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Fur Country

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

The Fur Country (French: Le Pays des fourrures) or Seventy Degrees North Latitude is an adventure novel by Jules Verne in The Extraordinary Voyages series, first published in 1873. The novel was serialized in Magasin d’Éducation et de Récréation from 20 September 1872 to 15 December 1873. The two-volume first original French edition and the first illustrated large-format edition were published in 1873 by Pierre-Jules Hetzel. The first English translation by N. D’Anvers (pseudonym of Mrs. Arthur (Nancy) Bell) was also published in 1873.

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Description adapted from Wikipedia contributors, The Fur Country · CC BY-SA 4.0. Text adapted for this entry.

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Violence

Moderate

Hunters shoot a bear trapped in a pit, haul out its body and prepare portions for food. The passage does not give graphic wound detail.

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Guide updated 2026-11-11T17:06:21Z · Parents Forge source-based editorial summary

Project Gutenberg 8991: The Fur Country primary text · Source (accessed 2026-11-11)
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