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{{short description|1890 novel by Jules Verne}}
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| name          = Cesar Cascabel
| title_orig    = César Cascabel
| translator    = 
| image         = Verne-cascabel-1890.jpg
| author        = [[Jules Verne]]
| illustrator   = [[Georges Roux (illustrator)|Georges Roux]]
| cover_artist  = 
| country       = France
| language      = French
| series        = [[Voyages Extraordinaires|The Extraordinary Voyages]] #35
| genre         = [[Adventure novel]]
| publisher     = [[Pierre-Jules Hetzel]]
| release_date  = 1890
| english_pub_date = 1890
| media_type    = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]])
| pages         = 
| preceded_by   = [[The Purchase of the North Pole]]
| followed_by   = [[Mistress Branican]]
}}

'''''César Cascabel''''' is a novel written by [[Jules Verne]] in 1890. It is part of [[Voyages Extraordinaires]] series (''The Extraordinary Voyages''). It was published in English in two-volume form, with subtitles "The Show on Ice" and "The Travelling Circus".

==Plot summary==
The story starts in [[Sacramento]] in 1867. The Cascabels are a French family of [[circus skills|circus artists]] who plan to return home after several years spent touring the United States. However, their savings are stolen, so the family cannot afford the ship fare. Instead, César Cascabel decides to travel overland, via [[Alaska]] and [[Bering Straits]], through [[Siberia]] and [[European Russia|Central Russia]] with their horse-drawn [[carriage]], the ''Belle-Roulotte'' (the Fair Rambler). They expect to encounter no dangers along their intended route.

On their way crossing the Alaskan border, with the help of native girl Kayette, they rescue a Russian political fugitive, count Narkine, whom they bring along so that he can see again his father in Russia. Count Narkine adopts Kayette as his daughter. While in [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]], the group witnesses the [[Alaska Purchase|transfer]] of Alaska to the United States.

On their way from [[Port Clarence, Alaska|Port Clarence]] the travellers unfortunately end up on a floating iceberg that drifts in [[Arctic Ocean]] to the [[Lyakhovsky Islands]]. There they are captured by the natives. Other troubles, including political ones, occur but Cascabels manage to get through [[Ural (region)|the Urals]] to [[Perm, Russia|Perm]] and then, easily, to France.

An animated TV series inspired by the book was produced in 2001 in France.

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Image:'César Cascabel' by George Roux 03.jpg|Map of route through Alaska
Image:'César Cascabel' by George Roux 39.jpg|Map of route through Russia
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==External links==
{{Commons category|César Cascabel}}
{{Wikisourcelang|en|Cæsar Cascabel|César Cascabel}}
*[http://jv.gilead.org.il/zydorczak/cas00.htm Text of the novel in French]
*{{IMDb title|qid=Q123527976|title=César Cascabel}} (the TV series)

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