In Search of the Castaways

by Jules Verne

67 chapters17h 1mEnglish1868

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The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle cast into the ocean by the captain himself after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland decide to launch a rescue expedition. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known.Lord Glenarvan makes it his quest to find Grant; together with his wife, Grant's children and the crew of his yacht the Duncan they set off for South America. An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel joins the search. They explore Patagonia, Tristan da Cunha Island, Amsterdam Island, Australia and New Zealand in their search for the castaways. (summary from Wikipedia)

Chapters (66)

1Book One - I - The Shark

595

2Book One - II - The Three Documents

1005

3Book One - III - The Captain's Children

534

4Book One - IV - Lady Glenarvan's Proposal

617

5Book One - V - The Departure of the "Duncan"

532

6Book One - VI - An Unexpected Passenger

748

7Book One - VII - Jacques Paganel is undeceived

717

8Book One - VIII - The Geographer's Resolution

691

9Book One - IX - Through the Straits of Magelan

601

10Book One - X - The Course decided

850

11Book One - XI - Traveling in Chili

661

12Book One - XII - Eleven Thousand Feet aloft

648

13Book One - XIII - A sudden Descent

1247

14Book One - XIV - Providentially rescued

1007

15Book One - XV - Thalcave

793

16Book One - XVI - The News of the lost Captain

837

17Book One - XVII - A serious Necessity

530

18Book One - XVIII - In search of Water

974

19Book One - XIX - The Red Wolves

1140

20Book One - XX - Strange Signs

640

21Book One - XXI - A False Trail

786

22Book One - XXII - The Flood

1130

23Book One - XXIII - A Singular Abode

1079

24Book One - XXIV - Paganel's Disclosure

1137

25Book One - XXV - Between Fire and Water

961

26Book One - XXVI - The Return on Board

1073

27Book Two - I - A New Destination

993

28Book Two - II - Tristan D'Acunha and the Isle of Amsterdam

597

29Book Two - III - Cape Town and M. Viot

616

30Book Two - IV - A Wager and how decided

892

31Book Two - V - The Storm on the Indian Ocean

1021

32Book Two - VI - A Hospitable Colonist

1117

33Book Two - VII - The Quartermaster of the "Britania"

1230

34Book Two - VIII - Preparation for the Journey

939

35Book Two - IX - A Country of Paradoxes

753

36Book Two - X - An Accident

976

37Book Two - XI - Crime or Calamity

886

38Book Two - XII - Toline of the Lachlan

1194

39Book Two - XIII - A Warning

969

40Book Two - XIV - Wealth in the Wilderness

1284

41Book Two - XV - Suspicious Occurences

1385

42Book Two - XVI - A startling Discovery

1281

43Book Two - XVII - The Plot Unveiled

1307

44Book Two - XVIII - Four Days of Anguish

1326

45Book Two - XIX - Helpless and Hopeless

1248

46Book Three - I - A Rough Captain

947

47Book Three - II - Navigators and their Discoveries

429

48Book Three - III - The Martyr-roll of Navigators

346

49Book Three - IV - The Wreck of the "Macquarie"

1040

50Book Three - V - Cannibals

643

51Book Three - VI - The dreaded Country

890

52Book Three - VII - The Maori War

706

53Book Three - VIII - On the Road to Auckland

684

54Book Three - IX - Introduction to the Cannibals

914

55Book Three - X - A momentous Interview

964

56Book Three - XI - The Chief's Funeral

989

57Book Three - XII - Strangely liberated

1338

58Book Three - XIII - The sacred Mountain

1632

59Book Three - XIV - A bold Stratagem

1081

60Book Three - XV - From Peril to Safety

985

61Book Three - XVI - Why the "Duncan" went to New-Zealand

891

62Book Three - XVII - Airton's Obstinacy

889

63Book Three - XVIII - A discouraging Confession

1125

64Book Three - XIX -A Cry in the Night

1215

65Book Three - XX - Captain Grant's Story

1325

66Book Three - XXI - Paganel's last Entanglement

515

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