César Cascabel
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| Author | Jules Verne |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
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| Released | 1890 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | NA |
César Cascabel is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1890. It is part of Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages).
[edit] Plot summary
César Cascabel is a French artist who spent several years in the United States and plans to return home. His savings get stolen so the family cannot afford the ship ticket. Instead, Cascabel decides to travel overland, via Alaska and Bering Straits, through Siberia and Central Russia as a showman on horse drawn wagon. They don't expect dangers to happen.
On their way from Port Clarence the travellers unfortunately end up on a floating iceberg that drifts to the Lyakhovsky Islands in Arctic Ocean. There they are captured by the natives. Other troubles, including political ones, occur but Cascabels manage to get through Ural to Perm and then, easily, to France.
An animated TV series inspired by the book was produced in 2001 in France.
