{"product_id":"9783730995495","title":"The Blockade Runners (Illustrated)","description":"The Blockade Runners is a translation of Les forceurs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ede blocus (1871). The Blockade Runners, a novella, was included\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ealong with A Floating City in the first english and french editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eof this work. This translation, which follows that of Sampson and Low\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(UK) and Scribners (US) is by \"N. D'Anvers\", pseudonymn for Mrs. Arthur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBell (d. 1933) who also translated other Verne books. It is also\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eincluded in the fifteen volume Parke edition of the works of Jules\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVerne (1911). There is another translation by Henry Frith which was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003epublished by Routledge (1876).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth of these stories are about ships; Floating City about the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003elargest ship of the time, the Great Eastern, and Blockade Runners\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eabout one of the fastest, the Dolphin.","brand":"BookRix","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167268946160,"sku":"9783730995495","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783730995495_p0.jpg?v=1763671769","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783730995495","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}