AtlantidaPierre Benoît
Atlantida
by OpenStories
Original author: Pierre Benoît
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"Atlantida" by Pierre Benoit is a fantasy novel published in 1919. Set in the French Algerian Sahara in 1896, the story follows two officers investigating missing comrades. They are captured and brought before Queen Antinea, a descendant of Atlantis's rulers, who keeps her lovers preserved in wall niches—currently fifty-three of one hundred twenty. As one officer falls under her spell and commits murder, the tale explores obsession, betrayal, and survival in a desert kingdom ruled by an immortal queen.
Atlantida, by Pierre Benoît. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #14301.
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21 Chapters
- 1.Front Matter1,238 words
- 2.Chapter I: A Southern Assignment3,518 words
- 3.Chapter II: Captain De Saint-Avit3,326 words
- 4.Chapter III: The Morhange-Saint-Avit Mission2,439 words
- 5.Chapter IV: Towards Latitude 253,485 words
- 6.Chapter V: The Inscription2,807 words
- 7.Chapter VI: The Disaster of the Lettuce2,713 words
- 8.Chapter VII: The Country of Fear2,766 words
- 9.Chapter VIII: Awakening at Ahaggar3,510 words
- 10.Chapter IX: Atlantis3,646 words
- 11.Chapter X: The Red Marble Hall2,941 words
- 12.Chapter XI: Antinea2,908 words
- 13.Chapter XII: Morhange Disappears2,935 words
- 14.Chapter XIII: The Hetman of Jitomir's Story3,930 words
- 15.Chapter XIV: Hours of Waiting2,741 words
- 16.Chapter XV: The Lament of Tanit-Zerga2,960 words
- 17.Chapter XVI: The Silver Hammer2,841 words
- 18.Chapter XVII: The Maidens of the Rocks2,570 words
- 19.Chapter XVIII: The Fire-Flies2,985 words
- 20.Chapter XIX: The Tanezruft3,175 words
- 21.Chapter XX: The Circle Is Complete1,741 words