Two Years' Vacation
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Key facts
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Original title
- Deux ans de vacances
- Illustrator
- Léon Benett
- Language
- French
- Series
- The Extraordinary Voyages #32
- Genre
- Adventure novel
- Publisher
- Pierre-Jules Hetzel
- Publication place
- France
- Media type
- Print ( Hardback )
- Preceded by
- The Flight to France
- Followed by
- Family Without a Name
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Genre
- adventure fiction
- Country of origin
- France
- Series
- Voyages Extraordinaires
- Followed by
- Family Without a Name
- Follows
- The Flight to France
- Image
- 'Two Years' Vacation' by Léon Benett 01.jpg
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- copyright status
- public domain
- Commons category
- Two Years' Vacation
- title
- Deux ans de vacances
- publication date
- 1888-00-00
- inception
- 1888-00-00
- language of work or name
- French
- illustrator
- Léon Benett
- form of creative work
- novel
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Encyclopedic overview
Two Years' Vacation (French: Deux ans de vacances) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1888. The story tells of the fortunes of a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific, and of their struggles to overcome adversity. In his preface to the book, Verne explains that his goals were to create a Robinson Crusoe-like environment for children, and to show the world what the intelligence and bravery of a child were capable of when put to the test.
Plot summary
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Two Years' Vacation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.