The Green Ray (Jules Verne)
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The Green Ray (Jules Verne)
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Physics
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English
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Description
"At last only a faint rim of gold skimmed the surface of the sea.
'The Green Ray! the Green Ray!' cried in one breath the brothers, Dame Bess and Partridge, whose eyes for one second had revelled in the incomparable tint of liquid jade.
Oliver and Helena alone had missed the phenomenon which had at last appeared after so many fruitless observations.
Just as the sun was shooting its last ray into space their eyes met, and all else was forgotten in that glance.
But Helena had caught the black ray, shining from the young man's eyes, and Oliver the blue ray beaming from hers.
The sun had gone down, and neither Oliver nor Helena had seen the Green Ray" (Verne 1883:136).
'The Green Ray! the Green Ray!' cried in one breath the brothers, Dame Bess and Partridge, whose eyes for one second had revelled in the incomparable tint of liquid jade.
Oliver and Helena alone had missed the phenomenon which had at last appeared after so many fruitless observations.
Just as the sun was shooting its last ray into space their eyes met, and all else was forgotten in that glance.
But Helena had caught the black ray, shining from the young man's eyes, and Oliver the blue ray beaming from hers.
The sun had gone down, and neither Oliver nor Helena had seen the Green Ray" (Verne 1883:136).
Creator
Jules Verne
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Date Created
1883
Source
Verne, J. 1883. The Green Ray. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Seare, & Rivington.
Resonances
Jules Verne
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fiction
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observation
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fruitless
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forgotten
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medicine chest
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Type
Text
Literature
