An Antarctic Mystery - Jules Verne - Books -  - 9781077243798 - July 13, 2019
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An Antarctic Mystery

An Antarctic Mystery is a novel by Jules Verne and is a response to Edgar Allan Poes 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. It follows the adventures of the narrator and his journey from the Kerguelen Islands aboard Halbrane. The story is set in 1839, eleven years after the events in Arthur Gordon Pym. The narrator is a wealthy American Jeorling, who has entertained himself with private studies of the wildlife on the Kerguelen Islands and is now looking for a passage back to the USA. Halbrane is one of the first ships to arrive at Kerguelen, and its captain Len Guy somewhat reluctantly agrees to have Jeorling as a passenger as far as Tristan da Cunha. Underway, they meet a stray iceberg with a dead body on it, which turns out to be a sailor from Jane

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released July 13, 2019
ISBN13 9781077243798
Pages 548
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 31 mm   ·   793 g
Language English  

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