A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories
by Jules Verne
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About This Book
When his son Louis and members of the crew of the ship Jeune-Hardie, do not return from sea, Jean Cornbutte decides to refit the ship and go north to find them. Accompanying him on this trip is his son's fiancée, Marie, and the man who would be his son's rival for her affections, the ship's first officer, André Vasling. When the missing party is found in the extreme north, the only thing left to do is survive the bitter cold and rivalry. Jules Verne wrote this adventure novel in 1855.
Chapters (52)
- A Winter Amid the Ice
- AND OTHER THRILLING STORIES
- with sixty illustrations
- DOCTOR OX’S EXPERIMENT
- MASTER ZACHARIUS.
- A DRAMA IN THE AIR A WINTER AMID THE ICE
- ASCENT OF MONT BLANC
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- DOCTOR OX’S EXPERIMENT.
- CHAPTER I. HOW IT IS USELESS TO SEEK, EVEN ON THE BEST MAPS, FOR THE SMALL TOWN OF QUIQUENDONE.
- CHAPTER II. IN WHICH THE BURGOMASTER VAN TRICASSE AND THE COUNSELLOR NIKLAUSSE CONSULT ABOUT THE AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN.
- CHAPTER III. IN WHICH THE COMMISSARY PASSAUF ENTERS AS NOISILY AS UNEXPECTEDLY.
- 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
- THE END.
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