Series: Book 10 in the 科幻/奇幻/玄幻 series
Tags: [ZDC:KHXH, CNTY:FRANCE, ZDC:YWSJ]
Summary:
The
first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of
his later work, skilfully mixing a plot full of adventure and
twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of
technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives
readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still
not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers
travelling all over the continent in search of its secrets.
Public interest in fanciful tales of African exploration was at
its height, and the book was an instant hit; it made Verne
financially independent and got him a contract with Jules
Hetzel's publishing house, which put out several dozen more
works of his for over forty years afterwards.
