A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
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James De Mille
(4,225 Sterne; 20 Bewertungen)
"A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder" is the most popular of James De Mille's works. It was serialized posthumously in Harper's Weekly, and published in book form by Harper and Brothers of New York City in 1888. This satiric romance is the story of Adam More, a British sailor. Shipwrecked in Antarctica, he stumbles upon a tropical lost world of prehistoric animals, plants, and a cult of death-worshipping primitives. He also finds a highly developed human society which has reversed the values of Victorian society. Wealth is scorned and poverty revered; death and darkness are preferable to life and light. Rather than accumulating wealth, the natives seek to divest themselves of it as quickly as possible. At the beginning of each year, the government imposes wealth (the burden of "reverse taxation") upon its unfortunate subjects as a form of punishment. A secondary plot about the four yachtsmen who find the manuscript forms a frame for the central narrative.
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alex
(4 Sterne)
really good book. The readers arent too bad. its changes through alot of readers though so some are better then others. will listen again though.
good story!
juju
(5 Sterne)
Loved the story! Different but endearing in its own way!The voices of the readers lent well to the story.
just awesome
Sid-The Stone Age Boy
(5 Sterne)
voice of the reader is so smooth. loved the novel. he put life in novel. and pronunciation can be understood by non native English speakers. sometimes content is worth listening but reader fails to put it that way. in this case I will suggest you to go through the book. . . .listen it whole