The sphinx of the ice realm: the first complete English translation: with the full text of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe 9781438442129, 9781438442112, 1438442122, 1438442114
Der sechzehnjährige Arthur Gordon Pym versteckt sich im Laderaum eines Walfängers, als er seinem Freund auf einer Seerei
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English Pages xix, 413 pages: illustrations; 26 cm Year 2012
Table of contents :
Foreword: Jules Verne, Manhunter --
Translating Verne --
The Sphinx of the Ice Realm --
Part I: --
Kerguelen's Land --
The Schooner Halbrane --
Captain Len Guy --
From Kerguelen's Land to Prince Edward's Island --
Edgar Allan Poe's novel --
"Like a shroud falling open" --
Tristan da Cunha --
Heading for the Falklands --
Getting the Halbrane in shape --
The cruise early on --
From the south Sandwich Islands to the Antarctic Circle --
Between the Antarctic Circle and the ice barrier --
Alongside the ice barrier --
A voice in a dream --
Bennet's Islet --
Tsala Island --
Part II: --
What about Pym? --
Reaching a decision --
The lost islands --
From December 29 to January 9 --
Tipping point --
Land? --
Iceberg somersault --
The finishing stroke --
Now what? --
Hallucinations --
Fogbound --
Making camp --
Dirk Peters goes to sea --
Eleven years in a few pages --
The Sphinx of the ice realm --
Twelve out of seventy! --
Appendix 1: The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym --
Appendix 2: Verne on Pym --
Afterword: Jules Verne, Ghostburster.
Foreword: Jules Verne, Manhunter --
Translating Verne --
The Sphinx of the Ice Realm --
Part I: --
Kerguelen's Land --
The Schooner Halbrane --
Captain Len Guy --
From Kerguelen's Land to Prince Edward's Island --
Edgar Allan Poe's novel --
"Like a shroud falling open" --
Tristan da Cunha --
Heading for the Falklands --
Getting the Halbrane in shape --
The cruise early on --
From the south Sandwich Islands to the Antarctic Circle --
Between the Antarctic Circle and the ice barrier --
Alongside the ice barrier --
A voice in a dream --
Bennet's Islet --
Tsala Island --
Part II: --
What about Pym? --
Reaching a decision --
The lost islands --
From December 29 to January 9 --
Tipping point --
Land? --
Iceberg somersault --
The finishing stroke --
Now what? --
Hallucinations --
Fogbound --
Making camp --
Dirk Peters goes to sea --
Eleven years in a few pages --
The Sphinx of the ice realm --
Twelve out of seventy! --
Appendix 1: The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym --
Appendix 2: Verne on Pym --
Afterword: Jules Verne, Ghostburster.
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