MICHAEL STROGOFF

OR, THE COURIER OF THE CZAR

by Jules Verne

CONTENTS

BOOK I.     

CHAPTER I.   A FETE AT THE NEW PALACE

CHAPTER II.   RUSSIANS AND TARTARS

CHAPTER III.   MICHAEL STROGOFF MEETS THE CZAR

CHAPTER IV.   FROM MOSCOW TO NIJNI-NOVGOROD

CHAPTER V.   THE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHAPTER VI.   BROTHER AND SISTER

CHAPTER VII.   GOING DOWN THE VOLGA

CHAPTER VIII.   GOING UP THE KAMA

CHAPTER IX.   DAY AND NIGHT IN A TARANTASS

CHAPTER X.   A STORM IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS

CHAPTER XI.   TRAVELERS IN DISTRESS

CHAPTER XII.   PROVOCATION

CHAPTER XIII.   DUTY BEFORE EVERYTHING

CHAPTER XIV.   MOTHER AND SON

CHAPTER XV.   THE MARSHES OF THE BARABA

CHAPTER XVI.   A FINAL EFFORT

CHAPTER XVII.   THE RIVALS


BOOK II.     

CHAPTER I.   A TARTAR CAMP

CHAPTER II.   CORRESPONDENTS IN TROUBLE

CHAPTER III.   BLOW FOR BLOW

CHAPTER IV.   THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY

CHAPTER V.   "LOOK WHILE YOU MAY!"

CHAPTER VI.   A FRIEND ON THE HIGHWAY

CHAPTER VII.   THE PASSAGE OF THE YENISEI

CHAPTER VIII.   A HARE CROSSES THE ROAD

CHAPTER IX.   IN THE STEPPE

CHAPTER X.   BAIKAL AND ANGARA

CHAPTER XI.   BETWEEN TWO BANKS

CHAPTER XII.   IRKUTSK

CHAPTER XIII.      THE CZAR'S COURIER

CHAPTER XIV.   THE NIGHT OF THE FIFTH OF OCTOBER

CHAPTER XV.   CONCLUSION

BOOK I

CHAPTER I A FETE AT THE NEW PALACE

"SIRE, a fresh dispatch."

"Whence?"

"From Tomsk?"

"Is the wire cut beyond that city?"

"Yes, sire, since yesterday."

"Telegraph hourly to Tomsk, General, and keep me informed of all that occurs."

"Sire, it shall be done," answered General Kissoff.

These words were exchanged about two hours after midnight, at the moment when the fete given at the New Palace was at the height of its splendor.

During the whole evening the bands of the Preobra-jensky and Paulowsky regiments had played without cessation polkas, mazurkas, schottisches, and waltzes from among the choicest of their repertoires. Innumerable couples of dancers whirled through the magnificent saloons of the palace, which stood at a few paces only from the "old house of stones"—in former days the scene of so many terrible