Luis Senarens 2 hr 38 min read

Boy-genius inventor Frank Reade, Jr. and his marvelous machine brave chasms, villains, and wonders in a mysterious country ruled by a lake that vanishes and reappears.

Luis Senarens's 1896 dime novel is a rousing juvenile invention-adventure from the beloved Frank Reade series. Fast, colorful, of its era. Read it for a classic Edisonade, a young inventor and his wonderful vehicle braving exotic dangers, a vivid slice of the boys' science-adventure fiction that thrilled a generation of readers.

In its time

Published in 1896, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 38 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).