A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
Author: James De Mille
Original published: 1888
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
eBook created: 2017-05-01
Cover page adapted from: Agathaumas, a painting completed in 1897 by Charles R. Knight
Topic: Science fiction
Copyright: CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
Origin: Project Gutenberg
Origin: Google Books
Source: Standard Ebooks
A shipwrecked sailor travels through a portal to a lost world populated by
fantastic creatures and a strange civilization.
The novel itself tells the tale of a shipwrecked sailor, Adam More, who
passes through a mysterious underground passage into a hidden land deep in the
Antarctic, kept warm by a hidden volcano. The land is populated by an ancient
civilization whose views on life and wealth are the polar opposite of those
held in British society of the time—they view death and poverty as the highest
religious and social achievements. As More adventures through the strange land,
he encounters fantastic dinosaurs, lovelorn princesses, and the classic kind of
adventure that foreshadows the pulp novels of the next century.
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