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Kéraban the Inflexible (Part 1)

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Kéraban the Inflexible (Part 1) (1887)
by Jules Verne, translated by Henry Frith

No. 24 of the Voyages extraordinaires series. Illustrated by Léon Benett

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He dragged him, half-suffocated, beyond the influence of the vapours.
[Frontispiece.

KÉRABAN THE INFLEXIBLE

(PART I.)

THE

CAPTAIN OF THE GUIDARA

BY

JULES VERNE

AUTHOR OF "FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON," "ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS," ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

London

SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON

CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET

1887

[All rights reserved]

LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, LIMITED,
ST. JOHN'S HOUSE, CLERKENWELL ROAD, E.C.

CONTENTS.

  1. CHAPTER I.
  2. PAGE
  3. How Van Mitten and his valet walked and talked
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    9
  4. CHAPTER II.
  5. How Scarpante the steward and Captain Yarhud discussed projects with which the reader must become acquainted
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    21
  6. CHAPTER III.
  7. How Kéraban met Van Mitten, and was greatly surprised at his appearance
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    30
  8. CHAPTER IV.
  9. Showing how Seigneur Kéraban, more headstrong than ever, came into collision with the Turkish authorities
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    39
  10. CHAPTER V.
  11. How Seigneur Kéraban discussed his journey, and how he quitted Constantinople
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    47
  12. CHAPTER VI.
  13. Showing how the travellers encountered some difficulties, chiefly in the delta of the Danube
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    55
  14. CHAPTER VII.
  15. In which the horses of the chaise do from fear what they would not do for the whip
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    65
  16. CHAPTER VIII.
  17. In which the reader will be pleased to become acquainted with the fair Amasia, and her intended husband, Ahmet
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    76
  18. CHAPTER IX.
  19. Showing how Captain Yarhud very nearly succeeded in his enterprise
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    85
  20. CHAPTER X.
  21. In which Ahmet, in deference to circumstances, makes an energetic resolution
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    93
  22. CHAPTER XI.
  23. In which a somewhat dramatic incident occurs in the fantastic history of the journey
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    101
  24. CHAPTER XII.
  25. In which Van Mitten discourses on tulips for, we trust, the benefit of the reader
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    110
  26. CHAPTER XIII.
  27. Showing how our travellers crossed the ancient Taurida, and with what team they quitted it
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    121
  28. CHAPTER XIV.
  29. In which Kéraban proves that he is stronger in geography than his nephew Ahmet believed
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    132
  30. CHAPTER XV.
  31. In which Kéraban, Ahmet, Van Mitten, and their servants play the part of Salamanders
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    142
  32. CHAPTER XVI.
  33. In which the relative merits of the tobaccos of Persia and Asia Minor are discussed
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    153
  34. CHAPTER XVII.
  35. Wherein is related a very curious adventure, which terminates the first part of this history
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    164.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  1. He dragged him, half-suffocated, beyond the influence of the vapours
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    Frontispiece.
  2. "Are you certain of your crew?"
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    24
  3. The tremendously steep slopes and awkward corners
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    59
  4. It was a regular rain of bulbs
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    118
  5. The immense illumination quite filled the plain
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    148
  6. Kéraban walked up to the chief cavalier, and put his hand on the horse's bridle
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    172

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