Project Gutenberg 2007-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 127 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The Cliff Climbers" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel written in the mid-19th century. This adventure story follows two young brothers, Karl and Caspar Linden, along with their Indian guide, Ossaroo, as they explore the treacherous landscapes of the Himalayas in search of rare plants. As they ascend into a captivating yet challenging valley, they quickly find themselves trapped, presenting obstacles that demand both clever ingenuity and survival skills. The opening portion of the book establishes the setting in the majestic Himalayas and introduces the main characters. We learn that the brothers, accompanied by their guide, have entered a stunning but perilous valley surrounded by sheer cliffs. Their initial attempts to escape the valley prove unsuccessful, as every clever solution leads to new complications. The opening scenes depict the brothers’ mixture of wonder at their surroundings and growing anxiety over their predicament, foreshadowing the challenges they will face as they attempt to devise a plan to escape their natural prison. As they wrestle with both the beauty of the landscape and the dangers it conceals, readers are invited to engage with the characters’ blend of curiosity and apprehension. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Brothers -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Survival skills -- Juvenile fiction Hunting -- Juvenile fiction Botanists -- Juvenile fiction East Indians -- Juvenile fiction Himalaya Mountains -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 474474 474473 2024-10-09T09:27:15.448657 2023-09-09T11:08:15.672779 text/html text/html 479208 2007-04-27T14:31:16 text/html 212933 2007-04-27T14:31:16 text/html application/zip 285810 2024-10-09T09:27:23.786630 application/epub+zip 293182 2024-10-09T09:27:17.803667 application/epub+zip 244590 2024-10-09T09:27:16.394661 application/epub+zip 483517 2024-10-09T09:27:28.431596 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468422 2024-10-09T09:27:22.849632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410760 2022-09-10T06:20:56.593821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454918 454893 2024-10-09T09:27:14.655682 2023-09-09T11:08:14.951784 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 454835 2007-04-27T14:31:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169130 2007-04-27T14:31:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21257 2024-10-09T09:27:28.566596 application/rdf+xml 11822 2024-10-09T09:27:16.956651 image/jpeg 3259 2024-10-09T09:27:16.668689 image/jpeg 273606 2024-10-09T09:27:15.492734 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia