The Children of Captain Grant
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The Children of Captain Grant or In Search of the Castaways, by Jules Verne
In Search of the Castaways (original title Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, "The Children of Captain Grant") is a science fiction novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867-1868.
The Children of Captain Grant is a thrilling adventure novel by Jules Verne that follows the journey of a small group of travelers as they search for a missing shipwrecked captain and his crew. Packed with suspense, danger, and unexpected twists, the story keeps readers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
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Book I: South America
Chapter 2. The Three Documents
Chapter 3. The Captain’s Children
Chapter 4. Lady Glenarvan’s Proposal
Chapter 5. The Departure of the “Duncan”
Chapter 6. An Unexpected Passenger
Chapter 7. Jacques Paganel is Undeceived
Chapter 8. The Geographer’s Resolution
Chapter 9. Through the Straits of Magellan
Chapter 10. The Course Decided
Chapter 11. Traveling in Chili
Chapter 12. Eleven Thousand Feet Aloft
Chapter 14. Providentially Rescued
Chapter 16. The News of the Lost Captain
Chapter 17. A Serious Necessity
Chapter 18. In Search of Water
Chapter 24. Paganel’s Disclosure
Chapter 25. Between Fire and Water
Chapter 26. The Return on Board
Book II: Australia
Chapter 2. Tristan D’acunha and the Isle of Amsterdam
Chapter 3. Cape Town and M. Viot
Chapter 4. A Wager and How Decided
Chapter 5. The Storm on the Indian Ocean
Chapter 6. A Hospitable Colonist
Chapter 7. The Quartermaster of the “Britannia”
Chapter 8. Preparation for the Journey
Chapter 9. A Country of Paradoxes
Chapter 12. Toline of the Lachlan
Chapter 14. Wealth in the Wilderness
Chapter 15. Suspicious Occurrences
Chapter 16. A Startling Discovery
Chapter 18. Four Days of Anguish
Chapter 19. Helpless and Hopeless
Book III: New Zealand
Chapter 2. Navigators and Their Discoveries
Chapter 3. The Martyr-Roll of Navigators
Chapter 4. The Wreck of the “Macquarie”
Chapter 8. On the Road to Auckland
Chapter 9. Introduction to the Cannibals
Chapter 10. A Momentous Interview
Chapter 11. The Chief’s Funeral
Chapter 12. Strangely Liberated
Chapter 13. The Sacred Mountain
Chapter 15. From Peril to Safety
Chapter 16. Why the “Duncan” Went to New Zealand
Chapter 17. Ayrton’s Obstinacy
Chapter 18. A Discouraging Confession
Chapter 19. A Cry in the Night
A Winter Amid the Ice
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A Winter Amid the Ice by Jules Verne
Another of Jules Verne's thrilling stories, this one was written in 1855. Jean Cornbutte decides to refit a ship and find his son Louis and members of the crew when the ship Jeune-Hardie doesn't return from sea. Accompanying Jean on this voyage is his son's fiancee, Marie, and the man who would be is son's rival for her affections, the ship's first officer, Andre Vasling. When the ship is found the only thing to do is survive the bitter cold and the rivalry.
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Chapter 2. Jean Cornbutte’s Project
Chapter 6. The Quaking of the Ice
Chapter 7. Settling for the Winter
Chapter 8. Plan of the Explorations
A Captain at Fifteen
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A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne
A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne is a captivating adventure novel that follows the journey of its young protagonist, Dick Sand, as he navigates the treacherous seas and confronts various challenges on his path to becoming a captain.
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Part I
Chapter 1. The Brig-Schooner "Pilgrim"
Chapter 4. The Survivors of the "Waldeck"
Chapter 10. The Four Days which Follow
Chapter 17. A Hundred Miles in Ten Days
Part II
Chapter 4. The Bad Roads of Angola
Chapter 5. Ants and their Dwelling
Chapter 7. In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza
Chapter 8. Some of Dick Sand's Notes
Chapter 10. The Great Market-day
Chapter 11. The King of Kazounde is Offered a Punch
Chapter 13. The Interior of a Factory
Chapter 14. Some News of Dr. Livingston
Round the Moon
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Round the Moon by Jules Verne
In this sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, Barbicane, Ardan, and Nicholl have decided to take a trip around the moon. But first they have to get to the moon from Earth. Will their trip succeed as they attempt to dodge asteroids and realize that the scientists on Earth have miscalculated their trajectory towards the moon?
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Chapter 1. From Twenty Minutes Past Ten to Forty-Seven Minutes Past Ten P. M.
Chapter 2. The First Half Hour
Chapter 3. Their Place of Shelter
Chapter 6. Question and Answer
Chapter 7. A Moment of Intoxication
Chapter 8. At Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred and Fourteen Leagues
Chapter 9. The Consequences of A Deviation
Chapter 10. The Observers of the Moon
Chapter 12. Orographic Details
Chapter 14. The Night of Three Hundred and Fifty-Four Hours and A Half
Chapter 15. Hyperbola or Parabola
Chapter 16. The Southern Hemisphere
Chapter 19. A Struggle Against the Impossible
Chapter 20. The Soundings of the Susquehanna
Chapter 21. J. T. Maston Recalled
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
The intrepid Professor Liedenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist--together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans--discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction adventure and a reflection on the perfectibility of human understanding and the psychology of the questor.
Table of Content
Chapter 1: My Uncle Makes a Great Discovery
Chapter 2: The Mysterious Parchment
Chapter 3: An Astounding Discovery
Chapter 4: We Start on the Journey
Chapter 5: First Lessons in Climbing
Chapter 6: Our Voyage to Iceland
Chapter 7: Conversation and Discovery
Chapter 8: The Eider-Down Hunter - Off at Last
Chapter 9: Our Start - We Meet with Adventures by the Way
Chapter 10: Traveling in Iceland - the Lepers
Chapter 11: We Reach Mount Sneffels - the "Reykir"
Chapter 12: The Ascent of Mount Sneffels
Chapter 13: The Shadow of Scartaris
Chapter 14: The Real Journey Commences
Chapter 15: We Continue Our Descent
Chapter 16: The Eastern Tunnel
Chapter 17: Deeper and Deeper - the Coal Mine
Chapter 19: The Western Gallery - a New Route
Chapter 20: Water, Where Is It? A Bitter Disappointment
Chapter 22: Sunday Below Ground
Chapter 25: The Whispering Gallery
Chapter 28: Launching the Raft
Chapter 29: On the Waters - a Raft Voyage
Chapter 30: Terrific Saurian Combat
Chapter 32: The Battle of the Elements
Chapter 33: Our Route Reversed
Chapter 34: A Voyage of Discovery
Chapter 35: Discovery upon Discovery
Chapter 37: The Mysterious Dagger
Chapter 38: No Outlet - Blasting the Rock
Chapter 39: The Explosion and Its Results