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The adventure novel Children of Captain Grant was written by the French writer Jules Verne. It was the first part of a trilogy. Later, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The Mysterious Island" were written.
The novel was filmed several times and received great popularity. Below in a summary you can read the main plot of the work.
June 26, 1864 the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, a prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a wealthy Scottish landowner, catches a shark in the Irish Sea, in the stomach of which they find a bottle with a note in three languages: English, German and French . The note briefly states that during the crash of the Britannia, three were saved - Captain Grant and two sailors, that they fell on some kind of land; both latitude and longitude are indicated, but it is impossible to make out what longitude it is - the figure is blurred. The note says that the rescued are at the thirty-seventh degree eleventh minute of the south latitude. Longitude unknown. Therefore, it is necessary to look for Captain Grant and his companions somewhere on the thirty-seventh parallel. The English Admiralty refuses to send a rescue expedition, but Lord Glenarvan and his wife decide to do everything possible to find Captain Grant. They meet the children of Harry Grant - sixteen-year-old Mary and twelve-year-old Robert. The yacht is equipped for a long voyage, in which the lord's wife, Helen Glenarvan, a very kind and courageous young woman, and the children of Captain Grant wish to take part. Also participating in the expedition are Major McNabbs, a man of about fifty, modest, silent and good-natured, a close relative of Glenarvan; the thirty-year-old captain of the Duncan, John Mangles, cousin of Glenarvan, a man of courage, kindness and energy; mate Tom Austin, an old and trustworthy sailor, and twenty-three men of the ship's crew, all Scots, like their master.
August 25 "Duncan" goes to sea from Glasgow. The next day, it turns out that there is another passenger on board. It turns out to be the secretary of the Paris Geographical Society, Frenchman Jacques Paganel. Due to his usual absent-mindedness, the day before the Duncan sailed, having mixed up the ships (for he wanted to sail to India on the Scotland steamer), he climbed into the cabin and slept there for exactly thirty-six hours in order to better endure the pitching, and did not go out on deck until second day of travel. When Paganel learns that he is sailing to South America instead of India, at first he is overcome by despair, but then, having learned about the purpose of the expedition, he decides to change his plans and sail with everyone.
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean and passing through the Strait of Magellan, the Duncan finds itself in the Pacific Ocean and heads to the shores of Patagonia, where, according to some assumptions - at first the note was interpreted that way - Captain Grant is languishing in captivity from the Indians.
The passengers of the Duncan - Lord Glenarvan, Major McNabbs, Paganel, Robert and three sailors - land on the west coast of Patagonia, and Helen Glenarvan and Mary, under the care of John Mangles, remain on the sailing ship, which should go around the continent and wait for travelers on the east coast, at Cape Corrientes.
Glenarvan and his companions pass through the whole of Patagonia, following the thirty-seventh parallel. On this journey, incredible adventures take place with them. Robert goes missing during an earthquake in Chile. Several days of searching end badly - the child is nowhere to be found. When a small detachment, having lost all hope of finding him, is already about to set off, the travelers suddenly see a condor, which carries Robert in its powerful paws and begins to soar with him into the sky. McNabbs is about to shoot the bird when suddenly someone else's well-aimed shot is ahead of him. The wounded bird, like a parachute, on its mighty wings, lowers Robert to the ground. It turns out that this shot was fired by a native named Talcave. He becomes their guide through the plains of Argentina, and later a real friend.
In the pampas, travelers are threatened with death from thirst. Thalcave, Glenarvan and Robert, whose horses are not yet very tired, set off in search of water and are ahead of the rest. By the river at night they are attacked by a pack of red wolves. Three travelers face imminent death. Then Robert jumps on the swift-footed Tauka, Thalcave's horse, and, at the risk of being torn to pieces by wolves, drags the pack away from Glenarvan and Thalcave. He manages to avoid death. He joins Paganel's group and in the morning meets again with the rescued by him Glenarvan and Talcave.
Soon after, in the lowland, the squad will have to survive the flood due to the flood of the rivers. The travelers manage to climb a sprawling walnut tree, which the brown stream could not tear out of the ground. On it they arrange a halt, even make a fire. At night, the hurricane still pulls out a tree, and on it people manage to swim to land.
Paganel comes up with the idea that the original note by Captain Grant was misinterpreted and that it is not about Patagonia, but about Australia. He convincingly convinces the others of the correctness of his conclusion, and the travelers decide to return to the ship in order to continue sailing to the coast of Australia. And so they do.
They explore, but in vain, two islands along the way - Tristan da Cunha and Amsterdam. The Duncan then approaches Cape Bernoulli, located on the Australian coast. Glenarvan disembarks. A few miles from the coast stands the farm of a certain Irishman who welcomes travelers. Lord Glenarvan tells the Irishman about what brought him to these parts, and asks if he has any information about the English three-masted ship Britannia, which was wrecked about two years ago somewhere off the western coast of Australia.
The Irishman has never heard of a sunken ship, but, to the great surprise of all those present, one of his employees, by the name of Ayrton, intervenes in the conversation. He states that if Captain Grant is still alive, he is on Australian soil. His documents and story confirm that he served as boatswain on the Britannia. Ayrton says that he lost sight of the captain at the moment when the ship crashed on the coastal reefs. Until now, he was convinced that only he survived from the entire team of "Britain". True, Ayrton assures that the ship crashed not off the western, but off the eastern coast of Australia, and if Captain Grant is still alive, as evidenced by the note, then he is in captivity with the natives somewhere on the east coast.
Ayrton speaks with captivating sincerity. It is difficult to doubt his words. In addition, the Irishman with whom he served vouches for him. Lord Glenarvan believes Ayrton and, on his advice, decides to cross Australia along the thirty-seventh parallel. Glenarvan, his wife, the children of Captain Grant, the major, the geographer, Captain Mangles and several sailors, gathered in a small detachment, set off on a journey led by Ayrton. "Duncan", which received some damage in the hull, is heading for Melbourne, where it is planned to carry out repairs. The yacht's crew, led by mate Tom Austin, is there to await Glenarvan's orders.
The women ride out in a cart drawn by six oxen, and the men on horseback. During the trip, travelers pass by gold mines, admire the Australian flora and fauna. At first, the journey takes place in quite comfortable conditions, through populated areas. However, one of the horses has a broken shoe. Ayrton follows the blacksmith, who puts on new horseshoes with a shamrock - the sign of the Black Point cattle station. Soon a small detachment is already on its way. Travelers witness the results of a crime committed on the Camden Bridge. All the wagons, except for the last one, collapsed into the river due to the fact that the rails were not brought together. The last carriage has been robbed, charred mutilated corpses are lying everywhere. The police are inclined to believe that this crime is the work of a gang of runaway convicts led by Ben Joyce.
Soon, Ayrton leads the detachment into the forest. Travelers are forced to stop for an indefinite time, because in front of them is a turbulent overflowing river, which can be forded only when it returns to its normal course. Meanwhile, due to an incomprehensible disease, all the bulls and horses die, with the exception of the one that was shod with a shamrock. One evening, Major McNabbs sees some people in the shade of the trees. Without saying a word to anyone, he goes to investigate. It turns out that these are convicts; he sneaks up on them and eavesdrops on their conversation, from which it becomes obvious that Ben Joyce and Ayrton are the same person, and his gang stayed close to him during the entire trip of the Glenarvan detachment on the mainland, focusing on the trail of the horse from the Black Point horseshoe. Returning to his friends, the major for the time being does not tell them about his discovery. Ayrton persuades Lord Glenarvan to order the "Duncan" from Melbourne to go to the east coast - there the bandits would easily take possession of the yacht. The traitor is almost given an order addressed to the assistant captain, but then the major exposes him and Ayrton has to flee. Before fleeing, he wounds Glenarvan in the arm. After some time, the travelers decide to send another messenger to Melbourne. Instead of the wounded Glenarvan, the order is written by Paganel. One of the sailors sets off. However, Ben Joyce seriously injures the sailor, takes the letter from him and goes to Melbourne himself. His gang crosses the river on a nearby bridge and then burns it down so Glenarvan can't use it. The detachment waits for the level of the river to drop, then builds a raft and crosses the calm river on the raft. Having reached the coast, Glenarvan realizes that Ben Joyce's gang has already taken possession of the Duncan and, having killed the team, set off on it in an unknown direction. Everyone comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to stop the search, because there is nothing left to do it, and return to Europe. However, it turns out that a ship heading to Europe may have to wait a very long time. Then the travelers decide to sail to Auckland, in New Zealand: from there flights to Europe are regular. On a fragile ship with an eternally drunk captain and sailors, after surviving a storm during which the ship runs aground, Glenarvan and his friends still reach the shores of New Zealand.
There they are captured by cannibalistic natives who are going to kill them. However, thanks to Robert's resourcefulness, they manage to escape from captivity. After a few days of travel, they reach the east coast of New Zealand and see a pirogue near the coast, and a little further - a group of natives. Travelers sit in a pirogue, but the natives in several boats pursue them. Travelers are desperate. After what they had to endure in captivity, they prefer to die rather than surrender. Suddenly, in the distance, Glenarvan sees "Duncan" with his own team on board, which helps him break away from his pursuers. Travelers wonder why the Duncan is off the eastern coast of New Zealand. Tom Austin shows an order written in the handwriting of an absent-minded Paganel, who, instead of writing "Australia", wrote "New Zealand". Due to Paganel's mistake, Ayrton's plans collapsed. He decided to rebel. They locked him up. Now Ayrton, against his will, is sailing on the Duncan along with those whom he wanted to deceive.
Glenarvan is trying to convince Ayrton to give the true information about the death of "Britain". The repeated requests and persistence of Lady Glenarvan are doing their job. Ayrton agrees to tell everything he knows, and in exchange for this he asks to be landed on some uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Glenarvan accepts his offer. It turns out that Ayrton left the Britannia before the crash. He was landed by Harry Grant in Australia for attempting to organize a mutiny. Ayrton's story does not shed any light on the whereabouts of Captain Grant. However, Glenarvan keeps his word. The Duncan sails farther and farther, and Tabor Island is shown in the distance. It was decided to leave Ayrton on it. However, on this piece of land, lying on the thirty-seventh parallel, a miracle happens: it turns out that it was here that Captain Grant and two of his sailors found shelter. Instead, Ayrton remains on the island to be able to repent and atone for his crimes. Glenarvan promises that someday he will return for him.
And the Duncan is safely back in Scotland. Mary Grant soon becomes engaged to John Mangles, with whom, during their journey together, she had a tender feeling. Paganel marries the major's cousin. Robert, like his father, becomes a brave sailor.
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The Children of Captain Grant
Jules Verne
The Children of Captain Grant
On June 26, 1864, the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, a prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a wealthy Scottish landowner, catches a shark in the Irish Sea, in the stomach of which they find a bottle with a note in three languages: English, German and French . The note briefly states that during the wreck of the Britannia, three were saved - and two sailors, that they fell on some kind of land; both latitude and longitude are indicated, but it is impossible to make out what longitude it is - the figure is blurred. The note says that the rescued are at the thirty-seventh degree eleventh minute of the south latitude. Longitude unknown. Therefore, it is necessary to look for Captain Grant and his companions somewhere on the thirty-seventh parallel. The English Admiralty refuses to send a rescue expedition, but Lord Glenarvan and his wife decide to do everything possible to find Captain Grant. They meet the children of Harry Grant - sixteen-year-old Mary and twelve-year-old Robert. The yacht is equipped for a long voyage, in which the lord's wife, Helen Glenarvan, a very kind and courageous young woman, and the children of Captain Grant wish to take part. Also participating in the expedition are Major McNabbs, a man of about fifty, modest, silent and good-natured, a close relative of Glenarvan; the thirty-year-old captain of the Duncan, John Mangles, cousin of Glenarvan, a man of courage, kindness and energy; mate Tom Austin, an old and trustworthy sailor, and twenty-three of the ship's crew, all Scots, like their master.
August 25 "Duncan" goes to sea from Glasgow. The next day, it turns out that there is another passenger on board. It turns out to be the secretary of the Paris Geographical Society, Frenchman Jacques Paganel. Due to his usual absent-mindedness, the day before the Duncan sailed, having mixed up the ships (for he wanted to sail to India on the Scotland steamer), he climbed into the cabin and slept there for exactly thirty-six hours in order to better endure the pitching, and did not go out on deck until second day of travel. When Paganel learns that he is sailing to South America instead of India, at first he is overcome by despair, but then, having learned about the purpose of the expedition, he decides to change his plans and sail along with everyone.
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean and passing through the Strait of Magellan, the Duncan finds itself in the Pacific Ocean and heads to the shores of Patagonia, where, according to some assumptions - at first the note was interpreted that way - Captain Grant is languishing in captivity from the Indians.
The passengers of the Duncan - Lord Glenarvan, Major McNabbs, Paganel, Robert and three sailors - land on the west coast of Patagonia, and Helen Glenarvan and Mary, under the care of John Mangles, remain on the sailing ship, which should go around the continent and wait for travelers on the east coast, at Cape Corrientes.
Glenarvan and his companions pass through the whole of Patagonia, following the thirty-seventh parallel. On this journey, incredible adventures take place with them. Robert goes missing during an earthquake in Chile. Several days of searching end badly - the child is nowhere to be found. When a small detachment, having lost all hope of finding him, is already about to set off, the travelers suddenly see a condor, which in its powerful paws carries Robert and begins to soar with him into the sky. McNabbs is about to shoot the bird when suddenly someone else's well-aimed shot is ahead of him. The wounded bird, like a parachute, on its mighty wings, lowers Robert to the ground. It turns out that this shot was fired by a native named Talcave. He becomes their guide through the plains of Argentina, and later a real friend.
In the pampas, travelers are threatened with death from thirst. Thalcave, Glenarvan, and Robert, whose horses are not yet very tired, set off in search of water and are ahead of the rest. By the river at night they are attacked by a pack of red wolves. Three travelers face imminent death. Then Robert jumps on the swift-footed Tauka, Thalcave's horse, and, at the risk of being torn to pieces by wolves, drags the pack away from Glenarvan and Thalcave. He manages to avoid death. He joins Paganel's group and in the morning meets again with Glenarvan and Talcave, who had been saved by him.
Soon after, in the lowland, the squad will have to survive the flood due to the flood of the rivers. The travelers manage to climb a sprawling walnut tree, which the brown stream could not tear out of the ground. On it they arrange a halt, even make a fire. At night, the hurricane still pulls out a tree, and on it people manage to swim to land.
Paganel comes up with the idea that the original note by Captain Grant was misinterpreted and that it was not about Patagonia, but about Australia. He convincingly convinces the others of the correctness of his conclusion, and the travelers decide to return to the ship in order to continue sailing to the coast of Australia. And so they do.
They explore, but in vain, two islands along the way - Tristan da Cunha and Amsterdam. The Duncan then approaches Cape Bernoulli, located on the Australian coast. Glenarvan disembarks. A few miles from the coast stands the farm of a certain Irishman who welcomes travelers. Lord Glenarvan tells the Irishman about what brought him to these parts, and asks if he has any information about the English three-masted ship Britannia, which was wrecked about two years ago somewhere off the western coast of Australia.
The Irishman has never heard of a sunken ship, but, to the great surprise of all those present, one of his employees, by the name of Ayrton, intervenes in the conversation. He states that if Captain Grant is still alive, he is on Australian soil. His documents and story confirm that he served as boatswain on the Britannia. Ayrton says that he lost sight of the captain at the moment when the ship crashed on the coastal reefs. Until now, he was convinced that of the entire team of "Britain" only he survived. True, Ayrton assures that the ship crashed not off the western, but on the eastern coast of Australia, and if Captain Grant is still alive, as evidenced by the note, then he is in captivity with the natives somewhere on the east coast.
Ayrton speaks with captivating sincerity. It is difficult to doubt his words. In addition, the Irishman with whom he served vouches for him. Lord Glenarvan believes Ayrton and, on his advice, decides to cross Australia along the thirty-seventh parallel. Glenarvan, his wife, the children of Captain Grant, the major, the geographer, Captain Mangle and several sailors, gathered in a small detachment, set off on a journey led by Ayrton. "Duncan", which received some damage in the hull, is heading for Melbourne, where it is planned to carry out repairs. The yacht's crew, led by mate Tom Austin, is there to await Glenarvan's orders.
The women ride out in a cart drawn by six oxen, and the men on horseback. During the trip, travelers pass by gold mines, admire the Australian flora and fauna. At first, the journey takes place in fairly comfortable conditions, through populated areas. However, one of the horses has a broken shoe. Ayrton goes for the blacksmith, and he puts on new horseshoes with a shamrock - the sign of the Black Point cattle station. Soon a small detachment is already on its way. Travelers witness the results of a crime committed on the Camden Bridge. All the wagons, except for the last one, collapsed into the river due to the fact that the rails were not brought together. The last carriage has been robbed, charred mutilated corpses are lying everywhere. The police are inclined to believe that this crime is the work of a gang of runaway convicts led by Ben Joyce.
Soon, Ayrton leads the detachment into the forest. Travelers are forced to stop for an indefinite time, because in front of them is a turbulent overflowing river, which can be forded only when it returns to its normal course. Meanwhile, due to an incomprehensible disease, all the bulls and horses die, with the exception of the one that was shod with a shamrock. One evening, Major McNabbs sees some people in the shade of the trees. Without saying a word to anyone, he goes to investigate. It turns out that these are convicts; he sneaks up on them and eavesdrops on their conversation, from which it becomes obvious that Ben Joyce and Ayrton are the same person, and his gang stayed close to him during the entire trip of the Glenarvan detachment on the mainland, focusing on the trail of the horse from the Black Point horseshoe. Returning to his friends, the major for the time being does not tell them about his discovery. Ayrton persuades Lord Glenarvan to order the "Duncan" from Melbourne to go to the east coast - there the bandits would easily take possession of the yacht. The traitor is almost given an order addressed to the assistant captain, but then the major exposes him and Ayrton has to flee. Before fleeing, he wounds Glenarvan in the arm. After some time, the travelers decide to send another messenger to Melbourne. Instead of the wounded Glenarvan, the order is written by Paganel. One of the sailors sets off. However, Ben Joyce seriously injures the sailor, takes the letter from him and goes to Melbourne himself. His gang crosses the river on a nearby bridge and then burns it down so Glenarvan can't use it. The detachment waits for the level of the river to drop, then builds a raft and crosses the calm river on the raft. Having reached the coast, Glenarvan realizes that Ben Joyce's gang has already taken possession of the Duncan and, having killed the team, set off on it in an unknown direction. Everyone comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to stop the search, because there is nothing left to do it, and return to Europe. However, it turns out that a ship bound for Europe may have to wait a very long time. Then the travelers decide to sail to Auckland, in New Zealand: from there flights to Europe are regular. On a fragile little boat with an eternally drunk captain and sailors, after surviving a storm during which the ship runs aground, Glenarvan and his friends still reach the shores of New Zealand.
There they are captured by cannibalistic natives who are going to kill them. However, thanks to Robert's resourcefulness, they manage to escape from captivity. After a few days of travel, they reach the east coast of New Zealand and see a pirogue near the coast, and a little further - a group of natives. Travelers sit in a pirogue, but the natives in several boats pursue them. Travelers are desperate. After what they had to endure in captivity, they prefer to die rather than surrender. Suddenly, in the distance, Glenarvan sees "Duncan" with his own team on board, which helps him break away from his pursuers. Travelers wonder why the Duncan is off the eastern coast of New Zealand. Tom Austin shows an order written in the handwriting of an absent-minded Paganel, who, instead of writing "Australia", wrote "New Zealand". Due to Paganel's mistake, Ayrton's plans collapsed. He decided to rebel. They locked him up. Now Ayrton, against his will, is sailing on the Duncan along with those whom he wanted to deceive.
Glenarvan is trying to convince Ayrton to give the true information about the death of "Britain". The repeated requests and perseverance of Lady Glenarvan are doing their job. Ayrton agrees to tell everything he knows, and in exchange for this he asks to be landed on some uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Glenarvan accepts his offer. It turns out that Ayrton left the Britannia before the crash. He was landed by Harry Grant in Australia for attempting to organize a mutiny. Ayrton's story does not shed any light on the whereabouts of Captain Grant. However, Glenarvan keeps his word. The Duncan sails farther and farther, and Tabor Island is shown in the distance. It was decided to leave Ayrton on it. However, on this piece of land, lying on the thirty-seventh parallel, a miracle happens: it turns out that it was here that Captain Grant and two of his sailors found shelter. Instead, Ayrton remains on the island to be able to repent and atone for his crimes. Glenarvan promises that someday he will return for him.
And the Duncan is safely back in Scotland. Mary Grant soon becomes engaged to John Mangles, with whom, during their journey together, she had a tender feeling. Paganel marries the major's cousin. Robert, like his father, becomes a brave sailor.
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(!LANG: What would happen to a society if there weren't people in it who can dream? Probably, it would still live in the Stone Age, maintained an eternal flame in a deep cave and hunted wild animals with sticks and bows. But, fortunately, there were, are and will be dreamers! It is they who lead us to progress, carrying us after their dream. And one of these dreamers, science fiction, who believes in man with a capital letter, is Jules Verne.
Brief biography of the writer
His name is familiar to us from childhood. The author of The Children of Captain Grant, The Fifteen-Year-Old Captain, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island, Around the World in Eighty Days, and a number of other wonderful works, is undoubtedly an unusual person. He not only predicted the future of technological progress, but also worked in detail to ensure that his fantasies were scientifically substantiated and possible. It is not surprising that all of his flying machines, submarines and other devices have a place in our lives.
Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France, not far from the country's largest port. Perhaps that is why he was so carried away by the sea since childhood. The ancestors were nobles, but the Vern family was descended from the Celts (by father) and Scots (by mother). The family had many children, but the boy's education was very decent. However, Jules dreamed of the sea, so he tried to get a job on a ship. His father took him ashore at the last moment and literally demanded a promise that this would not happen again. And the young boy kept his word: since then he only dreamed of the sea. And so first came sonatas and poems dedicated to the cousin who rejected him, then plays, and then real literary masterpieces.
Best French Dreamer Novel
Who wrote Captain Grant's Children? The answer to this question will give, perhaps, each person. This work, although considered childish, has an unpredictable and very exciting plot. The book is written in an understandable language, and scientific reasoning and information about the world around us are so interesting that even adults read them with rapture. Therefore, we can safely say that the novel is the best of the literary heritage of Jules Verne.
J. Verne "Children of Captain Grant": the plot
The book begins with a story about the Duncan yacht, which belongs to the wealthy Scot Edward Glenarvan. During the voyage, the crew catches a shark with a note in its belly. In it, in three languages, a certain Captain Grant asks for help: after the death of their ship (“Britain”), he ended up on the island with two sailors. this piece of land could not be fully read, as the paper was damaged by salt water. But this does not prevent noble people from going in search of the missing. Since the government refuses to equip a rescue operation, the lord sends it at his own expense. The expedition includes the children of Captain Grant - daughter Mary (sixteen years old) and son Robert (twelve years old), Lady Glenarvan, Major McNabbs, Captain John Mangles, Captain's mate Tom Austin and a team of twenty-three people, originally from Scotland.
The Duncan sets sail
Who wrote the "Children of Captain Grant", we have already found out. Now let's talk about the future fate of the yacht, after she set sail from the port of Glasgow. On board suddenly there is another passenger who mixed up the ships. Absent-minded scientist Jacques Paganel decides to join the search for the brave captain. At first, the Duncan is on its way to Patagonia, but when the travelers crossed this land along the thirty-seventh parallel, overcoming all obstacles, they did not find Grant there. But on the other hand, noble people were met everywhere, ready to help in difficult times. In the pampas of Argentina, they met a native named Talcave, who became their guide.
Because the crew of the Britannia was not found in South America, Paganel assumes that Australia was meant in the note. The team returns to the Duncan and sets off for the green continent. Exploring the islands along the way, the company sails to Australia. There they quickly find the right traces: Ayrton, a farm worker, once served as a boatswain for Captain Grant and saw the wreck with his own eyes. He volunteered to show the place where he thought the entire crew of the ship had died. The children of Captain Grant and their assistants go to the east of the mainland, but it turns out that Ayrton deceived them, because he was the leader of the robbers. He wanted to take possession of the Duncan and destroy its passengers. Miraculously, they escape a terrible fate, and Paganel's absent-mindedness saves the ship.
The adventure continues
Very fascinating book "Children of Captain Grant"! The author sends his heroes to New Zealand, where they were almost eaten by the natives. However, the rescue operation continues. Ayrton tells everything he knows, and for this Glenarvan drops him off on one of the Pacific islands. By a happy coincidence, located on the thirty-seventh parallel, it was the shelter of Captain Grant and his people. Having completed its mission, "Duncan" returns home. Happy end.
Characteristics of heroes
J. Verne was a romantic and idealist, "Children of Captain Grant" proves this. In the book we see different characters, positive and negative. The characters of the second category are the true dregs of society, ready for any crime for the sake of profit. So Ayrton, who is also the leader of the gang, was ready to kill almost three dozen people in order to take possession of the high-speed yacht of the Scottish lord. But what do we see at the end? The triumph of the human spirit over evil, mercy over bad habits! Lord Glenarvan agrees with his wife, who asks to let Ayrton go in exchange for the truth that he will tell. And although the sailor's story could not help in the search for the missing captain, the noble man keeps his word. Instead of trial and penal servitude, which shone on the robber, he was landed on the island. Thus, he received forgiveness from the team and a chance for repentance.
The positive characters of the book "Children of Captain Grant" are brave people, noble, courageous. They keep their word, given even to themselves, and are ready to overcome various obstacles for the sake of saving one person. They risk their lives, but the goal is justified for them. Women in the work of Jules Verne (and this is the one who wrote the "Children of Captain Grant") are also special. They are strong in spirit, ready to sacrifice themselves, merciful and never complain about fate or hardship. This is the ideal that the writer brought to society. He drew a big man who cares about his neighbors and receives help from heaven for this. After all, all those happy coincidences of circumstances were nothing more than the patronage of God, providence.
Features of the novel
Who wrote The Children of Captain Grant, the reader already knows. And those who love the work of Jules Verne can remember that the book is literally filled with interesting information about the world around. The writer talks about the habits of animals, about nature and its phenomena, about the climate of continents and regions, about their flora and fauna, talks about geography and history. This is a real encyclopedia of knowledge from different fields of science! For that alone, it's worth reading the entire novel.
Jules Verne's great trilogy
We briefly told the plot of the first book included in the great trilogy created by Jules Verne. "Children of Captain Grant" have a sequel. This is the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, which tells the adventures of the amazing Captain Nemo, the first builder of a submarine called the Nautilus. And the "Mysterious Island", in which everything returns to normal. That is, Ayrton again becomes a normal member of society (not without the help of other heroes), and Captain Nemo takes the secret of his ship to another world, however, revealing some of his secrets to people. And again, reading these books, you admire the ideal of a real person, drawn by a great science fiction writer.
Jules Verne "Children of Captain Grant": reviews of contemporaries
It is probably impossible to remain indifferent to the works of the great Frenchman. Everyone who reads them falls in love forever. More than one generation has grown up on them, and we can safely say that more than one will grow up. We read and watch films based on the novels of Jules Verne, we learn to be the best, we strive for our own ideal.
Although for the sake of truth it must be said that reviews of the book "Children of Captain Grant", like the rest of the trilogy, are not the same. Of course, in the nineteenth century it was a bold fantasy, which was hard to believe. And today it is quite a common occurrence. But I would like to say to all these critics that the books are intended for children and those who still have a childish perception, faith in miracles, a craving for adventure. And it is necessary to read it for those who want to regain the feeling of childhood. Therefore, remember this name for the rest of your life and do not ask who the author is. The Children of Captain Grant, like other novels of the incorrigible dreamer Jules Verne, is a book worth your attention.
On June 26, 1864, the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, a prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a wealthy Scottish landowner, catches a shark in the Irish Sea, in the stomach of which they find a bottle with a note in three languages: English, German and French . The note briefly states that during the crash of the Britannia, three were saved - Captain Grant and two sailors, that they fell on some kind of land; both latitude and longitude are indicated, but it is impossible to make out what longitude it is - the figure is blurred. The note says that the rescued are at the thirty-seventh degree eleventh minute of the south latitude. Longitude unknown. Therefore, it is necessary to look for Captain Grant and his companions somewhere on the thirty-seventh parallel. The English Admiralty refuses to send a rescue expedition, but Lord Glenarvan and his wife decide to do everything possible to find Captain Grant. They meet the children of Harry Grant - sixteen-year-old Mary and twelve-year-old Robert. The yacht is equipped for a long voyage, in which the lord's wife, Helen Glenarvan, a very kind and courageous young woman, and the children of Captain Grant wish to take part. Also participating in the expedition are Major McNabbs, a man of about fifty, modest, silent and good-natured, a close relative of Glenarvan; the thirty-year-old captain of the Duncan, John Mangles, cousin of Glenarvan, a man of courage, kindness and energy; mate Tom Austin, an old and trustworthy sailor, and twenty-three of the ship's crew, all Scots, like their master. August 25 "Duncan" goes to sea from Glasgow. The next day, it turns out that there is another passenger on board. It turns out to be the secretary of the Paris Geographical Society, Frenchman Jacques Paganel. Due to his usual absent-mindedness, the day before the Duncan sailed, having mixed up the ships (for he wanted to sail to India on the Scotland steamer), he climbed into the cabin and slept there for exactly thirty-six hours in order to better endure the pitching, and did not go out on deck until second day of travel. When Paganel learns that he is sailing to South America instead of India, at first he is overcome by despair, but then, having learned about the purpose of the expedition, he decides to change his plans and sail along with everyone. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean and passing through the Strait of Magellan, the Duncan finds itself in the Pacific Ocean and heads to the shores of Patagonia, where, according to some assumptions - at first the note was interpreted that way - Captain Grant is languishing in captivity from the Indians. The passengers of the Duncan - Lord Glenarvan, Major McNabbs, Paganel, Robert and three sailors - land on the west coast of Patagonia, and Helen Glenarvan and Mary, under the care of John Mangles, remain on the sailing ship, which should go around the continent and wait for travelers on the east coast, at Cape Corrientes. Glenarvan and his companions pass through the whole of Patagonia, following the thirty-seventh parallel. On this journey, incredible adventures take place with them. Robert goes missing during an earthquake in Chile. Several days of searching end badly - the child is nowhere to be found. When a small detachment, having lost all hope of finding him, is already about to set off, the travelers suddenly see a condor, which in its powerful paws carries Robert and begins to soar with him into the sky. McNabbs is about to shoot the bird when suddenly someone else's well-aimed shot is ahead of him. The wounded bird, like a parachute, on its mighty wings, lowers Robert to the ground. It turns out that this shot was fired by a native named Talcave. He becomes their guide through the plains of Argentina, and later a real friend. In the pampas, travelers are threatened with death from thirst. Thalcave, Glenarvan, and Robert, whose horses are not yet very tired, set off in search of water and are ahead of the rest. By the river at night they are attacked by a pack of red wolves. Three travelers face imminent death. Then Robert jumps on the swift-footed Tauka, Thalcave's horse, and, at the risk of being torn to pieces by wolves, drags the pack away from Glenarvan and Thalcave. He manages to avoid death. He joins Paganel's group and in the morning meets again with Glenarvan and Talcave, who had been saved by him. Soon after, in the lowland, the squad will have to survive the flood due to the flood of the rivers. The travelers manage to climb a sprawling walnut tree, which the brown stream could not tear out of the ground. On it they arrange a halt, even make a fire. At night, the hurricane still pulls out a tree, and on it people manage to swim to land. Paganel comes up with the idea that the original note by Captain Grant was misinterpreted and that it was not about Patagonia, but about Australia. He convincingly convinces the others of the correctness of his conclusion, and the travelers decide to return to the ship in order to continue sailing to the coast of Australia. And so they do. They explore, but in vain, two islands along the way - Tristan da Cunha and Amsterdam. The Duncan then approaches Cape Bernoulli, located on the Australian coast. Glenarvan disembarks. A few miles from the coast stands the farm of a certain Irishman who welcomes travelers. Lord Glenarvan tells the Irishman about what brought him to these parts, and asks if he has any information about the English three-masted ship Britannia, which was wrecked about two years ago somewhere off the western coast of Australia. The Irishman has never heard of a sunken ship, but, to the great surprise of all those present, one of his employees, by the name of Ayrton, intervenes in the conversation. He states that if Captain Grant is still alive, he is on Australian soil. His documents and story confirm that he served as boatswain on the Britannia. Ayrton says that he lost sight of the captain at the moment when the ship crashed on the coastal reefs. Until now, he was convinced that of the entire team of "Britain" only he survived. True, Ayrton assures that the ship crashed not off the western, but on the eastern coast of Australia, and if Captain Grant is still alive, as evidenced by the note, then he is in captivity with the natives somewhere on the east coast. Ayrton speaks with captivating sincerity. It is difficult to doubt his words. In addition, the Irishman with whom he served vouches for him. Lord Glenarvan believes Ayrton and, on his advice, decides to cross Australia along the thirty-seventh parallel. Glenarvan, his wife, the children of Captain Grant, the major, the geographer, Captain Mangle and several sailors, gathered in a small detachment, set off on a journey led by Ayrton. "Duncan", which received some damage in the hull, is heading for Melbourne, where it is planned to carry out repairs. The yacht's crew, led by mate Tom Austin, is there to await Glenarvan's orders. The women ride out in a cart drawn by six oxen, and the men on horseback. During the trip, travelers pass by gold mines, admire the Australian flora and fauna. At first, the journey takes place in fairly comfortable conditions, through populated areas. However, one of the horses has a broken shoe. Ayrton goes for the blacksmith, and he puts on new horseshoes with a shamrock - the sign of the Black Point cattle station. Soon a small detachment is already on its way. Travelers witness the results of a crime committed on the Camden Bridge. All the wagons, except for the last one, collapsed into the river due to the fact that the rails were not brought together. The last carriage has been robbed, charred mutilated corpses are lying everywhere. The police are inclined to believe that this crime is the work of a gang of runaway convicts led by Ben Joyce. Soon, Ayrton leads the detachment into the forest. Travelers are forced to stop for an indefinite time, because in front of them is a turbulent overflowing river, which can be forded only when it returns to its normal course. Meanwhile, due to an incomprehensible disease, all the bulls and horses die, with the exception of the one that was shod with a shamrock. One evening, Major McNabbs sees some people in the shade of the trees. Without saying a word to anyone, he goes to investigate. It turns out that these are convicts; he sneaks up on them and eavesdrops on their conversation, from which it becomes obvious that Ben Joyce and Ayrton are the same person, and his gang stayed close to him during the entire trip of the Glenarvan detachment on the mainland, focusing on the trail of the horse from the Black Point horseshoe. Returning to his friends, the major for the time being does not tell them about his discovery. Ayrton persuades Lord Glenarvan to order the "Duncan" from Melbourne to go to the east coast - there the bandits would easily take possession of the yacht. The traitor is almost given an order addressed to the assistant captain, but then the major exposes him and Ayrton has to flee. Before fleeing, he wounds Glenarvan in the arm. After some time, the travelers decide to send another messenger to Melbourne. Instead of the wounded Glenarvan, the order is written by Paganel. One of the sailors sets off. However, Ben Joyce seriously injures the sailor, takes the letter from him and goes to Melbourne himself. His gang crosses the river on a nearby bridge and then burns it down so Glenarvan can't use it. The detachment waits for the level of the river to drop, then builds a raft and crosses the calm river on the raft. Having reached the coast, Glenarvan realizes that Ben Joyce's gang has already taken possession of the Duncan and, having killed the team, set off on it in an unknown direction. Everyone comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to stop the search, because there is nothing left to do it, and return to Europe. However, it turns out that a ship bound for Europe may have to wait a very long time. Then the travelers decide to sail to Auckland, in New Zealand: from there flights to Europe are regular. On a fragile little boat with an eternally drunk captain and sailors, after surviving a storm during which the ship runs aground, Glenarvan and his friends still reach the shores of New Zealand. There they are captured by cannibalistic natives who are going to kill them. There they are captured by cannibalistic natives who are going to kill them. However, thanks to Robert's resourcefulness, they manage to escape from captivity. After a few days of travel, they reach the east coast of New Zealand and see a pirogue near the coast, and a little further - a group of natives. Travelers sit in a pirogue, but the natives in several boats pursue them. Travelers are desperate. After what they had to endure in captivity, they prefer to die rather than surrender. Suddenly, in the distance, Glenarvan sees "Duncan" with his own team on board, which helps him break away from his pursuers. Travelers wonder why the Duncan is off the eastern coast of New Zealand. Tom Austin shows an order written in the handwriting of an absent-minded Paganel, who, instead of writing "Australia", wrote "New Zealand". Due to Paganel's mistake, Ayrton's plans collapsed. He decided to rebel. They locked him up. Now Ayrton, against his will, is sailing on the Duncan along with those whom he wanted to deceive. Glenarvan is trying to convince Ayrton to give the true information about the death of "Britain". The repeated requests and perseverance of Lady Glenarvan are doing their job. Ayrton agrees to tell everything he knows, and in exchange for this he asks to be landed on some uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Glenarvan accepts his offer. It turns out that Ayrton left the Britannia before the crash. He was landed by Harry Grant in Australia for attempting to organize a mutiny. Ayrton's story does not shed any light on the whereabouts of Captain Grant. However, Glenarvan keeps his word. The Duncan sails farther and farther, and Tabor Island is shown in the distance. It was decided to leave Ayrton on it. However, on this piece of land, lying on the thirty-seventh parallel, a miracle happens: it turns out that it was here that Captain Grant and two of his sailors found shelter. Instead, Ayrton remains on the island to be able to repent and atone for his crimes. Glenarvan promises that someday he will return for him. And the Duncan is safely back in Scotland. Mary Grant soon becomes engaged to John Mangles, with whom, during their journey together, she had a tender feeling. Paganel marries the major's cousin. Robert, like his father, becomes a brave sailor. There they are captured by cannibal natives who are going to kill them. However, thanks to Robert's resourcefulness, they manage to escape from captivity. After a few days of travel, they reach the east coast of New Zealand and see a pirogue near the coast, and a little further - a group of natives. Travelers sit in a pirogue, but the natives in several boats pursue them. Travelers are desperate. After what they had to endure in captivity, they prefer to die rather than surrender. Suddenly, in the distance, Glenarvan sees "Duncan" with his own team on board, which helps him break away from his pursuers. Travelers wonder why the Duncan is off the eastern coast of New Zealand. Tom Austin shows an order written in the handwriting of an absent-minded Paganel, who, instead of writing "Australia", wrote "New Zealand". Due to Paganel's mistake, Ayrton's plans collapsed. He decided to rebel. They locked him up. Now Ayrton, against his will, is sailing on the Duncan along with those whom he wanted to deceive. Glenarvan is trying to convince Ayrton to give the true information about the death of "Britain". The repeated requests and perseverance of Lady Glenarvan are doing their job. Ayrton agrees to tell everything he knows, and in exchange for this he asks to be landed on some uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Glenarvan accepts his offer. It turns out that Ayrton left the Britannia before the crash. He was landed by Harry Grant in Australia for attempting to organize a mutiny. Ayrton's story does not shed any light on the whereabouts of Captain Grant. However, Glenarvan keeps his word. The Duncan sails farther and farther, and Tabor Island is shown in the distance. It was decided to leave Ayrton on it. However, on this piece of land, lying on the thirty-seventh parallel, a miracle happens: it turns out that it was here that Captain Grant and two of his sailors found shelter. Instead, Ayrton remains on the island to be able to repent and atone for his crimes. Glenarvan promises that someday he will return for him. And the Duncan is safely back in Scotland. Mary Grant soon becomes engaged to John Mangles, with whom, during their journey together, she had a tender feeling. Paganel marries the major's cousin. Robert, like his father, becomes a brave sailor.
On June 26, 1864, the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, a prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a wealthy Scottish landowner, catches a shark in the Irish Sea, in the stomach of which they find a bottle with a note in three languages: English, German and French . The note briefly states that during the crash of the Britannia, three were saved - Captain Grant and two sailors, that they fell on some kind of land; both latitude and longitude are indicated, but it is impossible to make out what longitude it is - the figure is blurred. The note says that the rescued are at the thirty-seventh degree eleventh minute of the south latitude. Longitude unknown. Therefore, it is necessary to look for Captain Grant and his companions somewhere on the thirty-seventh parallel. The English Admiralty refuses to send a rescue expedition, but Lord Glenarvan and his wife decide to do everything possible to find Captain Grant. They meet the children of Harry Grant - sixteen-year-old Mary and twelve-year-old Robert. The yacht is equipped for a long voyage, in which the lord's wife, Helen Glenarvan, a very kind and courageous young woman, and the children of Captain Grant wish to take part. Also participating in the expedition are Major McNabbs, a man of about fifty, modest, silent and good-natured, a close relative of Glenarvan; the thirty-year-old captain of the Duncan, John Mangles, cousin of Glenarvan, a man of courage, kindness and energy; mate Tom Austin, an old and trustworthy sailor, and twenty-three of the ship's crew, all Scots, like their master.
August 25 "Duncan" goes to sea from Glasgow. The next day, it turns out that there is another passenger on board. It turns out to be the secretary of the Paris Geographical Society, Frenchman Jacques Paganel. Due to his usual absent-mindedness, the day before the Duncan sailed, having mixed up the ships (for he wanted to sail to India on the Scotland steamer), he climbed into the cabin and slept there for exactly thirty-six hours in order to better endure the pitching, and did not go out on deck until second day of travel. When Paganel learns that he is sailing to South America instead of India, at first he is overcome by despair, but then, having learned about the purpose of the expedition, he decides to change his plans and sail along with everyone.
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean and passing through the Strait of Magellan, the Duncan finds itself in the Pacific Ocean and heads to the shores of Patagonia, where, according to some assumptions - at first the note was interpreted that way - Captain Grant is languishing in captivity from the Indians.
The passengers of the Duncan - Lord Glenarvan, Major McNabbs, Paganel, Robert and three sailors - land on the west coast of Patagonia, and Helen Glenarvan and Mary, under the care of John Mangles, remain on the sailing ship, which should go around the continent and wait for travelers on the east coast, at Cape Corrientes.
Glenarvan and his companions pass through the whole of Patagonia, following the thirty-seventh parallel. On this journey, incredible adventures take place with them. Robert goes missing during an earthquake in Chile. Several days of searching end badly - the child is nowhere to be found. When a small detachment, having lost all hope of finding him, is already about to set off, the travelers suddenly see a condor, which in its powerful paws carries Robert and begins to soar with him into the sky. McNabbs is about to shoot the bird when suddenly someone else's well-aimed shot is ahead of him. The wounded bird, like a parachute, on its mighty wings, lowers Robert to the ground. It turns out that this shot was fired by a native named Talcave. He becomes their guide through the plains of Argentina, and later a real friend.
In the pampas, travelers are threatened with death from thirst. Thalcave, Glenarvan, and Robert, whose horses are not yet very tired, set off in search of water and are ahead of the rest. By the river at night they are attacked by a pack of red wolves. Three travelers face imminent death. Then Robert jumps on the swift-footed Tauka, Thalcave's horse, and, at the risk of being torn to pieces by wolves, drags the pack away from Glenarvan and Thalcave. He manages to avoid death. He joins Paganel's group and in the morning meets again with Glenarvan and Talcave, who had been saved by him.
Soon after, in the lowland, the squad will have to survive the flood due to the flood of the rivers. The travelers manage to climb a sprawling walnut tree, which the brown stream could not tear out of the ground. On it they arrange a halt, even make a fire. At night, the hurricane still pulls out a tree, and on it people manage to swim to land.
Paganel comes up with the idea that the original note by Captain Grant was misinterpreted and that it was not about Patagonia, but about Australia. He convincingly convinces the others of the correctness of his conclusion, and the travelers decide to return to the ship in order to continue sailing to the coast of Australia. And so they do.
They explore, but in vain, two islands along the way - Tristan da Cunha and Amsterdam. The Duncan then approaches Cape Bernoulli, located on the Australian coast. Glenarvan disembarks. A few miles from the coast stands the farm of a certain Irishman who welcomes travelers. Lord Glenarvan tells the Irishman about what brought him to these parts, and asks if he has any information about the English three-masted ship Britannia, which was wrecked about two years ago somewhere off the western coast of Australia.
The Irishman has never heard of a sunken ship, but, to the great surprise of all those present, one of his employees, by the name of Ayrton, intervenes in the conversation. He states that if Captain Grant is still alive, he is on Australian soil. His documents and story confirm that he served as boatswain on the Britannia. Ayrton says that he lost sight of the captain at the moment when the ship crashed on the coastal reefs. Until now, he was convinced that of the entire team of "Britain" only he survived. True, Ayrton assures that the ship crashed not off the western, but on the eastern coast of Australia, and if Captain Grant is still alive, as evidenced by the note, then he is in captivity with the natives somewhere on the east coast.
Ayrton speaks with captivating sincerity. It is difficult to doubt his words. In addition, the Irishman with whom he served vouches for him. Lord Glenarvan believes Ayrton and, on his advice, decides to cross Australia along the thirty-seventh parallel. Glenarvan, his wife, the children of Captain Grant, the major, the geographer, Captain Mangle and several sailors, gathered in a small detachment, set off on a journey led by Ayrton. "Duncan", which received some damage in the hull, is heading for Melbourne, where it is planned to carry out repairs. The yacht's crew, led by mate Tom Austin, is there to await Glenarvan's orders.
The women ride out in a cart drawn by six oxen, and the men on horseback. During the trip, travelers pass by gold mines, admire the Australian flora and fauna. At first, the journey takes place in fairly comfortable conditions, through populated areas. However, one of the horses has a broken shoe. Ayrton goes for the blacksmith, and he puts on new horseshoes with a shamrock - the sign of the Black Point cattle station. Soon a small detachment is already on its way. Travelers witness the results of a crime committed on the Camden Bridge. All the wagons, except for the last one, collapsed into the river due to the fact that the rails were not brought together. The last carriage has been robbed, charred mutilated corpses are lying everywhere. The police are inclined to believe that this crime is the work of a gang of runaway convicts led by Ben Joyce.
Soon, Ayrton leads the detachment into the forest. Travelers are forced to stop for an indefinite time, because in front of them is a turbulent overflowing river, which can be forded only when it returns to its normal course. Meanwhile, due to an incomprehensible disease, all the bulls and horses die, with the exception of the one that was shod with a shamrock. One evening, Major McNabbs sees some people in the shade of the trees. Without saying a word to anyone, he goes to investigate. It turns out that these are convicts; he sneaks up on them and eavesdrops on their conversation, from which it becomes obvious that Ben Joyce and Ayrton are the same person, and his gang stayed close to him during the entire trip of the Glenarvan detachment on the mainland, focusing on the trail of the horse from the Black Point horseshoe. Returning to his friends, the major for the time being does not tell them about his discovery. Ayrton persuades Lord Glenarvan to order the "Duncan" from Melbourne to go to the east coast - there the bandits would easily take possession of the yacht. The traitor is almost given an order addressed to the assistant captain, but then the major exposes him and Ayrton has to flee. Before fleeing, he wounds Glenarvan in the arm. After some time, the travelers decide to send another messenger to Melbourne. Instead of the wounded Glenarvan, the order is written by Paganel. One of the sailors sets off. However, Ben Joyce seriously injures the sailor, takes the letter from him and goes to Melbourne himself. His gang crosses the river on a nearby bridge and then burns it down so Glenarvan can't use it. The detachment waits for the level of the river to drop, then builds a raft and crosses the calm river on the raft. Having reached the coast, Glenarvan realizes that Ben Joyce's gang has already taken possession of the Duncan and, having killed the team, set off on it in an unknown direction. Everyone comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to stop the search, because there is nothing left to do it, and return to Europe. However, it turns out that a ship bound for Europe may have to wait a very long time. Then the travelers decide to sail to Auckland, in New Zealand: from there flights to Europe are regular. On a fragile little boat with an eternally drunk captain and sailors, after surviving a storm during which the ship runs aground, Glenarvan and his friends still reach the shores of New Zealand. There they are captured by cannibalistic natives who are going to kill them. However, thanks to Robert's resourcefulness, they manage to escape from captivity. After a few days of travel, they reach the east coast of New Zealand and see a pirogue near the coast, and a little further - a group of natives. Travelers sit in a pirogue, but the natives in several boats pursue them. Travelers are desperate. After what they had to endure in captivity, they prefer to die rather than surrender. Suddenly, in the distance, Glenarvan sees "Duncan" with his own team on board, which helps him break away from his pursuers. Travelers wonder why the Duncan is off the eastern coast of New Zealand. Tom Austin shows an order written in the handwriting of an absent-minded Paganel, who, instead of writing "Australia", wrote "New Zealand". Due to Paganel's mistake, Ayrton's plans collapsed. He decided to rebel. They locked him up. Now Ayrton, against his will, is sailing on the Duncan along with those whom he wanted to deceive. Glenarvan is trying to convince Ayrton to give the true information about the death of "Britain". The repeated requests and perseverance of Lady Glenarvan are doing their job. Ayrton agrees to tell everything he knows, and in exchange for this he asks to be landed on some uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Glenarvan accepts his offer. It turns out that Ayrton left the Britannia before the crash. He was landed by Harry Grant in Australia for attempting to organize a mutiny. Ayrton's story does not shed any light on the whereabouts of Captain Grant. However, Glenarvan keeps his word. The Duncan sails farther and farther, and Tabor Island is shown in the distance. It was decided to leave Ayrton on it. However, on this piece of land, lying on the thirty-seventh parallel, a miracle happens: it turns out that it was here that Captain Grant and two of his sailors found shelter. Instead, Ayrton remains on the island to be able to repent and atone for his crimes. Glenarvan promises that someday he will return for him. And the Duncan is safely back in Scotland. Mary Grant soon becomes engaged to John Mangles, with whom, during their journey together, she had a tender feeling. Paganel marries the major's cousin. Robert, like his father, becomes a brave sailor.
