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In Search of the Castaways (French: Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, lit. 'The Children of Captain Grant') is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne , published in 1867–68. The original edition, published by Hetzel , contains illustrations by Édouard Riou .
In Search of the Castaways was a commercial success. Upon its initial release, it earned $4.9 million in North American theatrical rentals. [12] It was one of the 12 most popular movies at the British box office in 1963. [13]
Jacques Eliacin François Marie Paganel is one of the main characters in Jules Verne's 1867-68 novel In Search of the Castaways (original title Les Enfants du capitaine Grant). Paganel represents the absent-minded professor stock character. [citation needed] Verne gives a memorable characterisation of his hero:
Tom Ayrton is a fictional character who appears in two novels by French author Jules Verne.He is first introduced as a major character in the novel In Search of the Castaways (1867–1868).
Lord Glenarvan is a fictional character that appears in Jules Verne's 1868 novel In Search of the Castaways and then briefly appears in The Mysterious Island (1875). He is a wealthy Scottish noble married to Lady Glenarvan.
In Search of the Castaways, published in 1868, narrating the search for Captain Grant by his children after a message in a bottle from him is found. The Mysterious Island , published in 1874. Godfrey Morgan , published in 1882, also known as School for Robinsons .
It is an adaptation of the 1868 novel In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne. The film was popular on its release, and was followed in 1941 by another Verne adaptation Mysterious Island. [1] In the 1860s, two Scottish children go on a global search for their missing father, the sailor Captain Grant.
In Search of the Castaways (film) In the Absence; Island of the Blue Dolphins (film) Island of the Lost; K. Kensuke's Kingdom (film) L. Life of Pi (film)