Michael Strogoff, or The Courier of the Czar (Annotated)
READING AGE 16+
• All content is redone in a new style, with the author's name and the title of the novel at the top.• For a better glance, a small graphic is added at the beginning of each chapter.• With a picture of Jules Verne, a detailed biography of him is added.Michael Strogoff, or the Courier of the Czar, was first published in French in 1867 and is considered one of Jules Verne's best works. This captivating novel takes place in Russia and follows Michael Strogoff, the Czar's courier, as he embarks on an impossible journey to save his homeland. The dangerous Feofar Khan is inspired by a traitor to invade Siberia and form a rebellion, which leads to a plot to assassinate the czar's brother, the Grand Duke. As a result, Strogoff is dispatched to warn the Duke, acting as the nation's last hope for putting an end to the insurgency. He meets new people, makes new friends, and is captured by the enemy along the way, just to make a spectacular escape.
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ConclusionMICHAEL STROGOFF WAS not, had never been, blind. A purely human phenomenon, at the same time moral and physical, had neutralized the action of the incandescent blade which Feofar's executioner had passed before his eyes.
It may be remembered, that at the moment of the execution, Marfa S……
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