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Title: Michael Strogoff: A Courier of the Czar (Scribner Illustrated Classic) by Jules Verne, N.C. Wyeth ISBN: 0-689-81096-2 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: October, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Hollywood Blockbuster!
Comment: Okay, maybe not - yet. This beautiful story of adventure, danger, heroism, and hairbreadth escapes leads me to believe that visionary Jules Verne correctly predicted yet ANOTHER modern invention - the blockbuster action/adventure film. And yet it would be a shame to make a movie of this brilliant novel, however ideal it might be. I have loved every Jules Verne book I have read (with the exception of the wretched Paris in the 20th Century), and I believe this very well might be his best. I am thrilled to see it back in print. Read it and marvel at how far ahead of his time Verne was in every respect.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not your typical Jules Verne, but definitely a classic!
Comment: MICHAEL STROGOFF is not the typical Jules Verne novel one might expect. It's not the science fiction that he is so well known for. It is however an adventure that is sure to please, just like his scientific adventures (JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA). This novel is more comparable to his lesser known FUR COUNTRY, which is also highly recommended. MICHAEL STROGOFF is the story of the currier of the czar of Russia during a Mongol invasion. There's adventure, romance, strategy, comedy and just about a little something for everyone else. All combined, MICHAEL STROGOFF is an exciting, quick read that will surely entertain just about any reader.
Rating: 5
Summary: Spellbinding story plus geography lesson
Comment: I first read Michael Strogoff in the Classics Illustrated comics version. Then I read it textually in the N.C. Wyeth illustrated edition, and later picked up a paperback that came out in the mid 1950s. I remember taking out my atlas and tracing his route across the Russian Empire, I believe from St. Petersburg to the shores of Lake Baikal. Learned some things about Russian geography that I never forgot, in addition to enjoying the great adventure story.
I found out later that Jules Verne wrote in vivid detail about places he had never physically visited. Would like to get some opinions from native Russians or travelers who really know the places mentioned. But even if they do reveal all kinds of mistakes or misperceptions, the story is still a great one.
Would like to purchase a new copy of Michael Strogoff to replaced my old paperback. But now they tell us that Verne's works were usually abridged in English translation, to become "novels for boys" without the political commentary and other adult details. So I guess I will wait until I know that there is an unabridged English translation available, like for Mysterious Island and some others.
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Title: Drums by James Boyd, N. C. Wyeth ISBN: 0689801769 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle, N. C. Wyeth ISBN: 0688078176 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 20 May, 1988 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov ISBN: 0451524918 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 1986 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses by Robert Louis Stevenson, N.C. Wyeth ISBN: 0684188775 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: November, 1987 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: David Balfour: Being Memoirs of the Further Adventures of David Balfour at Home and Abroad by Robert Louis Stevenson, N. C. Wyeth ISBN: 0684197367 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: September, 1994 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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