《The Master of the World》 - 免费有声读物

《The Master of the World》 - 免费有声读物

作者:Jules Verne,

语言:English

1 / 18What Happened in the Mountains

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18 章节
  • 1. What Happened in the Mountains
  • 2. I Reach Morganton
  • 3. The Great Eyrie
  • 4. A Meeting of the Automobile Club
  • 5. Along the Shores of New England
  • 6. The First Letter
  • 7. A Third Machine
  • 8. At Any Cost
  • 9. The Second Letter
  • 10. Outside the Law
  • 11. The Campaign
  • 12. Black Rock Creek
  • 13. On Board the Terror
  • 14. Niagra
  • 15. The Eagle's Nest
  • 16. Robur, the Conqueror
  • 17. In the Name of the Law
  • 18. The Old Housekeeper's Last Comment

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Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volcanic Blue Ridge Mountains, Strock is posted to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at multiples of the top speed of the entrants, Strock is consulted. When an odd-shaped boat is sighted moving at impossible speeds off the New England coast, Stock and his boss begin to wonder if the incidents are related. And when Strock gets a hand-lettered note warning him to abandon his investigation, on pain of death, he is intrigued rather than deterred.

Set in a period when gasoline engines were in their infancy and automobiles were rare, and when even Chief Inspectors had to engage a carriage and horses to move about, the appearance of a vehicle that can move at astounding speeds on land, on water - and as later revealed, underwater and through the air - marks a technological advance far beyond the reach of nations. It is technology invented by and for the sole benefit of a man who styles himself (with some justification) "The Master of the World."

This book is a sequel to an earlier Verne novel, "Robur the Conqueror", but enough detail is given to fully appreciate this story without having first read the other. (Summary by Mark)

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