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    A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories
    A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories
    A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories
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    A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories

    By Jules Verne

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    The title story is a mix of romance, rivalry and adventure. The ship Jeune-Hardie fails to return from the sea and so its owner decides to go north in search of her and its crew, which also includes his son.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateJul 20, 2022
    ISBN8596547087922
    A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories
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    Jules Verne

    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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      A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories - Jules Verne

      Jules Verne

      A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories

      EAN 8596547087922

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      CHAPTER IV.

      IN WHICH DOCTOR OX REVEALS HIMSELF AS A PHYSIOLOGIST OF THE FIRST RANK, AND AS AN AUDACIOUS EXPERIMENTALIST.

      CHAPTER V.

      IN WHICH THE BURGOMASTER AND THE COUNSELLOR PAY A VISIT TO DOCTOR OX, AND WHAT FOLLOWS.

      CHAPTER VI.

      IN WHICH FRANTZ NIKLAUSSE AND SUZEL VAN TRICASSE FORM CERTAIN PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE.

      CHAPTER VII.

      IN WHICH THE ANDANTES BECOME ALLEGROS, AND THE ALLEGROS VIVACES.

      CHAPTER VIII.

      IN WHICH THE ANCIENT AND SOLEMN GERMAN WALTZ BECOMES A WHIRLWIND.

      CHAPTER IX.

      IN WHICH DOCTOR OX AND YGÈNE, HIS ASSISTANT, SAY A FEW WORDS.

      CHAPTER X.

      IN WHICH IT WILL BE SEEN THAT THE EPIDEMIC INVADES THE ENTIRE TOWN, AND WHAT EFFECT IT PRODUCES.

      CHAPTER XI.

      IN WHICH THE QUIQUENDONIANS ADOPT A HEROIC RESOLUTION.

      CHAPTER XII.

      IN WHICH YGÈNE, THE ASSISTANT, GIVES A REASONABLE PIECE OF ADVICE, WHICH IS EAGERLY REJECTED BY DOCTOR OX.

      CHAPTER XIII.

      IN WHICH IT IS ONCE MORE PROVED THAT BY TAKING HIGH GROUND ALL HUMAN LITTLENESSES MAY BE OVERLOOKED.

      CHAPTER XIV.

      IN WHICH MATTERS GO SO FAR THAT THE INHABITANTS OF QUIQUENDONE, THE READER, AND EVEN THE AUTHOR, DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE DÉNOUEMENT.

      CHAPTER XV.

      IN WHICH THE DÉNOUEMENT TAKES PLACE.

      CHAPTER XVI.

      IN WHICH THE INTELLIGENT READER SEES THAT HE HAS GUESSED CORRECTLY, DESPITE ALL THE AUTHOR'S PRECAUTIONS.

      CHAPTER XVII.

      IN WHICH DOCTOR OX'S THEORY IS EXPLAINED.

      MASTER ZACHARIUS

      CHAPTER I.

      A WINTER NIGHT.

      CHAPTER II.

      THE PRIDE OF SCIENCE.

      CHAPTER III.

      A STRANGE VISIT.

      CHAPTER IV.

      THE CHURCH OF SAINT PIERRE.

      CHAPTER V.

      THE HOUR OF DEATH.

      A DRAMA IN THE AIR.

      A WINTER AMID THE ICE

      CHAPTER I

      THE BLACK FLAG

      CHAPTER II.

      Jean Cornbutte's Project.

      CHAPTER III.

      A RAY OF HOPE.

      CHAPTER IV.

      IN THE PASSES.

      CHAPTER V.

      LIVERPOOL ISLAND.

      CHAPTER VI.

      THE QUAKING OF THE ICE.

      CHAPTER VII.

      SETTLING FOR THE WINTER.

      CHAPTER VIII.

      PLAN OF THE EXPLORATIONS.

      CHAPTER IX.

      THE HOUSE OF SNOW.

      CHAPTER X.

      BURIED ALIVE.

      CHAPTER XI.

      A CLOUD OF SMOKE.

      CHAPTER XII.

      THE RETURN TO THE SHIP.

      CHAPTER XIII.

      THE TWO RIVALS.

      CHAPTER XIV.

      DISTRESS.

      CHAPTER XV.

      THE WHITE BEARS.

      CHAPTER XVI.

      CONCLUSION.

      THE FORTIETH FRENCH ASCENT OF MONT BLANC

      BY PAUL VERNE.

      THE END.

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