Condemned as a Nihilist: A Story of Escape from Siberia

G. A. Henty (1832 - 1902)

Godfrey Bullen, the son of an English trader, is sent by his father to Russia to work in their firm in St. Petersburg. He unknowingly gets caught up in a Nihilist plot and gets arrested and sentenced for life in the prisons of Siberia. By pluck and genius, he manages the impossible and escapes from his captivity and overcomes the difficulties of his journey to rejoin his family in England. - Summary by Grace Silvey

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): Historical Fiction (151), Russia (98), escape (30), Siberia (10)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface gracesilvey
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Play 01 A Great Change gracesilvey
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Play 02 A Cat's-Paw gracesilvey
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Play 03 A Hunting Party gracesilvey
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Play 04 A Prisoner gracesilvey
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Play 05 An Old Aquaintance gracesilvey
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Play 06 An Escape gracesilvey
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Play 07 The Buriat's Child gracesilvey
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Play 08 The Mines of Kara gracesilvey
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Play 09 Prison Life gracesilvey
00:40:47
Play 10 Preparations for Flight gracesilvey
00:40:32
Play 11 Afloat gracesilvey
00:40:20
Play 12 Winter gracesilvey
00:40:56
Play 13 Hunting gracesilvey
00:40:57
Play 14 The Break-Up of Winter gracesilvey
00:42:40
Play 15 Coasting gracesilvey
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Play 16 A Samoyede Encampment gracesilvey
00:39:10
Play 17 A Sea Fight gracesilvey
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Play 18 Home Again gracesilvey
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