In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne
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"In Search of the Castaways" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1867–68. When Lord and Lady Glenarvan discover a message in a bottle from the shipwrecked Captain Grant, they embark on a daring rescue mission with his children. With only partial coordinates indicating the 37th parallel south, the expedition must circumnavigate the globe through South America, Australia, and New Zealand. Joined by an eccentric French geographer and facing treacherous terrain,
hostile encounters, and betrayal, they race to find the missing captain before it's too late. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 |
|---|---|
| Uniform Title | Les enfants du capitaine Grant. English |
| Title |
In Search of the Castaways A Romantic Narrative of the Loss of Captain Grant of the Brig Britannia and of the Adventures of His Children and Friends in His Discovery and Rescue |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Castaways |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Ema Majhut and Marc D'Hooghe (www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (www.hathitrust.org/digital_library) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Australia -- Fiction |
| Subject | Ship captains -- Fiction |
| Subject | South America -- Fiction |
| Subject | Voyages and travels -- Fiction |
| Subject | Seafaring life -- Fiction |
| Subject | Castaways -- Fiction |
| Subject | Ocean travel -- Fiction |
| Subject | New Zealand -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 46597 |
| Release Date | Aug 16, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 801 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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