Published in English1923Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)The Lighthouse at the End of the World (French: Le Phare du bout du monde) is an adventure novel by French author. Verne wrote the first draft in 1901. It was first published in 1905. The plot of the novel involves in the South Atlantic during the mid-19th century, with a theme of survival in extreme circumstances, and events centering on an isolated. Verne was inspired by the real lighthouse at the, Argentina, near and.Although not as well known as Verne's other novels, it is generally considered as good by Verne's fans and literature critics. The novel was adapted into the 1971 movie,.Plot summary.
1898 photo of the actual Lighthouse San Juan del SalvamentoVasquez, Moriz, and Felipe are the three stationed at the off the southern tip of Argentina.Two of them are murdered by a band of newly arrived pirates led by one Kongre. Vasquez, the only survivor, spends several months until the dispatch boat Sante Fe is due to return, surviving off the pirates' hidden stores of food in a cave. After the Century, an American ship from, crashes on the island due to the light's having been put out by the pirates, Vasquez bands with the sole survivor of the wreck — John Davis – to stop the pirates from escaping into the.They manage to a from the wreckage and shoot the pirates' ship, the Maule, as it is about to leave the bay they are situated in. The shell only causes minor damage, however, and the ' is able to fix it in only a few days. The night before the ship is about to attempt to leave again, Vasquez swims to the Maule at its mooring and plants a bomb in the rudder. This causes, yet again, only minor damage, and is fixed in only one day.
The next day however, Carcante, the of the pirate ship, spots the Sante Fe on the horizon. Fortunately for the pirates, it will not arrive until nighttime, and the Sante Fe can't possibly get into the bay without light from the lighthouse. This will give the pirates the perfect chance to slip out and sail around the southern side of the island, which they know quite well by now.Vasquez and Davis, however, return to the lighthouse and turn the light back on. The troop of pirates tries to regain the lighthouse and kill the two, but they find the bolted iron door to the staircase too reinforced to break down.
Kongre, the band's leader, orders Carcante and the carpenter to climb the side of the lighthouse and murder Vasquez and Davis at the top, but they are shot as soon as their heads peek over the. Kongre and the remaining pirates realize it is all over for them and flee to the island's interior. Most surrender afterward, a few starve, and Vasquez watches as Kongre commits suicide. Vasquez returns home with the Sante Fe after making sure the island is safe for the new lighthousemen.References. (1863). (1864).
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