Verne
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Wednesday Quote: Independence
“The sea doesn’t belong to tyrants. On its surface they can still exercise their iniquitous claims, battle each other, devour each other, haul every earthly horror. But thirty feet below sea level, their dominion ceases, their influence fades, their power vanishes! Ah, sir, live! Live in the heart of the seas! Here alone lies independence! Continue reading
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The Begum’s Millions
One day, out of the blue, the unassuming Dr. Sarrasin learns he is heir to an enormous fortune. It seems he is the only living descendant of a Frenchman who married a begum – “a Muslim lady of high rank” – and, through her wealth, became rich. As it would happen, another claimant to the Continue reading
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Guest review ~ Five Weeks in a Balloon
Five Weeks in a Balloonis a Victorian book that takes place in 1862 and was written by Jules Verne. It is about three individuals, Dr. Samuel Ferguson, his servant Joseph Wilson, and a hunter, Richard Kennedy, who set off in a balloon off the coast of Zanzibar to cross the African continent. I liked this Continue reading
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"Poor Pym!" – Verne Meets Poe in Antarctica
My current interest in Antarctica led me to finally read The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, by Edgar Allan Poe, and its sequel An Antarctic Mystery, by Jules Verne. (I am the biggest Vernian fangirl ever, so this duology sounded written for me.) While in fairness I can only give Pym 3 stars Continue reading
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