
The Mighty Orinoco
Jules Verne(Author)
Arthur B. Evans(Editor)
Wesleyan University Press
Published on 28. March 2003
Book
Hardback
448 pages
978-0-8195-6511-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
CONTRIBUTORS: Walter James Miller, Stanford Luce, Arthur B. Evans.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Illustrations
73 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8195-6511-2 (9780819565112)
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