Lord Glenarvan
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Lord Edward Glenarvan | |
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Voyages Extraordinaires character | |
Lord Glenarvan in Les Enfants du capitaine Grant | |
First appearance | Les Enfants du capitaine Grant (1868) |
Last appearance | L'Île mystérieuse (1874) |
Created by | Jules Verne |
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Gender | Male |
Family | wife Lady Helena; cousin Major MacNabb |
Nationality | Scottish |
Lord Glenarvan is a fictional character which appears in Jules Verne's novel In Search of the Castaways and then briefly appears in The Mysterious Island. He is a wealthy Scottish noble married to Lady Glenarvan.
Lord Glenarvan owns a yacht called the Duncan, which he uses to help find Captain Grant of the Brittania, whose is being sought after by his children Robert and Mary. After many travels and misfortunes he and his crew eventually finds the captain in the conclusion of In Search of the Castaways.
In The Mysterious Island, Lord Glenarvan uses the Duncan to save castaways and the repentant criminal Tom Ayrton on the fictional Lincoln Island.
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