An Antarctic Mystery

By Jules Verne

Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", Jules Verne intended "An Antarctic Mystery" to complete the mystery of Pym’s fate, which was left open at the conclusion of Poe’s original work. A high-sea adventure written in 1897, "An Antarctic Mystery" takes readers to the very edge of the world, where the mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym’s fate is eventually revealed.

SUMMARY
Eleven years after the disappearance of Edgar Allan Poe’s Arthur Gordon Pym aboard the Jane, wealthy American Jeorling is returning to the United States on the Halbrane when it encounters an iceberg on which is found a note indicating the fate of the Jane and its crew. The crew of the Halbrane, under the leadership of Captain Guy (brother to the captain of the Jane), undertakes to find and rescue the Jane’s remaining crew.

• Language: English
• Publisher: E-BOOKARAMA
• Release date: Dec 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9788829582150

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.