Michel Strogoff

Written by Jules Verne

Narrated by Louis Sendrous

Le roman relate le périple de Michel Strogoff, courrier du tsar de Russie Alexandre II, de Moscou à Irkoutsk, capitale de la Sibérie orientale. Sa mission est d'avertir le frère du tsar, resté sans nouvelles de Moscou, de l'arrivée des hordes tartares5 menées par le traître Ivan Ogareff pour envahir la Sibérie. Sur cette route pleine d'obstacles, il croise la belle Nadia, ainsi que les journalistes européens Harry Blount et Alcide Jolivet. Les voyageurs mettent en général cinq semaines pour aller de Moscou à Irkoutsk. Les courriers du tsar n'ont besoin que d'à peine dix-huit jours pour parcourir cette distance. Michel Strogoff met trois mois, à cause de toutes les épreuves qu'il doit surmonter. Il se fera, entre autres, brûler les yeux et deviendra aveugle… Nadia, sa fidèle amie, le suit tout au long de son aventure. Ils se font passer pour frère et sœur.

• Language: Français
• Publisher: Rose Rouge Edition
• Release date: Feb 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9798368996523

Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne was born in the seaport of Nantes, France, in 1828 and was destined to follow his father into the legal profession. In Paris to train for the bar, he took more readily to literary life, befriending Alexander Dumas and Victor Hugo, and living by theatre managing and libretto-writing. His first science-based novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was issued by the influential publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel in 1862, and made him famous. Verne and Hetzel collaborated to write dozens more such adventures, including 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1869 and Around the World in 80 Days in 1872. In later life Verne entered local politics at Amiens, where had had a home. He also kept a house in Paris, in the street now named Boulevard Jules Verne, and a beloved yacht, the Saint Michel, named after his son. He died in 1905.