The plots of the adventure novels of J. Verne are filled with a lot of adventures and extraordinary events.

The writer's novels are full of a large number of interesting episodes where the hero is constantly threatened with death but saves himself unexpectedly. The last thing J. Verne's heroes dream of is fame, wealth, or money.

The novel “The Fifteen-Year-Old Captain” was no exception, in which Verne describes different countries, seas, and continents, glorifying the love of freedom, humanity, and loyalty of the heroes.

The schooner Pilgrim set sail from New Zealand, heading for the Pacific coast of South America.

After the crash, Dick Sand, along with the passengers of the schooner Pilgrim, ended up in Angola, where the heroes were forced to overcome many difficulties.

They had to make their way through jungles and marshy swamps, hide from a thunderstorm, and walk through the desert. They were captured by slave traders and fled. They sailed on a pirogue along the Congo River and the Atlantic Ocean, and they met with many more dangers. In wild, uninhabited places, they did not have to count on an abundance of food, so they were forced to hunt and fish. Their courage was repeatedly put to various tests.

Dick Sand, for example, fought with a lion and overcame a stormy current on a pirogue, risking running into pitfalls. The hero did not lose his courage, realising that salvation depended only on himself.

The heroes of the novel travel through horrors and mortal danger, but everything ends happily. These are ordinary people who are characterised by humanity and justice. They are capable of overcoming difficulties and dangers for the sake of saving others. These are spiritually rich people, and the future is behind such people.

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