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| Author | Jules Verne |
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| Original title | César Cascabel |
| Illustrator | Georges Roux |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Series | The Extraordinary Voyages #35 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure novel |
| Publisher | Pierre-Jules Hetzel |
| Publication date | 1890 |
| Published in English |
1890 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| ISBN | N/A |
| Preceded by | The Purchase of the North Pole |
| Followed by | Mistress Branican |
César Cascabel is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1890. It is part of Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages).
Plot summary
The action starts in Sacramento in 1867. The Cascabels are a French family of circus artists who spent several years touring the United States and plan to return home. Their savings get stolen so the family cannot afford the ship ticket. Instead, César Cascabel decides to travel overland, via Alaska and Bering Straits, through Siberia and Central Russia with their horse drawn wagon, the Belle-Roulotte (the Fair Rambler). They don't expect dangers to happen.
On their way, they rescue at the Alaskan border, with the help of native girl Kayette, a Russian political fugitive, count Narkine, whom they bring along so that he can see again his father in Russia. Count Narkine adopts Kayette as his daughter. In Sitka, the group witnesses the transfer of Alaska to the United States.
On their way from Port Clarence the travellers unfortunately end up on a floating iceberg that drifts to the Lyakhovsky Islands in Arctic Ocean. There they are captured by the natives. Other troubles, including political ones, occur but Cascabels manage to get through Ural to Perm and then, easily, to France.
An animated TV series inspired by the book was produced in 2001 in France.
External links
- Text of the novel in French
- César Cascabel at the Internet Movie Database (the TV series)
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- This page was last modified on 18 December 2008, at 14:22.
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