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Andrei Nekrasov

THE ADVENTURES
of
CAPTAIN VRUNGEL



SORRY, MATES. DUE TO THE USSR CENSORSHIP THERE ARE THREE CHAPTERS MISSING IN THE TRANSLATION.

Translated from the Russian by Raisa Bobrova
©Progress Publishers Moscow 1981


CONTENTS
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  Introduction

  CHAPTER ONE
in which the reader is introduced to the hero and which contains nothing out of the ordinary
  

CHAPTER TWO
in which Captain Wrungel tells about his first mate Lom


  CHAPTER THREE
about technology and resourcefulness making up for lack of courage and about putting a bad tooth to a good use


  CHAPTER FOUR
about the ways of Scandinavian peoples, the city of Hamburg and the use of squirrels for propulsion purposes


  CHAPTER FIVE
about herrings and nimble hands


  CHAPTER SIX
which begins with a misunderstanding and ends with an unexpected ducking


  CHAPTER SEVEN
about astronomical reckonings, stratagems and pharaohs


  CHAPTER EIGHT
in which Fooks gets his deserts, then counts crocodiles and ends by demonstrating outstanding agricultural ability


  CHAPTER NINE
about old customs and icebergs


  CHAPTER TEN
in which the reader makes the acquaintance of Admiral Kusaki and the crew of the Rage is threatened with starvation


  CHAPTER ELEVEN
in which Wrungel is separated from his boat and his first mate


  CHAPTER TWELVE
in which Wrungel and Fooks give a small concert and then hurry on to Brazil


  CHAPTER THIRTEEN
in which Wrungel makes short shrift of an anaconda and is once again decently attired


  CHAPTER FOURTEEN
at the beginning of which Wrungel finds himself in deadly peril and in the end is reunited with the Rage


  CHAPTER FIFTEEN
in which Lom leaves the ship again


  CHAPTER SIXTEEN
the saddest, because in it the Rage is lost beyond recall


  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
in which Lom makes a sudden appearance and sings a song to himself


  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
in which Fooks and Lom make unfortunate purchases and Wrungel has a chance to verify some algebraic rules


  CHAPTER NINETEEN
the last, in which Admiral Kusaki himself helps Wrungel out of an awkward situation


  The Author's Afterword.
Captain Wrungel, the Fabulous Fibber


 
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