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Original Title:	Le Superbe Orénoque
ISBN:	0819567809 (ISBN13: 9780819567802)
Edition Language:	English

The Mighty Orinoco (Extraordinary Voyages, #45) Paperback | Pages: 424 pages

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Title	:	The Mighty Orinoco (Extraordinary Voyages, #45)
Author	:	Jules Verne
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 424 pages
Published	:	December 12th 2005 by Wesleyan University Press (first published 1894)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Adventure. Literature. Cultural. France. Science Fiction. Fantasy

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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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This is one of Verne's later books and as in most of his novels he uses up-to-date research to build the background. Jean Chaffonjon explored the Orinoco River and its basin in the late 19th century and Verne creates a story using the elements of his discoveries. In this case we have 3 set of travelers who meet along the Orinoco and join forces. There is the team of 3 geographers trying to find the source of the Orinoco, there is an uncle on nephew looking for a lost family member and there is a

Una gran historia en la zona septentrional de Suramérica. Como siempre los detalles que usaba Verne en su narración nos transporta e invita a viajar a los sitios en donde sus historias cobran vida. Libro recomendado de Verne

Verne se desenvuelve muy bien con sus historias de viajes y aventuras, sus giros argumentales son para mi lo mejor de todo, igual que "La vuelta al mundo en 80 dias" de los mejores autores que uno puede llegar a leer

While Verne is most known for science fiction, this work is a more "mundane" regular adventure story, along the lines perhaps of Around the World in 80 Days. An uncle and nephew travel up the Orinoco to locate the long lost father of the boy. Along the way they meet up with some scientists trying to discover he origin of the Orinoco, some French naturalists just generally scouting Venezuela, and an escaped convict traveling incognito.The big twist in the story is the nephew is not the son of the

De los peores truños de Verne.Un viaje recorriendo la parte venezolana del río Orinoco, remontando hasta las fuentes. La trama es prácticamente inexistente, las aventuras, salvo el acelerón final, también. Lleno de tópicos, la supuesta trama misteriosa queda desvelada en cuanto ves el primer grabado del sargento y su "sobrino", rápidamente te imaginas quién es el padre y los malos también son fácilmente identificables. Y mejor no hablemos de la parte "amorosa". Los golpes de efecto no son tales

Le Superbe Orénoque ne compte pas parmi les grands chef-d'oeuvres de Jules Verne mais il est très bon. Il plaira beaucoup à tout jeune lecteur qui est déjà un amateur de Jules Verne. Le Superbe Oréonoque est composé des éléments qui ont bien servis dans des romans précédents. Le protagoniste (comme les enfants du Capitaine Grant) part à la recherche d'un père perdu. Dans sa quete, il voyage le long d'un fleuve sud-américain (comme dans La Jangada). En combinaison avec cette intrigue qui suit la

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the genre of science-fiction. He is best known for his novels Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of"The Mighty Orinoco" is the third Jules Verne book in the Early Classics of Science Fiction series, and the sixth book overall. The series is impressive, and this edition is no exception. The novel was first published as "Le Superbe Orénoque" in "Magasin" from January 1st through December 15th of 1898, and is the 45th of his scientific fiction stories. As with all the Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne builds an adventure story off of a solid scientific base. For this book, Verne used Jean