Text is the Virginia Champlin translation, which according to at least one
site is the best available English translation.
56 illustrations by Léon Benett as found at
The Illustrated Jules Verne page
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Volume 19 of 54 in Jules Verne's "Extraordinary Voyages", first published in 1879. Kin-Fo, an extremely wealthy man, is bored with life. After the financial meltdown of a bank Kin-Fo invested in, he arranges to die by the hand of his mentor, the philosopher Wang. Wang's wisdom, however, has other plans for Kin-Fo's designs to die!
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