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Author | : Jules Verne |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 449 |
Release | : 2005-12-12 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0819574570 |
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First English edition of a classic Verne adventure, with a unique feminist twist. Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre of science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws — all set in a wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that will appeal to feminists — readers will need to discover it for themselves. This Wesleyan edition features notes, and a critical introduction by renowned Verne scholar Walter James Miller, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition. CONTRIBUTORS: Walter James Miller, Stanford Luce, Arthur B. Evans.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
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Author | : Jules Verne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Adventure stories |
ISBN | : 9780819565815 |
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The First English Edition of This Classic Verne Adventure -- with a Unique Feminist Twist. This Wesleyan edition features notes and a critical introduction by renowned Verne scholar Walter James Miller, as well as reproductions of all the illustrations from the original French edition. Written in 1898 and part of Jules Verne's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws -- all set in a wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that will appeal to feminists -- readers will need to discover it for themselves. This Wesleyan edition features notes and a critical introduction by renowned Verne scholar Walter James Miller, as well as reproductions of all the illustrations from the original French edition. Book jacket.
Author | : Jules Verne |
Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2007-03-12 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0819574600 |
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First English edition of a classic Verne novel. Jules Verne, celebrated French author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, wrote over 60 novels collected in the popular series "Voyages Extraordinaires." A handful of these have never been translated into English, including Invasion of the Sea, written in 1904 when large-scale canal digging was very much a part of the political, economic, and military strategy of the world's imperial powers. Instead of linking two seas, as existing canals (the Suez and the Panama) did, Verne proposed a canal that would create a sea in the heart of the Sahara Desert. The story raises a host of concerns — environmental, cultural, and political. The proposed sea threatens the nomadic way of life of those Islamic tribes living on the site, and they declare war. The ensuing struggle is finally resolved only by a cataclysmic natural event. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices and an introduction by Verne scholar Arthur B. Evans, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition.
Author | : William Henry Giles Kingston |
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Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1876 |
Genre | : Orinoco River (Venezuela and Colombia) |
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Author | : Santiago Pérez Triana |
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Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1902 |
Genre | : Colombia |
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Author | : Edward Stratemeyer |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2023-07-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
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"Lost on the Orinoco; or, American boys in Venezuela" by Edward Stratemeyer. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Release | : 1854 |
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Author | : Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) |
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Total Pages | : 908 |
Release | : 1888 |
Genre | : Electronic journals |
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Total Pages | : 912 |
Release | : 1888 |
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