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The Lighthouse at the End of the World. The Lighthouse at the End of the World (French: Le Phare du bout du monde) is an adventure novel by French author Jules Verne. Verne wrote the first draft in 1901. [1] It was first published posthumously in 1905. The plot of the novel involves piracy in the South Atlantic during the mid-19th century, with ...
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4,434 ratings299 reviews. In “The Lighthouse at the End of the World,” Jules Verne is seen at his simplest and best. No antecedent improbability here has to be made good. The remoteness of the scene where the drama is laid supplies an element of dread of which advantage is skillfully taken, and the shortness of the period over which the ...
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Oct 4, 2022 · A 1924 edition of the classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne, available for free download and streaming from Internet Archive. The book tells the story of a mysterious lighthouse at the end of the world and the adventures of its inhabitants.
A classic adventure story by the French writer Jules Verne, set in the remote and rugged landscape of Patagonia. The novel follows the fate of three lighthouse keepers and a schooner crew after a storm wrecks their ship near the lighthouse.
Sep 28, 2021 · Lighthouse at the end of the world = Le phare du bout du monde : the first English translation of Verne's original manuscript Bookreader Item Preview
Dec 9, 2013 · The Lighthouse at the End of the World. Is an adventure novel. The plot of the novel involves piracy in the South Atlantic during the mid-19th century, with a theme of survival in extreme circumstances, and events centering on an isolated lighthouse. Verne was inspired by the real lighthouse at the Isla de los Estados, Argentina, near Tierra ...
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Lighthouse at the End of the World. At the extreme tip of South America, Staten Island has piercing Antarctic winds, lonely coasts assaulted by breakers, sailors lost as their vessels smash on the dark rocks. Now civilization dares to rule here, a lighthouse penetrates the last and wildest place of all.
