8 books that will change the way you look at adventure!
An adventure is an exciting and unusual experience, even if it’s risky sometimes. All of us look for some or the other kind of adventure in our lives to break the monotony. Rush of blood and adrenaline is something that brings in both excitement and fear at the same time. Life is full of surprises and each day is a new adventure, provided that we take it head on. Even a boring or sad day could be made exciting and adventurous with the right attitude.
Adventure means something to everyone. It a holds different meaning for different people. Some believe in daredevil sports for adventure and some in travelling to remote and wild places. For some people, the greatest adventure is to read a book that keeps them hooked and plays with their mind and senses. Books can take us to fantastic places that we have only imagined and make us experience emotions that are no less than a real life adventure.
Here are 8 best adventure books for you to read!
‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson
The book is a gripping tale of an expedition into the realm of the unknown to seek unclaimed fortunes. It depicts the boyhood escapade of Jim Hawkins who accidentally comes across a map of the island where a notorious pirate had buried a treasure long ago. It is one of the most thrilling adventure pirate novels in the history of English literature.
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‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe
The book is an autobiography of Robinson Kreutznaer, a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island.
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‘Into the Wild’ by Jon Krakauer
The book examines the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaskan wilderness and whose SOS note and emaciated corpse were found four months later. It explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with nature.
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‘Around the World in 80 Days’ by Jules Verne
The book begins with a challenge taken up by Phileas Fogg to cover the world in just eighty days. Fogg and Jean Passepartout, embark on a fantastic journey into a world of danger and beauty. From the exotic shores of India, to rescuing a Raja's widowed wife, to the rugged American frontier, the novel visualizes the rich sceneries of the world and mesmerizes the readers.
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‘Heart of Darkness’ by Joseph Conrad
The book is about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the Heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the successful ivory trader Kurtz.
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‘The Call of the Wild’ by Jack London
The book is the story of a dog named, Buck who is abducted from a comfortable life as a pet and tossed into the maelstrom of the 'Yukon Gold Rush'. While facing the brutal realities of frontier life, Buck changes hands a number of times before landing into the kindly hands of John Thornton.
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‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift
The book describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. All four voyages bring new perspectives to Gulliver's life and new opportunities for satirizing the ways of England.
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‘Odyssey’ by Homer
It is an epic poem, set about three thousand years ago. It tells the story of Odysseus' "nostos", or journey home, to northwest Greece during the ten-year period after the Greek victory over the Trojans. In its course, the poem unravels ancient Greek history in the form of myths and legends.
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