Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon
Jules Verne
40 chapters · 10 h 15 min · English
Read by Scott Robbins, Esther, J. M. Smallheer, Luke Harrison, geofred, Luigina and others
Action & Adventure Fiction
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First published in 1881, Eight Hundred Miles on the Amazon is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, having elements of codes and cryptography. Unlike many of his other stories, it is not a work of science fiction. Rather, it describes a voyage down the Amazon River on a large raft, or jangada). Many aspects of the raft, scenery, and journey are described in detail. - Summary by not.a.moose, adapted from Wikipedia.
Chapters
1 Part 1, Chapter 1: A Captain of the Woods 18 min 2 Part 1, Chapter 2: Robber and Robbed 21 min 3 Part 1, Chapter 3: The Garral Family 20 min 4 Part 1, Chapter 4: Hesitation 16 min 5 Part 1, Chapter 5: The Amazon 14 min 6 Part 1, Chapter 6: A Forest on the Ground 12 min 7 Part 1, Chapter 7: Following a Liana 29 min 8 Part 1, Chapter 8: The Jangada 16 min 9 Part 1, Chapter 9: The Evening of the Fifth of June 16 min 10 Part 1, Chapter 10: From Iquitos to Pevas 19 min 11 Part 1, Chapter 11: From Pevas to the Frontier 23 min 12 Part 1, Chapter 12:Fragoso at Work 16 min 13 Part 1, Chapter 13: Torres 10 min 14 Part 1, Chapter 14: Still Descending 13 min 15 Part 1, Chapter 15: The Continued Descent 16 min 16 Part 1, Chapter 16: Ega 18 min 17 Part 1, Chapter 17: An Attack 17 min 18 Part 1, Chapter 18: The Arrival Dinner 14 min 19 Part 1, Chapter 19: Ancient History 11 min 20 Part 1, Chapter 20: Between the Two Men 20 min 21 Part 2, Chapter 1: Manaos 8 min 22 Part 2, Chapter 2: The First Moments 13 min 23 Part 2, Chapter 3: Retrospective 14 min 24 Part 2, Chapter 4: Moral Proofs 14 min 25 Part 2, Chapter 5: Material Proofs 9 min 26 Part 2, Chapter 6: The Last Blow 18 min 27 Part 2, Chapter 7: Resolutions 10 min 28 Part 2, Chapter 8: The First Search 12 min 29 Part 2, Chapter 9: The Second Attempt 9 min 30 Part 2, Chapter 10: A Cannon Shot 16 min 31 Part 2, Chapter 11: The Contents of the Case 10 min 32 Part 2, Chapter 12: The Document 21 min 33 Part 2, Chapter 13: Is it a Matter of Figures? 19 min 34 Part 2, Chapter 14: Chance! 17 min 35 Part 2, Chapter 15: The Last Efforts 13 min 36 Part 2, Chapter 16: Preparations 14 min 37 Part 2, Chapter 17: The Last Night 14 min 38 Part 2, Chapter 18: Fragoso 14 min 39 Part 2, Chapter 19: The Crime of Tijuco 13 min 40 Part 2, Chapter 20: the Lower Amazon 18 min
