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An Antarctic Mystery

An Antarctic Mystery

by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

BookID: 10339

Language:English

Translator:Hoey, Frances Cashel, 1830-1908

Uniform Title:Le Sphinx de Glaces. English

Alternate Title:Sphinx of the ice fields

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- Fiction

Description

"An Antarctic Mystery" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1897. This two-volume adventure serves as a continuation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket." The story follows a wealthy American seeking passage home from the Kerguelen Islands, who becomes swept into a daring rescue mission to the Antarctic. When evidence emerges of survivors from a previous expedition, the crew ventures into treacherous ice-bound waters, confronting deadly mysteries and the haunting legacy of Poe's original tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

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