The pilot from the Danube

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Front cover of the French original edition with an illustration by the draftsman George Roux
Illustration from the novel by the draftsman George Roux

The Pilot of the Danube (also Der Donaulotse , Der Donauschiffer or Der Donaupilot ) is a novel by the French author Jules Verne , who wrote the manuscript in 1901. The novel was first published posthumously in 1908 by the Pierre-Jules Hetzel publishing house. A pre-publication appeared for the first time under the French original title Le Pilote du Danube in the Le Journal in the period from September 24 to November 2, 1908. The first German-language edition appeared under the title Der Pilot von der Donau in November 1908. The English title of the novel is The Danube Pilot .

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The people on the banks of the Danube are threatened by robbery and murder by a gang of criminals. The population is concerned about the incidents. The police have not yet been able to catch the criminals. The detective Karl Dragoch ​​receives from a commission of all Danube countries the order to seize the gang with the help of a special unit.

The fisherman Ilia Brusch, who has won two first prizes in a fishing competition in Sigmaringen , has publicly undertaken to sail the Danube with his dinghy towards the Black Sea and to live exclusively on the proceeds of freshly caught fish. A stranger who pretends to be a tourist named Jäger forces Brusch as a passenger in Ulm. The freedom fighter Serge Ladko, who fights against the rule of the Turks in Bulgaria , is mistaken for a criminal who uses his name. The traveling hunter is actually the detective Dragoch ​​and Brusch is the real Ladko. The criminal who uses Ladko's name is actually Striga and controls Ladko's wife on one of his gang's ships. The river pirates are eventually rendered harmless with the help of the real Ladko. He finally finds his beloved wife on board the river pirates' ship.

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literature

  • Heinrich Pleticha (ed.): Jules Verne manual . Deutscher Bücherbund / Bertelsmann, Stuttgart and Munich 1992.
  • Volker Dehs and Ralf Junkerjürgen: Jules Verne . Voices and interpretations of his work. Fantastic Library Wetzlar, Wetzlar 2005.
  • Volker Dehs: Jules Verne . Jules Verne. A critical biography. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 2005. ISBN 3-538-07208-6

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