A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
Book Details
| Title: | A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder | ||||||||||
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| Published: | 1888 | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Chatto & Windus | ||||||||||
| Tags: | adventure, Canadiana, fantasy, fiction | ||||||||||
| Description: | A book within a book. This enigmatic title doesn't do justice to this story by the Canadian born writer James De Mille. An unsuspecting reader would soon think it an unknown or forgotten work of Jules Verne as it combines many of his intriguing subjects and ideas. A copper cylinder is found floating in the Caribbean Sea by vacationing Englishmen. In this cylinder a manuscript is found. The story, written on papyrus, relates a tale of tribulations, horrors, murder and love. This is an amalgamation of Journey to the Center of the Earth and Jurassic Park with a bit of Love Story thrown in for spice. This story was posthumously published in serial form by Harper’s Weekly and in book form in 1888. The story, as a whole, is of a fantasy world turned upside down; what can’t be is and what is normal isn't. - Goodreads.com (paraphrased).
This is the only version to date that includes the illustrations by Gilbert Gaul. [Suggest a different description.] |
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| Downloads: | 324 | ||||||||||
| Pages: | 233  |
Author Bio for De Mille, James
James De Mille (1833-1880) was a Canadian writer of popular fiction in the Victorian era. Born in St. John, New Brunswick, he was educated at Acadia in Nova Scotia and Brown in Rhode Island. He briefly ran a bookstore from 1857 to 1861 before turning to teaching at Dalhousie University. During the last quarter of the 19th century he wrote several popular novels. He had a knack for writing intricate plots, moving between comedy and suspense and had a gift for writing good dialogue. His books ranged from juvenile boys stories such as B.O.W.C. Club (Brethren of the White Cross), comedy/satire as in The Lady of the Ice, to fantastical settings in books such as A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder. (Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature)
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