The Mighty Orinoco (Early Classics of Science Fiction) - Softcover

Verne, Jules

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0819567809 ISBN 13: 9780819567802

Verlag: Wesleyan University Press, 2005

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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.

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ARTHUR B. EVANS is Professor of French at DePauw University and Managing Editor of the scholarly journal Science Fiction Studies. He is series editor for Wesleyan's Early Classics of Science Fiction series. STANFORD LUCE is Professor Emeritus of French at Miami University in Ohio. WALTER JAMES MILLER is Professor of English at The School of Professional and Continuing Studies at New York University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wesleyan University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0819567809
• ISBN 13: 9780819567802
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 424
• Herausgeber: Evans Arthur B.
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