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A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories
By Jules Verne
Published by: The World Publishing House New Yowk, 1877
Contents
DOCTOR OX'S EXPERIMENT
CHAPTER I.
How it is useless to seek, even on the best maps, for the small town of Quiquendone
CHAPTER II.
In which the Burgomaster Van Tricasse and the Counsellor Niklausse consult about the affairs of the town
CHAPTER III.
In which the Commissary Passauf enters as noisily as unexpectedly
CHAPTER IV.
In which Doctor Ox reveals himself as a physiologist of the first rank, and as an audacious experimentalist
CHAPTER V.
In which the burgomaster and the counsellor pay a visit to Doctor Ox, and what follows
CHAPTER VI.
In which Frantz Niklausse and Suzel Van Tricasse form certain projects for the future
CHAPTER VII.
In which the Andantes become Allegros, and the Allegros Vivaces
CHAPTER VIII.
In which the ancient and solemn German waltz becomes a whirlwind
CHAPTER IX.
In which Doctor Ox and Ygene, his assistant, say a few words
CHAPTER X.
In which it will be seen that the epidemic invades the entire town, and what effect it produces
CHAPTER XI.
In which the Quiquendonians adopt a heroic resolution
CHAPTER XII.
In which Ygene, the assistant, gives a reasonable piece of advice, which is eagerly rejected by Doctor Ox
CHAPTER XIII.
In which it is once more proved that by taking high ground all human littlenesses may be overlooked
CHAPTER XIV.
In which matters go so far that the inhabitants of Quiquendone, the reader, and even the author, demand an immediate denouement
CHAPTER XV.
In which the denouement takes place
CHAPTER XVI.
In which the intelligent reader sees that he has guessed correctly, despite all the author's precautions
CHAPTER XVII.
In which Doctor Ox's theory is explained
MASTER ZACHARIUS.
CHAPTER I.
A winter night
CHAPTER II.
The pride of science
CHAPTER III.
A strange visit
CHAPTER IV.
Table of contents (by pages)
- 1: A Winter Amid the Ice by Jules Verne
- 2: Whom we have had to choose in Quiquendone
- 3: For the small town of quiquendone
- 4: And yet Quiquendone is not on the map of Flanders
- 5: Replied the Counsellor Niklausse
- 6: Seen the good Madame Brigitte Van Tricasse
- 7: Had remarried a Van Tricasse younger than himself
- 8: Resumed the Counsellor Niklausse
- 9: Could the Burgundians have invaded Quiquendone
- 10: Commissary Passauf flung himself into the antechamber
- 11: Who answered to the name of Gedeon Ygene
- 12: In the mouth of a Quiquendonian
- 13: Cried the enthusiastic assistant
- 14: The ordinary gait of the Quiquendonians
- 15: Niklausse looked at his friend
- 16: Van Tricasse said softly to Niklausse
- 17: And Suzel never forgot her canvas
- 18: Frantz thought it his duty to say to Suzel
- 19: Performed according to Quiquendonian taste
- 20: Mademoiselle Suzel is going then
- 21: But now Fiovaranti was to appear in the fourth act
- 22: The composer has marked allergo pomposo on the score
- 23: And it starts off allegro vivace
- 24: The worthy Van Tricasse was reflecting upon this
- 25: As Commissary Passauf expressed it
- 26: On this evening at Collaert the banker's
- 27: The pumpkins to the size of gourds
- 28: They rendered the streets of Quiquendone unsafe
- 29: Commissary Passauf was in despair
- 30: The Virgamenians were forewarned
- 31: I engage by myself to kill five thousand Virgamenians
- 32: Returned Van Tricasse in a passion
- 33: Niklausse would not listen to Van Tricasse
- 34: And that the Counsellor Niklausse
- 35: Then the burgomaster passed down first
- 36: Growled the Counsellor Niklausse
- 37: The authorities of Virgamen burst out laughing
- 38: The whole army of Quiquendone fell to the earth
- 39: Quiquendone immediately became the peaceable
- 40: Whose household consisted of his daughter Gerande
- 41: And Scholastique sat for some minutes without speaking
- 42: Said the astonished Scholastique
- 43: Gerande sat pensively by the window
- 44: Gerande stood still on the threshold
- 45: Master Zacharius remained silent after these words
- 46: It was that of Master Zacharius
- 47: Responded Master Zacharius gently
- 48: But Scholastique did not come at once
- 49: Though Gerande and Aubert were ignorant of it
- 50: Master Zacharius suffered acutely
- 51: Replied Master Zacharius eagerly
- 52: Master Zacharius has created time
- 53: Replied Master Zacharius passionately
- 54: Exclaimed dame Scholastique wrathfully
- 55: Gerande went to her accustomed bench
- 56: Master Zacharius did not return
- 57: Sent to his chateau at Andernatt
- 58: But it is shut up in the chateau of Andernatt
- 59: And Scholastique closely followed him
- 60: And led her towards Pittonaccio
- 61: And Pittonaccio laughed aloud with joy
- 62: And the chuckling of Pittonaccio
- 63: And the fluid enclosed within the balloon
- 64: He relieved the balloon of two bags
- 65: Pilatre des Rosiers became indignant at this injustice
- 66: Petin to place four hydrogen balloons together
- 67: The Marchioness and Countess de Montalembert
- 68: This kind of 'game at balloons
- 69: Contello went into the vicinity
- 70: ' The aeronauts perceived Calais
- 71: From Pilatre des Rosiers to Lieutenant Gale
- 72: Did you see Madame Blanchard fall
- 73: Accompanied by Andreoli and Grossetti
- 74: Illustration Zambecarri fell
- 75: The balloon turned over with dizzy velocity
- 76: Jean Cornbutte found the whole house alive
- 77: Then Jean Cornbutte gave the signal of departure
- 78: Jean Cornbutte thought over the matter
- 79: Replied Jean Cornbutte sharply
- 80: Marie and Penellan made their appearance
- 81: I am with you and my old friend Penellan
- 82: Jean Cornbutte determined to proceed to Bodoe
- 83: And Gradlin zealously obeyed Penellan's orders
- 84: Growled Andre Vasling among the sailors
- 85: Penellan watched over Marie with paternal care
- 86: Jean Cornbutte and Penellan reached the coast
- 87: Before quitting Liverpool Island
- 88: He set out on the 12th of September
- 89: And they soon rejoined Penellan
- 90: That Turquiette slipped into a fissure
- 91: Jean Cornbutte did not fail soon to remark it
- 92: But Penellan bravely set the example
- 93: Fidele Misonne soon put it in order
- 94: Jean Cornbutte followed the coast
- 95: Ophthalmia betrayed itself in Aupic and Misonne
- 96: Penellan himself became ferocious in his ill humour
- 97: Which awoke Misonne and Vasling
- 98: Imparted some courage to Penellan
- 99: Penellan went to replace Andre Vasling
- 100: Vasling and Penellan resolved to venture outside
- 101: Pierre Nouquet recovered his senses
- 102: Pierre Nouquet was wild with joy
- 103: Louis Cornbutte got visibly better
- 104: Aided by Misonne and Turquiette
- 105: Louis Cornbutte led Penellan on deck
- 106: Louis Cornbutte approached his father's bedside
- 107: And Nouquet are not much better
- 108: He sheltered himself behind a hillock
- 109: Penellan precipitated himself upon Vasling
- 110: Vasling paid no attention to him
- 111: Had been carried to a berth by Misonne and Turquiette
- 112: Jean Cornbutte was buried on the coast
- 113: Louis Cornbutte often examined the channels
- 114: Donatien Levesque knew my intentions
- 115: You reach the summit of the Brevent
- 116: Balmat of the choice I had made
- 117: On reaching the Pierre Pointue
- 118: The Bossons and Tacconay glaciers
- 119: Soon the shadows crept up the Gouter and Mont Maudit
- 120: Levesque and I had a good appetite
- 121: Turns to the right by the Gouter
- 122: Levesque and I were completely exhausted
- 123: Overlooked by the masses of Monte Rosa
- 124: I told Levesque this disagreeable news
- 125: Already partly detached from the Gouter