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    The English at the North Pole
    The English at the North Pole
    The English at the North Pole
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    The English at the North Pole

    By Victor Hugo

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    An Science Fiction adventure tale.

    “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.”

    The book contains an accurate picture of Arctic life and of the Arctic geography known to the world of 1864 and describes the adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXist Publishing
    Release dateMar 17, 2016
    ISBN9781681957203
    The English at the North Pole
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    Victor Hugo

    Victor Marie Hugo (1802–1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement and is considered one of the greatest French writers. Hugo’s best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchbak of Notre-Dame, 1831, both of which have had several adaptations for stage and screen.

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