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1898
4.4(15 reviews)
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
448 pages
ISBN: 978-0819567802
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The Mighty Orinoco

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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.

Book Information

Title:The Mighty Orinoco
Author:Jules Verne
Series:Voyages Extraordinaires Books
Book Number:#47
Published:1898
Pages:448
ISBN-10:819567809
ISBN-13:978-0819567802

Series Progress

This book is part of the Voyages Extraordinaires Books series and is book #47 in the series.