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The Lighthouse at the End of the World (French: Le Phare du bout du monde) is an adventure novel by French author Jules Verne. Verne wrote the first draft in 1901. It was first published posthumously in 1905.
Written in 1905, Lighthouse at the End of the World is a novel of both survival and revenge. In the 1850s the Argentine navy built a lighthouse at Isla de los Estados, located on the southern tip of South America, near the Magellan Strait that connects the Atlantic and the Pacific.
Oct 4, 2022 · The lighthouse at the end of the world by Jules Verne. Publication date 1924 Publisher G. Howard Watt Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor Internet ...
A classic adventure story by the French writer Jules Verne, set in the remote and rugged landscape of Patagonia. The novel follows the fate of three lighthouse keepers and a schooner crew after a storm wrecks their ship near the lighthouse.
At the extreme tip of South America, Staten Island has piercing Antarctic winds, lonely coasts assaulted by breakers, sailors lost as their vessels smash on the dark rocks. Now civilization dares to rule here, a lighthouse penetrates the last and wildest place of all.
Dec 9, 2013 · The plot of the novel involves piracy in the South Atlantic during the mid-19th century, with a theme of survival in extreme circumstances, and events centering on an isolated lighthouse.
At the extreme tip of South America, Staten Island has piercing Antarctic winds, lonely coasts assaulted by breakers, and sailors lost as their vessels smash on the dark rocks. Now that civilization dares to rule here, a lighthouse penetrates the last and wildest place of all.
