02828cam a22003613u 4500 67829 UtSlPG 20260610134551.0 m cr n 260607r20221904utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PQ Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blockade_Runners Translation of: Une ville flottante, and Les forceurs de blocus. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Floating_City Release date is 2022-04-14 Richard Hulse, Guus Snijders and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Floating City and The Blockade Runners" by Jules Verne is a novel written in the mid-19th century. This work explores the journeys and adventures during a sea voyage aboard the "Great Eastern," a colossal steamship designed to carry passengers across the Atlantic. The narrative follows a variety of characters, including travelers, engineers, and sailors, delving into their hopes and interactions as they navigate their way to America. The opening of "A Floating City" sets the stage for the story, beginning with the narrator's arrival in Liverpool in March 1867, preparing for a voyage on the "Great Eastern." The narrator describes the ship as an engineering marvel, likening it to a floating city, and depicts the chaotic and bustling atmosphere on board as preparations for the journey unfold. As passengers, including the narrator's friend Fabian, embark on this remarkable vessel, the text teases early character dynamics and foreshadows underlying tensions, particularly regarding drastic changes that may emerge within the group. This initial segment establishes not only the ship's significant historical context but also hints at personal stories of ambition and heartbreak intertwined with the broader adventure of crossing the Atlantic. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: United States: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904 Great Eastern (Steamship) -- Fiction United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades -- Fiction https://archive.org/details/floatingcitybloc00verniala https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67829 108651 108651