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Eight Hundred Leagues On The Amazon (Annotated) (Rated: 13+)
Product Type: KindleReviewer: ~MM~ Review Rated: E |
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Summary of this Digital Ebook Purchas... | ||
13+ for ability, not content. Novella. Travelling down the Amazon aboard their giant raft-boat ('jangada') Joam Garral and his family are travelling down the Amazon, so that Minha Garral and her finace, Manoel Valdez, can be married in the presence of Manoel's invalid mother. But Joam Garral, upright and dutiful citizen that he is now, has a dark past and it catches up with him in the form of Torres. Arrested, Garral faces the death penalty and only a cryptic message held by Torres can prove or disprove his innocence. | ||
This type of Digital Ebook Purchas is good for... | ||
Jules Verne fans. Natural history aficionados. | ||
I especially liked... | ||
The descriptions of the vast flora & fauna. | ||
I don't recommend this Digital Ebook Purchas because... | ||
Verne waxes lyrical about the vast flora and fauna of the Amazon, but his frequent digressions from the plot can be frustrating for the modern reader. | ||
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Created Jan 28, 2015 at 4:00pm •
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