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| Plot Summary of Keraban the Inflexible: Adventures in the Euxine |
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"Keraban is a Turkish tobacco merchant living in Constantinople. He's conservative and very stubborn so when the city administration decides to tax the people who want to cross the Bosphorus, Keraban says that he won't pay a cent to come back home, just a few miles away, on the other side of the Bosphorus. He will journey by land around the Black Sea in order to come back to his mansion. Accompanied by his friend, the Dutch merchant Van Mitten, Keraban starts his journey which must last less than five weeks because the Turkish merchant must be back in Constantinole for the wedding of his nephew Ahmet with Amasia, the daughter of the banker Selim.
A few days later, Van Mitten and Keraban arrive at Odessa, a Russian harbor on the Black sea, and meet there Ahmet and Amasia. Ahmet decides to come along with the two friends to make sure that they will come back to Constantinople in time. In the meantine, Amasia is kidnapped by Captain Yarhud who acts in concert with Saffar, a wealthy Arab who wants Amasia to be his wife. A few days later, on the other side of the Black Sea, Yarhud's ship sinks because of a storm and Amasia is miraculously saved by Ahmet who happens to be at the right place at the right time. Now, Constantinople is just a hundred miles away, but Saffar hasn't given up the idea of kidnapping Amasia.
Jules Verne's book is mostly the description of Keraban's journey around the Black Sea, a journey in carriage through forests, swamps and other beautiful sceneries. It's also a journey filled with danger as Keraban and Van Mitten must cross at night a region filled with (little) volcanoes that explode in front of us or confront a storm that will completely destroy the cabin they hide themselves in.
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Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 40%
Tone of story
- very humorous
Time/era of story:
- 19th century
Exploring into the wild
Yes
Plotlets:
- surviving elements in wilderness
Crime Thriller
Yes
Crime plotlets:
- escape/rescue from kidnappers
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- quite fatty
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Turkey
- Russia
Forest?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 3-4
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Unusual form of death?
Yes
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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