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A Drama in Livonia
Author Jules Verne
Original titleUn drame en Livonie
TranslatorI. O. Evans
Illustrator Léon Benett
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Series The Extraordinary Voyages No. 52
Genre Adventure novel, tragedy
Publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date
1904
Published in English
1967
Media typePrint (hardback)
Preceded by Traveling Scholarships 
Followed by The Lighthouse at the End of the World 

A Drama in Livonia ( French: Un drame en Livonie) is a tragic mystery novel written by Jules Verne in 1893, [1] [2] revised in 1903 and first published in 1904.

Plot outline

In the Governorate of Livonia, a bank employee who is carrying money is murdered. The prime suspect is Professor Dimitri Nicolef. He was the only person present, besides the innkeeper German Kroff. Wladimir Yanof, a lawyer and the fiancé of Ilka Nicolef (the professor's daughter), has escaped from Siberia to prove the innocence of his future father-in-law.

Publication history

  • 1967, UK, London: Arco. 192 pp., First UK edition

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Un drame en Livonie by VERNE Jules: Couverture rigide (1904) Signed by Author(s) | Librairie Le Feu Follet". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. ^ The book was written during the Dreyfus affair, hence the similarity of the stories.

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