Godfrey Morgan

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, who contributed to the development of the genre of the adventure fiction. The adventure fiction features the strict opposition between the good characters and the evil ones. It also features the exaggeration of the experience and feelings as well as the use of mysteries and riddles. An unexpected ending is typical of such stories. He is often considered the founding father of the science-fiction as well. According to UNESCO Jules Verne's are on the second place out of all the books in the world, judging on the amount of their translations. Godfrey Morgan is one of the best and known novels by Jules Verne published in 1882 as an adventure novel which later became the bestseller and popular screenplay for movies. The narrative of the story focuses on a wealthy young man, Godfrey Morgan who, with his deportment instructor, Professor Artelett, embarks on a round-the-world ocean voyage. But on their way they are cast away on an uninhabited Pacific island where they must face to serious circumstances of surviving. Later they encounter an African slave, and, in the end the trio arranges their life to work together and survive on the island. Do you recognize the storyline, don't you?

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