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The floating city and, the blockade runners / by Jules Verne, author of "A journey to the centre of the earth," "From the earth to the moon," "A mysterious island," et cetera, et cetera ; translated from the French.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, author.
Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Forceurs de blocus. English, author.
Contributor:
Férat, Jules Descartes, 1829-1906, illustrator.
Hildibrand, Henri Théophile, engraver.
Pannemaker, Adolphe François, 1822-1900, engraver.
Series:
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Standardized Title:
Ville flottante. English
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Sailing--Juvenile fiction.
Sailing.
Steamboats--Juvenile fiction.
Steamboats.
Mental illness--Juvenile fiction.
Mental illness.
Seafaring life--Juvenile fiction.
Seafaring life.
Jealousy--Juvenile fiction.
Jealousy.
Sailors--Juvenile fiction.
Sailors.
Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels.
Marriage--Juvenile fiction.
Marriage.
Genre:
Novels.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (iv, 286 pages) : illustrations.
Place of Publication:
New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1875.
System Details:
text file
Summary:
While on a trip on board the Great Eastern, bound for New York, a woman goes mad when the man she really loves is on board as well as her husband, whom she detests.
Notes:
Translation of: Une ville flottante, and: Les forceurs de blocus.
The 2nd U.S. edition; compare Myers and Myers.
Illustrations engraved by Pannemaker and Hildibrand after Férat.
Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
Contains:
Blockade runners.
OCLC:
902757984
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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