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Michael Strogoff
Chapitres (32)
- Part I: I: A Fête at the New Palace 0:00
- II: Russians and Tartars 22:04
- III: Michael Strogoff Meets the Czar 43:37
- IV: From Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod 56:51
- V: The Two Announcements 1:27:31
- VI: Brother and Sister 1:47:27
- VII: Going Down the Volga 2:01:29
- VIII: Going Up the Kama 2:20:55
- IX: Day and Night in a Tarantass 2:35:26
- X: A Storm in the Ural Mountains 2:53:39
- XI: Travelers in Distress 3:10:08
- XII: Provocation 3:31:23
- XIII: Duty Before Everything 3:54:35
- XIV: Mother and Son 4:12:04
- XV: The Marshes of the Baraba 4:34:04
- XVI: A Final Effort 4:54:03
- XVII: The Rivals 5:15:23
- Part II: I: A Tartar Camp 5:31:52
- II: Correspondents in Trouble 5:55:09
- III: Blow for Blow 6:27:09
- IV: The Triumphal Entry 6:51:09
- V: “Look While You May!” 7:12:16
- VI: A Friend on the Highway 7:29:46
- VII: The Passage of the Yenisey 7:52:06
- VIII: A Hare Crosses the Road 8:14:03
- IX: In the Steppe 8:39:16
- X: Baikal and Angara 8:59:54
- XI: Between Two Banks 9:21:47
- XII: Irkutsk 9:44:24
- XIII: The Czar’s Courier 10:06:08
- XIV: The Night of the Fifth of October 10:25:23
- XV: Conclusion 10:47:38
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Jules Verne is perhaps best known for his science fiction stories, and Michael Strogoff breaks that mold. It’s a true-to-life tale of the titular character’s journey across Siberia to deliver an important message to the brother of the Russian Czar.
Like other of Verne’s works, Strogoff encounters many colorful characters along the way, and together they create a vivid depiction of the harsh life in Russo-Siberia, as well as the resilient spirit of its inhabitants. The attention to detail and the accuracy of both the physical and geographical depictions of Siberia was noted by contemporaries, though it’s also said that Verne took some dramatic license in recreating some of the historical events.
Contemporary critics agreed that Michael Strogoff is a thrilling tale of the strength of men, of patriotism, and of the devotion of one human being to another. Modern critics consider it to be one of Verne’s best novels.
Though W. H. K. Kingston was named as the translator when this edition was published, in fact it was Kingston’s wife, Agnes Kinloch Kingston, who executed this translation. This fact was mentioned in her public obituary, but was forgotten until it was rediscovered by modern research.