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Rusland, ca 1860
Indeholder "1. En fest i 'Det ny Palads'", "2. Russere og tatarer", "3. Mikael Strogov", "4. Fra Moskva til Nishnij-Novgorod", "5. En forordning i to paragraffer", "6. Broder og søster", "7. Ned ad Volga", "8. Op ad Kama", "9. I trojka dag og nat", "10. Et uvejr i Uralbjergene",
Zar Alexander den anden (Александр II Николаевич) er truet af tatarerne, der angriber grænserne. Ved en fest får han besked om at kommunikationslinierne til Omsk ikke længere virker. ???
Historien overdriver hæmningsløst truslen fra tatarer, men er geografisk set korrekt og historien er spændende fortalt. Den regnes af mange for Jules Vernes bedste bog.
Indeholder "1. En fest i 'Det ny Palads'", "2. Russere og tatarer", "3. Mikael Strogov", "4. Fra Moskva til Nishnij-Novgorod", "5. En forordning i to paragraffer", "6. Broder og søster", "7. Ned ad Volga", "8. Op ad Kama", "9. I trojka dag og nat", "10. Et uvejr i Uralbjergene",
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"11. Rejsende i nød", "12. En udfordring", "13. Pligten fremfor alt", "14. Mor og søn", "15. Barabá-steppen", "16. En sidste anstrengelse", "17. Vers og viser", "18. En tatarlejr", "19. Alcide Jolivets indstilling", "20. Slag for slag", "21. Triumftoget", "22. En ven på landevejen", "23. Overgangen over Jenissei", "24. Et skæbnesvangert møde", "25. På steppen", "26. Baikal og Angara", "27. Mellem to bredder", "28. Irkútsk", "29. En kurér fra zaren", "30. Natten mellem den 5. og 6. oktober", "31. Slutning".Zar Alexander den anden (Александр II Николаевич) er truet af tatarerne, der angriber grænserne. Ved en fest får han besked om at kommunikationslinierne til Omsk ikke længere virker. ???
Historien overdriver hæmningsløst truslen fra tatarer, men er geografisk set korrekt og historien er spændende fortalt. Den regnes af mange for Jules Vernes bedste bog.
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Publication
[Kbh.] : Gyldendal, 1984.
Description
Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML: Though Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar hews more closely to the genre of historical fiction than the science fiction for which Jules Verne is best known, the novel contains the same action-packed adventure and intrigue that made Verne famous, and critics now regard it as one of the author's most fully realized literary efforts. A must-read for Verne fans and lovers of fast-paced historical adventures..
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LibraryThing member CGlanovsky
What I like most about Verne's books is the way in which they may be read simultaneously as pure adventure fiction and as curious historical artifacts. The most famous examples of the second type are his science fictions works for both their astounding clairvoyance and fascinating misjudgments
Worth a read for its typically compelling Jules Vernian episodes as well as for its portrait of--not simply one man's, but an entire era's--ethnic prejudices.
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(like cities powered by compressed air), but in Michael Strogoff there is a perfect example of a different sort. Here we see a story whose setting is a giant stereotype. With the benefit of retrospect it's interesting to see Verne glorifying the Czarist state as one worthy of the protagonist's single-minded devotion, rather than as the brutal, regressive autocracy it is now well-known to have been. Verne's version of Imperial Russia is as a bulwark against a faceless horde of murderous, half-savage "Tartars". Again, with historical perspective a present-day reader almost can't help but envision this same story flipped to the alternate point of view, with the villains recast as a subjugated indigenous people struggling to regain self-determination from a distant overlord. Worth a read for its typically compelling Jules Vernian episodes as well as for its portrait of--not simply one man's, but an entire era's--ethnic prejudices.
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LibraryThing member LibraryCin
It is the 19th century. Michael Strogoff is a courier for the Czar, and is tasked with bringing a letter to the Czar's brother in Siberia. This is a very long journey, and there is peril, as there have been uprisings along the way. Michael is travelling under a pseudonym.
It was ok. I found
It was ok. I found
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sections more interesting that included the women characters in the book: Nadia, who Micheal meets part-way; she is also travelling to Siberia; and his mother, who he is supposed to avoid, so as not to reveal who he really is. Show Less
LibraryThing member john257hopper
This is rather a different Jules Verne novel from any others of his I have read, being set entirely within Russia and featuring mostly Russian characters (with the exception of an English and a French journalist who are there merely for comic relief). The title character is a courier for Tsar
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Alexander II (the Tsar who liberated the serfs in 1861), who must make a desperate journey into a Siberia which has been invaded by the Tartars, aided by a Russian traitor. While the novel starts a bit slowly, the second half is exciting with a number of dramatic and some quite shocking episodes. The ending felt a bit rushed and was as cliched as might be expected. Overall, a good read. Show Less
LibraryThing member DanielSTJ
This was an amazing book by Jules Verne. Not only was I taken along for the wild ride across Russia with all of the things it had to offer, but the twist I did not see coming and it managed to propel me towards the climax of the story and imbue the ending with so much grandeur. This is a darker
4.5 stars!
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Verne book, yet one that will surely be remembered and that I felt had a very strong plot-line, characters, and descriptions. Overall, a great novel!4.5 stars!
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Subjects
Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
1876
Physical description
224 p.; 20.6 cm
ISBN
8700216526 / 9788700216525
Local notes
Omslag: Robert Viby
Omslaget viser en mand til hest
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "Michel Strogoff" af Aage Nymann
Gyldendals Udødelige, bind 32
Gutenberg, bind 1842
Omslaget viser en mand til hest
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "Michel Strogoff" af Aage Nymann
Gyldendals Udødelige, bind 32
Gutenberg, bind 1842
Other editions
Czarens Kurér by Jules Verne (Hardcover)
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Pages
224
DDC/MDS
| 843.8 |