Project Gutenberg 2005-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 269 Verne, Jules 1828 1905 Verne, Júlio Verne, Jules Gabriël Verne, Jules Gabriel Verne, Gyula Michel Strogoff: De Moscou a Irkoutsk Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Strogoff https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Strogoff Produced by Carlo Traverso, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr. HTML version by Chuck Greif. "Michel Strogoff: De Moscou à Irkoutsk" by Jules Verne is an adventure novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the character Michel Strogoff, a resilient and courageous courier tasked with delivering an urgent message from the czar to his brother, the grand-duke, in Irkoutsk, amidst a Russian-Tatar conflict. The narrative promises a blend of action, tension, and exploration of themes such as loyalty, duty, and the spirit of endurance. The opening of "Michel Strogoff" sets the stage at a grand ball held in the Palais-Neuf in Moscow, where the czar is informed of a troubling telegram indicating potential treachery and invasion beyond the Ural Mountains. As festivities unfold, the czar's worry grows, and he decides to send a trusted courier—Michel Strogoff—on the perilous journey to Irkoutsk. This initial chapter introduces the reader to the political atmosphere of the time, the threat posed by invaders, and the personal stakes for Strogoff, who must navigate through a land filled with danger and uncertainty, all while keeping his mission and identity clandestine. The tension between celebration and impending war effectively hooks the reader into the narrative, foreshadowing the challenges that Strogoff will face. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Historical fiction Russia -- History -- Alexander II, 1855-1881 -- Fiction Heroes -- Fiction Tatars -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 722359 2025-06-03T12:32:46.553266 text/html 710326 2012-03-18T08:43:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 252339 2012-03-18T08:44:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 343476 2025-06-03T12:32:59.565139 application/epub+zip 355135 2025-06-03T12:32:51.226188 application/epub+zip 334474 2025-06-03T12:32:49.053139 application/epub+zip 657126 2025-06-03T12:33:06.321074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 626437 2025-06-03T12:32:58.481181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 567428 2022-09-04T06:04:25.533816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 693344 2025-06-03T12:32:44.617224 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 693074 2012-03-17T17:29:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 250304 2012-03-17T17:30:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 693076 2012-03-17T17:29:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 250237 2012-03-17T17:30:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22783 2025-06-03T12:33:06.485083 application/rdf+xml 14592 2025-06-03T12:32:50.160182 image/jpeg 3301 2025-06-03T12:32:49.870302 image/jpeg 336393 2025-06-03T12:32:46.623281 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia pt.wikipedia