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The Wreck of the Chancellor

Jules Verne

First published 1875
Publisher James R. Osgood and Co.
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 285

{{Tr|George M. Towle}}. This translation begins (Chancellor): "Charleston, September 27th, 1869.—We have just left the Battery wharf, at 3 P.M. The ebb-tide is fast carrying us out to sea." This translation continues (Martin Paz): "The sun had just set behind the snowy peaks of the Cordilleras; but beneath this lovely Peruvian sky the atmosphere, across the transparent veil of night, was impregnated with a luminous freshness."

Content:

  • Format is 18mo. (JVE)
  • Publisher given as James R. Osgood and Company.
  • Martin Paz does not appear on the title page.
  • "Translated by George M. Towle".
  • Not illustrated.
  • The table of contents lists the novel as "The Wreck of the Chancellor" over "From the Journal of J. R. Kazallon.". This sub-title does not show up anywhere else.
  • The novel ends on page 217. The novella begins on page 219, headed "Martin Paz" but no separate title page. It ends on page 285.
  • Advertised in other books as part of the Saunterer's Series, but no notation to that effect on the book itself.
Sources:

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 The Wreck of the Chancellor Jules Verne Novel
219 Martin Paz Jules Verne Novella