Beyond the Great South Wall: The Secret of the Antarctic

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Beyond the Great South Wall: The Secret of the Antarctic

by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

EN·~7 hours·22 chapters

Chapters

22 total
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Transcriber’s Note:

0:12
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Beyond The Great South Wall: The Secret of the Antarctic

1:00
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

0:23
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CHAPTER I A GREAT DEPRESSION

23:43
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CHAPTER II THE TALE OF A COINCIDENCE

17:23
6

CHAPTER III THE TESTIMONY OF SIR JOHN DORINECOURTE, KNT.

20:05
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CHAPTER IV WHAT BAINES KNEW

20:46
8

CHAPTER V PROFESSOR LESSAUTION’S OPINION

27:23
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CHAPTER VI WE SAIL SOUTH

20:46
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CHAPTER VII A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

22:30

Description

A weary London summer drapes the city in heat and endless clatter, and two friends find themselves trapped in a lingering melancholy. Jack watches his restless companion Gerry pace the bow‑window of their club, hands forever in his pockets, eyes fixed on a horizon that feels too close yet forever out of reach. Their conversation drifts from bitter resignation to a flicker of possibility, each yearning to break free from the monotony of regimented life.

When an unexpected chance appears—a mysterious ship bound for the far south—Gerry’s restless spirit ignites. The promise of a daring voyage beyond the infamous Great South Wall beckons, hinting at hidden secrets buried beneath Antarctic ice. As they prepare to leave the familiar fog of London for the unknown chill of the polar frontier, the pair confront both personal doubts and the allure of an adventure that might finally answer the questions that have haunted them for years.

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Language

en

Duration

~7 hours (440K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1901.

Credits

D A Alexander, Richard Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2021-08-31

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

Best known for late-Victorian adventure fiction, this British novelist wrote sea stories, treasure hunts, and early imaginative tales that carried readers from the Faroe Isles to Antarctica. He also published under the playful alias "Knarf Elivas," his own name spelled backward.

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