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1888•255 pages•Published•ENG•User Reviews

A strange manuscript found in a copper cylinder

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Four men aboard a boat find the titular strange manuscript in a cylindar floating in the sea. It turns out to be the story of Adam More, a sailor stranded in a savage hidden country in Antarctica. In this "nation" are everything from cannibals to kings and the bizarre citizens love death and poverty as other nations love life and prosperity. Can Adam escape...?

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First Published

1888

Pages

255 pages

Rating

4.0 / 5

Ratings

1

Editions

110

Publisher

Chatto & Windus

Language

ENG

Status

Published

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