A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories
1877
A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories
1877
This collection captures Jules Verne in his most inventive early form, pairing a satirical masterpiece about scientific progress with a white-knuckle Arctic survival tale. In 'Doctor Ox's Experiment,' the citizens of Quiquendone live in perfect, deadly boredom until a well-meaning scientist arrives to upgrade their lighting with oxyhydric gas. What follows is a comic catastrophe: the gas doesn't just illuminate the town, it ignites its sleeping residents into a fever of passion and conflict. Verne dissects the fragile machinery of civilized life with sharp, prescient humor. The title story 'A Winter Amid the Ice' pivots to raw adventure: when Captain Louis Cornbutte vanishes during a rescue mission in the frozen North, his aging father Jean mounts a desperate pursuit through hostile Arctic waters, facing mutiny, starvation, and the crushing ice. These tales reveal Verne as both a master of momentum and a keen observer of what happens when humanity collides with the extreme.
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