Godfrey Morgan: a Californian Mystery

Jules Verne

Godfrey Morgan: a Californian Mystery by Jules Verne. 22 sections, 6 hr 5 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

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Length

6 hr 5 min

Sections

22

Language

English

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Arnold This Verne adventure is indeed a mystery and also a satire on the Crusoe genre

Source

LibriVox

Internet Archive

godfrey_morgan_2004_librivox

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Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

1. 01 - CHAPTER I. In which the reader has the opportunity of buying an Island in the Pacific Ocean 14:06
2. 02 - CHAPTER II. How William W. Kolderup, of San Francisco, was at loggerheads with J. R. Taskinar, of Stockton 18:26
3. 03 - CHAPTER III. The conversation of Phina Hollaney and Godfrey Morgan, with a piano accompaniment 15:09
4. 04 - CHAPTER IV. In which T. Artelett, otherwise Tartlet, is duly introduced to the reader 11:30
5. 05 - CHAPTER V. In which they prepare to go, and at the end of which they go for good 13:56
6. 06 - CHAPTER VI. In which the reader makes the acquaintance of a new personage 11:58
7. 07 - CHAPTER VII. In which it will be seen that William W. Kolderup was probably right in insuring his ship 18:30
8. 08 - CHAPTER VIII. Which leads Godfrey to bitter reflections on the mania for travelling 18:21
9. 09 - CHAPTER IX. In which it is shown that Crusoes do not have everything as they wish 16:36
10. 10 - CHAPTER X. In which Godfrey does what any other shipwrecked man would have done under the circumstances 16:48
11. 11 - CHAPTER XI. In which the question of lodging is solved as well as it could be 15:30
12. 12 - CHAPTER XII. Which ends with a thunder-bolt 18:17
13. 13 - CHAPTER XIII. In which Godfrey again sees a slight smoke over another part of the Island 16:26
14. 14 - CHAPTER XIV. Wherein Godfrey finds some wreckage, to which he and his companion give a hearty welcome 16:05
15. 15 - CHAPTER XV. In which there happens what happens at least once in the life of every Crusoe, real or imaginary 16:33
16. 16 - CHAPTER XVI. In which something happens which cannot fail to surprise the reader 13:56
17. 17 - CHAPTER XVII. In which Professor Tartlet's gun really does marvels 17:13
18. 18 - CHAPTER XVIII. Which treats of the moral and physical education of a simple native of the Pacific 17:27
19. 19 - CHAPTER XIX. In which the situation already gravely compromised becomes more and more complicated 17:21
20. 20 - CHAPTER XX. In which Tartlet reiterates in every key that he would rather be off 19:19
21. 21 - CHAPTER XXI. Which ends with quite a surprising reflection by the negro Carefinotu 23:21
22. 22 - CHAPTER XXII. Which concludes by explaining what up to now had appeared inexplicable 18:21