Off on a Comet

(Hector Servadac)

by

Jules Verne

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

BOOK I

  1. A CHALLENGE
  2. CAPTAIN SERVADAC AND HIS ORDERLY
  3. INTERRUPTED EFFUSIONS
  4. A CONVULSION OF NATURE
  5. A MYSTERIOUS SEA
  6. THE CAPTAIN MAKES AN EXPLORATION
  7. BEN ZOOF WATCHES IN VAIN
  8. VENUS IN PERILOUS PROXIMITY
  9. INQUIRIES UNSATISFIED
  10. A SEARCH FOR ALGERIA
  11. AN ISLAND TOMB
  12. AT THE MERCY OF THE WINDS
  13. A ROYAL SALUTE
  14. SENSITIVE NATIONALITY
  15. AN ENIGMA FROM THE SEA
  16. THE RESIDUUM OF A CONTINENT
  17. A SECOND ENIGMA
  18. AN UNEXPECTED POPULATION
  19. GALLIA’S GOVERNOR GENERAL
  20. A LIGHT ON THE HORIZON
  21. WINTER QUARTERS
  22. A FROZEN OCEAN
  23. A CARRIER-PIGEON
  24. A SLEDGE-RIDE

BOOK II

  1. THE ASTRONOMER
  2. A REVELATION
  3. THE PROFESSOR’S EXPERIENCES
  4. A REVISED CALENDAR
  5. WANTED: A STEELYARD
  6. MONEY AT A PREMIUM
  7. GALLIA WEIGHED
  8. JUPITER SOMEWHAT CLOSE
  9. MARKET PRICES IN GALLIA
  10. FAR INTO SPACE
  11. A FETE DAY
  12. THE BOWELS OF THE COMET
  13. DREARY MONTHS
  14. THE PROFESSOR PERPLEXED
  15. A JOURNEY AND A DISAPPOINTMENT
  16. A BOLD PROPOSITION
  17. THE VENTURE MADE
  18. SUSPENSE
  19. BACK AGAIN

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