. Expectation..
204CHAPTER V. The Romance of the Moon.
662CHAPTER XVI. Only a Few More Hours..
205CHAPTER VI. What it is Impossible to Ignore and What is No Longer Allowed to Be Believed in the United States.
663CHAPTER XVII. One Against Five..
206CHAPTER VII. The Hymn of the Cannonball.
664CHAPTER XVIII. On Board the “Tonnant.”.
207CHAPTER VIII. History of the Cannon.
665CHAPTER I Enter Mr. Sharp
208CHAPTER IX. The Question of Powders.
666CHAPTER II A Pair of Chums
209CHAPTER X. One Enemy Against Twenty-Five Millions of Friends.
667CHAPTER III Effect of an Item of News
210CHAPTER XI. Florida and Texas.
668CHAPTER IV Two Claimants
211CHAPTER XII. “Urbi et Orbi.”
669CHAPTER V Steeltown
212CHAPTER XIII. Stony Hill.
670CHAPTER VI The Albrecht Pit
213CHAPTER XIV. Pickaxe and Trowel.
671CHAPTER VII The Central Block
214CHAPTER XV. The Ceremony of the Casting.
672CHAPTER VIII The Dragon’s Den
215CHAPTER XVI. The Columbiad.
673CHAPTER IX P. P. C.
216CHAPTER XVII. A Telegram.
674CHAPTER X An Article from “Unsere Centurie,” A German Review
217CHAPTER XVIII. The Passenger of the Atlanta.
675CHAPTER XI At Dinner With Dr. Sarrasin
218CHAPTER XIX. A Meeting.
676CHAPTER XII The Council
219CHAPTER XX. Thrust and Parry.
677CHAPTER XIII News for the Professor
220CHAPTER XXI. How a Frenchman Settles an Affair.
678CHAPTER XIV Clearing for Action
221CHAPTER XXII. The New Citizen of the United States.
679CHAPTER XV The Exchange of San Francisco
222CHAPTER XXIII. The Projectile Compartment.
680CHAPTER XVI A Brace of Frenchmen Capture a Town
223CHAPTER XXIV. The Telescope of the Rocky Mountains.
681CHAPTER XVII Parley Before the Citadel
224CHAPTER XXV. Final Details.
682CHAPTER XVIII The Kernel of the Nut
225CHAPTER XXVI. Fire!
683CHAPTER XIX A Family Affair
226CHAPTER XXVII. Cloudy Weather.
684CHAPTER XX Conclusion
227CHAPTER XXVIII. A New Star.
685PART I
228Around the Moon (1869)
686CHAPTER I The Brig-Schooner Pilgrim.
229PRELIMINARY CHAPTER, Resuming the First Part of the Work and Serving as an Introduction to the Second.
687CHAPTER II Dick Sand.
230CHAPTER I. From 10 P.M. to 10 46' 40''.
688CHAPTER III The Wreck.
231CHAPTER II. The First Half Hour.
689CHAPTER IV The Survivors of the Waldeck.
232CHAPTER III. They Make Themselves at Home and Feel Quite Comfortable.
690CHAPTER V S. V.
233CHAPTER IV. A Chapter for the Cornell Girls.
691CHAPTER VI A Whale in Sight.
234CHAPTER V. The Colds of Space.
692CHAPTER VII Preparations.
235CHAPTER VI. Instructive Conversation.
693CHAPTER VIII The Jubarte.
236CHAPTER VII. A High Old Time.
694CHAPTER IX Captain Sand.
237CHAPTER VIII. The Neutral Point.
695CHAPTER X The Four Days Which Follow.
238CHAPTER IX. A Little Off the Track.
696CHAPTER XI Tempest.
239CHAPTER X. The Observers of the Moon.
697CHAPTER XII On the Horizon.
240CHAPTER XI. Fact and Fancy.
698CHAPTER XIII Land! Land!
241CHAPTER XII. A Bird's Eye View of the Lunar Mountains.
699CHAPTER XIV The Best to Do.
242CHAPTER XIII. Lunar Landscapes
700CHAPTER XV Harris.
243CHAPTER XIV. A Night of Fifteen Days.
701CHAPTER XVI On the Way.
244CHAPTER XV. Glimpses at the Invisible.
702CHAPTER XVII A Hundred Miles in Two Days.
245CHAPTER XVI. The Southern Hemisphere.
703CHAPTER XVIII The Terrible Word.
246CHAPTER XVII. Tycho.
704PART II
247CHAPTER XVIII. Puzzling Questions.
705CHAPTER I The Slave Trade.
248CHAPTER XIX. In Every Fight, The Impossible Wins.
706CHAPTER II Harris and Negoro.
249CHAPTER XX. Off the Pacific Coast.
707CHAPTER III On the March.
250CHAPTER XXI. News for Marston!
708CHAPTER IV The Bad Roads of Angola.
251CHAPTER XXII. On the Wings of the Wind.
709CHAPTER V Ants and Their Dwelling.
252CHAPTER XXIII. The Club Men Go A Fishing.
710CHAPTER VI The Diving-Bell.
253CHAPTER XXIV. Farewell to the Baltimore Gun Club.
711CHAPTER VII In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza.
254BOOK ONE
712CHAPTER VIII Some of Dick Sand’s Notes.
255Chapter I: A Fete at the New Palace
713CHAPTER IX Kazounde.
256Chapter II: Russians and Tartars
714CHAPTER X The Great Market Day.
257Chapter III: Michael Strogoff Meets the Czar
715CHAPTER XI The King of Kazounde is Offered a Punch.
258Chapter IV: From Moscow to Nijni-Novgorod
716CHAPTER XII A Royal Burial.
259Chapter V: The Two Announcements
717CHAPTER XIII The Interior of a Factory.
260Chapter VI: Brother and Sister
718CHAPTER XIV Some News of Dr. Livingstone.
261Chapter VII: Going Down the Volga
719CHAPTER XV Where a Manticore May Lead.
262Chapter VIII: Going Up the Kama
720CHAPTER XVI A Magician.
263Chapter IX: Day and Night in a Tarantass
721CHAPTER XVII Drifting.
264Chapter X: A Storm in the Ural Mountains
722CHAPTER XVIII Various Incidents.
265Chapter XI: Travelers in Distress
723CHAPTER XIX S. V.
266Chapter XII: Provocation
724CHAPTER XX Conclusion.
267Chapter XIII: Duty Before Everything
725CHAPTER I.
268Chapter XIV: Mother and Son
726CHAPTER II.
269Chapter XV: The Marshes of the Baraba
727CHAPTER III.
270Chapter XVI: A Final Effort
728CHAPTER IV.
271Chapter XVII: The Rivals
729CHAPTER V.
272BOOK TWO
730CHAPTER VI.
273Chapter I: A Tartar Camp
731CHAPTER VII.
274Chapter II: Correspondents in Trouble
732CHAPTER VIII.
275Chapter III: Blow for Blow
733CHAPTER IX.
276Chapter IV: The Triumphal Entry
734CHAPTER X.
277Chapter V: “Look While You May!”
735CHAPTER XI.
278Chapter VI: A Friend on the Highway
736CHAPTER XII.
279Chapter VII: The Passage of the Yenisei
737CHAPTER XIV.
280Chapter VIII: A Hare Crosses the Road
738CHAPTER XV.
281Chapter IX: In the Steppe
739CHAPTER XVI.
282Chapter X: Baikal and Angara
740CHAPTER XVII.
283Chapter XI: Between Two Banks
741CHAPTER XVIII.
284Chapter XII: Irkutsk
742CHAPTER XIX.
285Chapter XIII: The Czar’s Courier
743CHAPTER XX.
286Chapter XIV: The Night of the Fifth of October
744CHAPTER XXI.
287Chapter XV: Conclusion
745CHAPTER XXII.
288PART I
746CHAPTER XXIII.
289CHAPTER I The Shark
747CHAPTER XXIV.
290CHAPTER II The Three Documents
748CHAPTER XXV.
291CHAPTER III The Captain’s Children
749CHAPTER XXVI.
292CHAPTER IV Lady Glenarvan’s Proposal
750CHAPTER XXVII.
293CHAPTER V The Departure of the “Duncan”
751CHAPTER XXVIII.
294CHAPTER VI An Unexpected Passenger
752CHAPTER XXIX.
295CHAPTER VII Jacques Paganel is Undeceived
753CHAPTER XXX.
296CHAPTER VIII The Geographer’s Resolution
754CHAPTER XXXI.
297CHAPTER IX Through the Straits of Magellan
755CHAPTER XXXII.
298CHAPTER X The Course Decided
756CHAPTER XXXIII.
299CHAPTER XI Traveling in Chili
757CHAPTER XXXIV.
300CHAPTER XII Eleven Thousand Feet Aloft
758CHAPTER XXXV.
301CHAPTER XIII A Sudden Descent
759CHAPTER XXXVI.
302CHAPTER XIV Providentially Rescued
760CHAPTER XXXVII.
303CHAPTER XV Thalcave
761CHAPTER XXXVIII.
304CHAPTER XVI The News of the Lost Captain
762CHAPTER XXXIX.
305CHAPTER XVII A Serious Necessity
763CHAPTER XL.
306CHAPTER XVIII In Search of Water
764CHAPTER XLI.
307CHAPTER XIX The Red Wolves
765CHAPTER XLII.
308CHAPTER XX Strange Signs
766CHAPTER XLIII.
309CHAPTER XXI A False Trail
767CHAPTER XLIV.
310CHAPTER XXII The Flood
768CHAPTER XLV.
311CHAPTER XXIII A Singular Abode
769CHAPTER XLVI.
312CHAPTER XXIV Paganel’s Disclosure
770CHAPTER XLVII.
313CHAPTER XXV Between Fire and Water
771CHAPTER XLVIII.
314CHAPTER XXVI The Return On Board
772CHAPTER XLIX.
315PART II
773CHAPTER L.
316CHAPTER I A New Destination
774CHAPTER LI.
317CHAPTER II Tristan D’Acunha and the Isle Of Amsterdam
775CHAPTER LII.
318CHAPTER III Cape Town and M. Viot
776CHAPTER LIII.
319CHAPTER IV A Wager and How Decided
777CHAPTER LIV.
320CHAPTER V The Storm on the Indian Ocean
778CHAPTER LV.
321CHAPTER VI A Hospitable Colonist
779CHAPTER LVI.
322CHAPTER VII The Quartermaster of the “Britannia”
780CHAPTER LVII.
323CHAPTER VIII Preparation for the Journey
781CHAPTER I. Contradictory Letters
324CHAPTER IX A Country of Paradoxes
782CHAPTER II. On the Road
325CHAPTER X An Accident
783CHAPTER III. The Dochart Pit
326CHAPTER XI Crime or Calamity
784CHAPTER IV. The Ford Family
327CHAPTER XII Toline of the Lachlan
785CHAPTER V. Some Strange Phenomena
328CHAPTER XIII A Warning
786CHAPTER VI. Simon Ford’s Experiment
329CHAPTER XIV Wealth in the Wilderness
787CHAPTER VII. New Aberfoyle
330CHAPTER XV Suspicious Occurrences
788CHAPTER VIII. Exploring
331CHAPTER XVI A Startling Discovery
789CHAPTER IX. The Fire-Maidens
332CHAPTER XVII The Plot Unveiled
790CHAPTER X. Coal Town
333CHAPTER XVIII Four Days of Anguish
791CHAPTER XI. Hanging By A Thread
334CHAPTER XIX Helpless and Hopeless
792CHAPTER XII. Nell Adopted
335PART III
793CHAPTER XIII. On the Revolving Ladder
336CHAPTER I A Rough Captain
794CHAPTER XIV. A Sunrise
337CHAPTER II Navigators and Their Discoveries
795CHAPTER XV. Loch Lomond and Loch Katrine
338CHAPTER III The Martyr-Roll of Navigators
796CHAPTER XVI. A Final Threat
339CHAPTER IV The Wreck of the “Macquarie”
797CHAPTER XVII. The “Monk”
340CHAPTER V Cannibals
798CHAPTER XVIII. Nell’s Wedding
341CHAPTER VI A Dreaded Country
799CHAPTER XIX. The Legend of Old Silfax
342CHAPTER VII The Maori War
800PART I. The Giant Raft
343CHAPTER VIII On the Road to Auckland
801CHAPTER I. A Captain of the Woods
344CHAPTER IX Introduction to the Cannibals
802CHAPTER II. Robber and Robbed
345CHAPTER X A Momentous Interview
803CHAPTER III. The Garral Family
346CHAPTER XI The Chief’s Funeral
804CHAPTER IV. Hesitation
347CHAPTER XII Strangely Liberated
805CHAPTER V. The Amazon
348CHAPTER XIII The Sacred Mountain
806CHAPTER VI. A Forest on the Ground
349CHAPTER XIV A Bold Stratagem
807CHAPTER VII. Following a Liana
350CHAPTER XV From Peril to Safety
808CHAPTER VIII. The Jangada
351CHAPTER XVI Why the “Duncan” Went to New Zealand
809CHAPTER IX. The Evening of the Fifth of June
352CHAPTER XVII Ayrton’s Obstinacy
810CHAPTER X. From Iquitos to Pevas
353CHAPTER XVIII A Discouraging Confession
811CHAPTER XI. From Pevas to the Frontier
354CHAPTER XIX A Cry in the Night
812CHAPTER XII. Fragoso at Work
355CHAPTER XX Captain Grant’s Story
813CHAPTER XIII. Torres
356CHAPTER XXI Paganel’s Last Entanglement
814CHAPTER XIV. Still Descending
357CHAPTER I. The Storm
815CHAPTER XV. The Continued Descent
358CHAPTER II. Cast Adrift
816CHAPTER XVI. Ega
359CHAPTER III. The First Day Ashore
817CHAPTER XVII. An Attack
360CHAPTER IV. The View From The Cape
818CHAPTER XVIII. The Arrival Dinner
361CHAPTER V. A Spell Of Rain
819CHAPTER XIX. Ancient History
362CHAPTER VI. The Raft
820CHAPTER XX. Between the Two Men
363CHAPTER VII. The Colony
821PART II. The Cryptogram
364CHAPTER VIII. Winter Quarters
822CHAPTER I. Manaos
365CHAPTER IX. Bravo, Baxter!
823CHAPTER II. The First Moments
366CHAPTER X. Across The Lake
824CHAPTER III. Retrospective
367CHAPTER XI. The New Chief
825CHAPTER IV. Moral Proofs
368CHAPTER. XII The Separation
826CHAPTER V. Material Proofs
369CHAPTER. XIII The Invasion
827CHAPTER VI. The Last Blow
370CHAPTER XIV. All Together
828CHAPTER VII. Resolutions
371CHAPTER XV. The Enemy In Sight
829CHAPTER VIII. The First Search
372CHAPTER XVI. Diamond Cut Diamond
830CHAPTER IX. The Second Attempt
373CHAPTER XVII. The Fortune Of War
831CHAPTER X. A Cannon Shot
374CHAPTER XVIII. Afloat Once More
832CHAPTER XI. The Contents of the Case
375CHAPTER XIX. Home
833CHAPTER XII. The Document
376CHAPTER FIRST.
834CHAPTER XIII. Is It a Matter of Figures?
377CHAPTER SECOND.
835CHAPTER XIV. Chance!
378CHAPTER THIRD.
836CHAPTER XV. The Last Efforts
379CHAPTER FOURTH.
837CHAPTER XVI. Preparations
380CHAPTER FIFTH.
838CHAPTER XVII. The Last Night
381CHAPTER SIXTH.
839CHAPTER XVIII. Fragoso
382CHAPTER SEVENTH.
840CHAPTER XIX. The Crime of Tijuco
383CHAPTER EIGHTH.
841CHAPTER XX. The Lower Amazon
384CHAPTER NINTH.
842CHAPTER I In Which The North Polar Practical Association Rushes a Document Across Two Worlds
385CHAPTER TENTH.
843CHAPTER II In Which the Delegates from England, Holland, Sweden, Denmark And Russia Are Presented to the Reader.
386CHAPTER ELEVENTH.
844CHAPTER III In Which the Arctic Regions are Sold at Auction to the Highest Bidder.
387CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.
845CHAPTER IV In Which Old Acquaintances Appear to Our New Readers, and in Which a Wonderful Man is Described.
388CHAPTER FOURTEENTH.
846CHAPTER V In which the possibility that coal mines surround the north pole is considered.
389CHAPTER FIFTEENTH.
847CHAPTER VI In Which a Telephone Communication Between Mrs. Scorbitt and J.T. Maston is Interrupted
390CHAPTER SIXTEENTH.
848CHAPTER VII In Which President Barbicane Says No More Than Suits His Purpose.
391CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH.
849CHAPTER VIII Yes, Just Like Jupiter.
392CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH.
850CHAPTER IX In Which Appears the French Gentleman to Whom We Referred at the Beginning of this Truthful Story.
393CHAPTER NINETEENTH.
851CHAPTER X In Which a Little Uneasiness Begins to Show Itself.
394CHAPTER TWENTIETH.
852CHAPTER XI What Was Found in the Notebook of J.T. Maston and What It No Longer Contained.
395CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
853CHAPTER XII In Which J.T. Maston Heroically Continues to Be Silent.
396CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND.
854CHAPTER XIII At the Close of Which J.T. Maston Utters an Epigram.
397CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.
855CHAPTER XIV Very Short, But in Which “X” Takes a Geographical Value.
398CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURTH.
856CHAPTER XV Which Contains a Few Interesting Details for the Inhabitants of the Earthly Sphere.
399CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH.
857CHAPTER XVI In Which a Crowd of Dissatisfied People Break Into the Cell of J. T. Maston.
400CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH.
858CHAPTER XVII What Had Been Done at Kilimanjaro During Eight Month of this Memorable Year.
401CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH.
859CHAPTER XVIII In Which the Population of Wamasai Assemble to Hear President Barbicane Say “fire” to Capt. Nicholl.
402CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH.
860CHAPTER XIX In Which J.T. Maston Regrets that the Crowd Did Not Lynch Him When He was in Prison.
403CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH.
861CHAPTER XX In Which this Story, as Truthful as it is Improbable, is Finished.
404CHAPTER THIRTIETH.
862CHAPTER XXI Very Short, Since Enough has been Said to Make the World’s Population Feel Perfectly Sure Again.
405CHAPTER THIRTY-FIRST.
863BOOK ONE
406CHAPTER THIRTY-SECOND.
864CHAPTER I A Fortune Realized
407CHAPTER THIRTY-THIRD.
865CHAPTER II The Cascabel Family
408CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURTH.
866CHAPTER III The Sierra Nevada
409CHAPTER THIRTY-FIFTH.
867CHAPTER IV A Great Resolution
410CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXTH.
868CHAPTER V On the Road
411CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENTH.
869CHAPTER VI The Journey Continued
412CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTH.
870CHAPTER VII Through Cariboo
413CHAPTER THIRTY-NINTH.
871CHAPTER VIII Knaves' Village
414CHAPTER FORTIETH.
872CHAPTER IX Can't Pass Through!
415CHAPTER FORTY-FIRST.
873CHAPTER X Kayette
416CHAPTER FORTY-SECOND.
874CHAPTER XI Sitka
417CHAPTER FORTY-THIRD.
875CHAPTER XII From Sitka to Fort Yukon
418CHAPTER FORTY-FOURTH.
876CHAPTER XIII Cornelia Cascabel Has An Idea
419CHAPTER I. Mysterious Sounds
877CHAPTER XIV From Fort Yukon to Port Clarence
420CHAPTER II. Agreement Impossible
878CHAPTER XV Port Clarence
421CHAPTER III. A Visitor is Announced
879CHAPTER XVI Farewell to the New Continent
422CHAPTER IV. In Which a New Character Appears
880BOOK TWO
423CHAPTER V. Another Disappearance
881CHAPTER I Behring Strait
424CHAPTER VI. The President and Secretary Suspend Hostilities
882CHAPTER II Between Two Currents
425CHAPTER VII. On Board the Albatross
883CHAPTER III Adrift
426CHAPTER VIII. The Balloonists Refuse to Be Convinced
884CHAPTER IV From the 16th of November to the 2d of December
427CHAPTER IX. Across the Prairie
885CHAPTER V Liakhov Islands
428CHAPTER X. Westward—But Whither?
886CHAPTER VI In Winter Quarters
429CHAPTER XI. The Wide Pacific
887CHAPTER VII A Good Trick of Mr. Cascabel's
430CHAPTER XII. Through the Himalayas
888CHAPTER VIII The Country of the Iakouts
431CHAPTER XIII. Over the Caspian
889CHAPTER IX Right on to the Obi
432CHAPTER XIV. The Aeronef at Full Speed
890CHAPTER X From the Obi to the Ural Mountains
433CHAPTER XV. A Skirmish in Dahomey
891CHAPTER XI The Ural Mountains
434CHAPTER XVI. Over the Atlantic
892CHAPTER XII A Journey's End Which is Not the End
435CHAPTER XVII. The Shipwrecked Crew
893CHAPTER XIII An Endless Day
436CHAPTER XVIII. Over the Volcano
894CHAPTER XIV A Denouement Warmly Applauded by the Spectators
437CHAPTER XIX. Anchored at Last
895CHAPTER XV Conclusion
438CHAPTER XX. The Wreck of the Albatross
896CHAPTER I
439CHAPTER XXI. The Institute Again
897CHAPTER II.
440CHAPTER XXII. The Go-Ahead is Launched
898CHAPTER III.
441CHAPTER XXIII. The Grand Collapse
899CHAPTER IV.
442Chapter 1 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MOUNTAINS
900CHAPTER V.
443Chapter 2 I REACH MORGANTON
901CHAPTER VI.
444Chapter 3 THE GREAT EYRIE
902CHAPTER VII.
445Chapter 4 A MEETING OF THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB
903CHAPTER VIII.
446Chapter 5 ALONG THE SHORES OF NEW ENGLAND
904CHAPTER IX.
447Chapter 6 THE FIRST LETTER
905CHAPTER X.
448Chapter 7 A THIRD MACHINE
906CHAPTER XI.
449Chapter 8 AT ANY COST
907CHAPTER XII
450Chapter 9 THE SECOND LETTER
908CHAPTER XIII.
451Chapter 10 OUTSIDE THE LAW
909CHAPTER XIV.
452Chapter 11 THE CAMPAIGN
910CHAPTER XV.
453Chapter 12 BLACK ROCK CREEK
911CHAPTER XVI.
454Chapter 13 ON BOARD THE TERROR
912CHAPTER XVII.
455Chapter 14 NIAGARA
913CHAPTER XVIII.
456Chapter 15 THE EAGLE’S NEST
914Analysis
457Chapter 16 ROBUR, THE CONQUEROR
915Reflection
458Chapter 17 IN THE NAME OF THE LAW
916Memorable Quotes