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Post by kawdjer on Oct 27, 2024 17:29:32 GMT
No, it is not a short story. It is one of the novels of "voyages extraordinaires".
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Post by Mac Nabbs on Oct 27, 2024 19:19:05 GMT
... I thought also first it has to be César Cascabel - but it isn't ... And it is a novel, a well known novel, ... settled in the Northern Hemisphere ... ;-)
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Post by farseer on Oct 29, 2024 0:56:57 GMT
Ok... there aren't too many possibilities... we take the novels illustrated by Roux, remove the ones we have already done, the ones not in the northern hemisphere, the ones that are more than one volume (because of the comment about the novel being "a short story in another Jules Verne book"), the ones that we have already guessed wrongly...
Of what remains... Might it be The Lottery Ticket (Un billet de loterie)?
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Post by kawdjer on Oct 29, 2024 8:18:12 GMT
Congratulations! It is "Lottery Ticket".
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Post by phileasfogg on Oct 29, 2024 13:31:49 GMT
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Post by Mac Nabbs on Oct 29, 2024 17:01:53 GMT
This is (or should be) very easy, everyone who read it will remember the scenes in the pictures ... but I am keeping my mouth closed ... just for the ones who are guessing: the novel starts in North America ...
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Post by farseer on Oct 30, 2024 0:28:29 GMT
I admit it's not coming to my mind right now. Is it Propeller Island (L'Île à hélice)?
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Post by phileasfogg on Oct 30, 2024 1:26:53 GMT
I admit it's not coming to my mind right now. Is it Propeller Island (L'Île à hélice)? A good guess, but it is not Propeller Island. Mac Nabbs is correct in stating that the novel starts in North America.
Have another clue:
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Post by farseer on Oct 30, 2024 21:01:51 GMT
I have another theory, but I'll wait a bit to give time in case someone else wants to participate.
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Post by farseer on Nov 1, 2024 22:09:07 GMT
Ok, with the clues it might be Robur the Conqueror, or Facing the Flag. Both start in the US and both are illustrated by Léon Benett, who I think it's the signature on those illustrations.
However, in the second picture I see what seems like part of a dirigible... so I'm going to say: Robur the Conqueror
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Post by phileasfogg on Nov 2, 2024 0:47:17 GMT
Robur the Conqueror is correct!  |
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