The Master of the World
A mysterious inventor pilots a fantastic machine—part car, part boat, part submarine, part aircraft—that terrorizes the world with its impossible speed, while a determined investigator races to unmask him. In this late scientific romance, Verne returns to the megalomaniac genius of Robur, blending prophetic technology with a cautionary tale about power and pride. Fast, inventive, and shadowed by a darker vision than his early optimism, the novel anticipates the automobile, the aircraft, and the dangers of unchecked ambition. A gripping chase story crowned with a dramatic finale, The Master of the World is a fascinating glimpse of Verne imagining the machine age and its perils.
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The Master of the World (1904) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Happened in the Mountains | 15:39 | |
| 2 | I Reach Morganton | 16:31 | |
| 3 | The Great Eyrie | 23:08 | |
| 4 | A Meeting of the Automobile Club | 17:05 | |
| 5 | Along the Shores of New England | 17:10 | |
| 6 | The First Letter | 11:15 | |
| 7 | A Third Machine | 17:35 | |
| 8 | At Any Cost | 19:31 | |
| 9 | The Second Letter | 2:19 | |
| 10 | Outside the Law | 14:29 | |
| 11 | The Campaign | 18:30 | |
| 12 | Black Rock Creek | 17:59 | |
| 13 | On Board the Terror | 17:58 | |
| 14 | Niagra | 23:53 | |
| 15 | The Eagle's Nest | 18:08 | |
| 16 | Robur, the Conqueror | 11:26 | |
| 17 | In the Name of the Law | 25:25 | |
| 18 | The Old Housekeeper's Last Comment | 6:14 |
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