A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling StoriesA Winter Amid the IceReading editionChapter navigation41 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…A Winter Amid the IceChapter I · HOW IT IS USELESS TO SEEK, EVEN ON THE BEST MAPS, FOR THE SMALL TOWN OF QUIQUENDONE.Chapter II · IN WHICH THE BURGOMASTER VAN TRICASSE AND THE COUNSELLOR NIKLAUSSE CONSULT ABOUT THE AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN.Chapter III · IN WHICH THE COMMISSARY PASSAUF ENTERS AS NOISILY AS UNEXPECTEDLY.Chapter IV · IN WHICH DOCTOR OX REVEALS HIMSELF AS A PHYSIOLOGIST OF THE FIRST RANK, AND AS AN AUDACIOUS EXPERIMENTALIST.Chapter V · IN WHICH THE BURGOMASTER AND THE COUNSELLOR PAY A VISIT TO DOCTOR OX, AND WHAT FOLLOWS.Chapter VI · IN WHICH FRANTZ NIKLAUSSE AND SUZEL VAN TRICASSE FORM CERTAIN PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE.Chapter VII · IN WHICH THE ANDANTES BECOME ALLEGROS, AND THE ALLEGROS VIVACES.Chapter VIII · IN WHICH THE ANCIENT AND SOLEMN GERMAN WALTZ BECOMES A WHIRLWIND.Chapter IX · IN WHICH DOCTOR OX AND YGÈNE, HIS ASSISTANT, SAY A FEW WORDS.Chapter X · IN WHICH IT WILL BE SEEN THAT THE EPIDEMIC INVADES THE ENTIRE TOWN, AND WHAT EFFECT IT PRODUCES.Chapter XI · IN WHICH THE QUIQUENDONIANS ADOPT A HEROIC RESOLUTION.Chapter XII · IN WHICH YGÈNE, THE ASSISTANT, GIVES A REASONABLE PIECE OF ADVICE, WHICH IS EAGERLY REJECTED BY DOCTOR OX.Chapter XIII · IN WHICH IT IS ONCE MORE PROVED THAT BY TAKING HIGH GROUND ALL HUMAN LITTLENESSES MAY BE OVERLOOKED.Chapter XIV · IN WHICH MATTERS GO SO FAR THAT THE INHABITANTS OF QUIQUENDONE, THE READER, AND EVEN THE AUTHOR, DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE DÉNOUEMENT.Chapter XV · IN WHICH THE DÉNOUEMENT TAKES PLACE.Chapter XVI · IN WHICH THE INTELLIGENT READER SEES THAT HE HAS GUESSED CORRECTLY, DESPITE ALL THE AUTHOR’S PRECAUTIONS.Chapter XVII · IN WHICH DOCTOR OX’S THEORY IS EXPLAINED.Chapter I · A WINTER NIGHT.Chapter II · THE PRIDE OF SCIENCE.Chapter III · A STRANGE VISIT.Chapter IV · THE CHURCH OF SAINT PIERRE.Chapter V · THE HOUR OF DEATH.A DRAMA IN THE AIR.Chapter I · THE BLACK FLAGChapter II · JEAN CORNBUTTE’S PROJECT.Chapter III · A RAY OF HOPE.Chapter IV · IN THE PASSES.Chapter V · LIVERPOOL ISLAND.Chapter VI · THE QUAKING OF THE ICE.Chapter VII · SETTLING FOR THE WINTER.Chapter VIII · PLAN OF THE EXPLORATIONS.Chapter IX · THE HOUSE OF SNOW.Chapter X · BURIED ALIVE.Chapter XI · A CLOUD OF SMOKE.Chapter XII · THE RETURN TO THE SHIP.Chapter XIII · THE TWO RIVALS.Chapter XIV · DISTRESS.Chapter XV · THE WHITE BEARS.Chapter XVI · CONCLUSION.THE FORTIETH FRENCH ASCENT OF MONT BLANCBeginning of this editionNext chapter →Chapter I · HOW IT IS USELESS TO SEEK, EVEN ON THE BEST MAPS, FOR THE SMALL TOWN OF QUIQUENDONE.All chapters and sections (41)Other sectionsA Winter Amid the IceChapters123456789101112131415161712345Other sectionsA DRAMA IN THE AIR.Chapters12345678910111213141516Other sectionsTHE FORTIETH FRENCH ASCENT OF MONT BLANCAND OTHER THRILLING STORIESby Jules Vernewith sixty illustrations[Illustration: ]NEW YORK: THE WORLD PUBLISHING HOUSE 21 ASTOR PLACE AND 142 EIGHTH ST. 1877CHAPTER I. HOW IT IS USELESS TO SEEK, EVEN ON THE BEST MAPS, FOR THE SMALL TOWN OF QUIQUENDONE. →
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