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A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
James de Mille
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Description for A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
Paperback. At once a timeless satire and a pioneering work of the science-fiction genre, "A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder" is bound to enthral readers today and revive James De Mille's reputation as a writer ahead of his time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 202.
Four sailors discover a copper cylinder containing a manuscript written by the adventurer Adam More, who was shipwrecked in the southern hemisphere. They read its contents out to one another, and the incredible story unfolds of his journey to a lost world which survives at the foot of a volcano. This strange utopian society, in which humans coexist with prehistoric animals, is the antithesis of Victorian England, as poverty is preferred to wealth and darkness to light. At once a timeless satire and a pioneering work of science fiction, A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder will enthral ... Read more
Four sailors discover a copper cylinder containing a manuscript written by the adventurer Adam More, who was shipwrecked in the southern hemisphere. They read its contents out to one another, and the incredible story unfolds of his journey to a lost world which survives at the foot of a volcano. This strange utopian society, in which humans coexist with prehistoric animals, is the antithesis of Victorian England, as poverty is preferred to wealth and darkness to light. At once a timeless satire and a pioneering work of science fiction, A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder will enthral ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847494344
SKU
V9781847494344
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About James de Mille
James De Mille (1833–80) was a Canadian academic who published many works of popular fiction. He is mostly known today for his posthumous novel A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder.
Reviews for A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
A rip-roaring adventure… and an almost Swiftian satire on human piety and vanity.
Nicholas Lezard
The Guardian
Nicholas Lezard
The Guardian