Translated by William Butcher. Fans of _Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea_ and _Around the World in Eighty Days_ may find this work from Verne (1828โ1905) austere. In 1859, three sailors arrive on an isolated island to man a new lighthouse at the wreck-prone tippy tip of South America. The
Lighthouse at the End of the World
โ Scribed by Jules Verne; William Butcher (trans)
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0803296347
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