Centre for Editing Early Canadian Texts: A Strange Manuscript found in a Copper Cylinder (Hardcover)

from JRuel

I read this and "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" by E.A. Poe, in the same year, and I confuse them in my mind; both involve sea travelers who reach a new and mysterious world. But where Poe's is a classical suspense/thriller/horror tale, "A Strange Manuscript" is more a social st...

from calexis

This is a novel I had to read this year for my Canadian Literature course. I seem to be very different from my classmates though. I find the reading utterly boring and weird, whereas they apparently all loved it. And when I enjoy a reading, they seem to dislike it. I'm thinking the problem lies i...

from Cecrow

A man lost at sea get caught up in a mysterious Antarctic current and discovers a lost, isolated civilization previously unknown. On the surface it appears remarkably friendly and welcoming, but soon he discovers its darker side. It is somewhat a Canadian analogue for Jules Verne and H.G. Wells a...

from JRuel

I read this and "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" by E.A. Poe, in the same year, and I confuse them in my mind; both involve sea travelers who reach a new and mysterious world. But where Poe's is a classical suspense/thriller/horror tale, "A Strange Manuscript" is more a social st...

from jameshold

First part is very good as the hero gets swept away through an underground river. Only then he comes across the usual lost civilization and the boredom dial gets turned up to 11.