I9. Journeys: distance and time taken. Both
Setting and world. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.
| Book | Genre | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Island | Thriller and adventure | The voyage from Bristol to Treasure Island takes weeks (c10). Jim's solo adventures span days: cutting the ship adrift (c22 to 23), fighting Hands (c24 to 26), returning to the blockhouse (c27). The treasure hunt is brief … |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps | Thriller and adventure | Hannay travels roughly 400 miles from London to Scotland and back to Kent over two weeks (June 1 to 15). The journey is rapid and exhausting, with constant movement. Time pressure intensifies as June 15th approaches. |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Thriller and adventure | Rudolf travels from England to Paris to Ruritania in Chapter 2, a journey of days. The coronation is in Strelsau, a ride from Zenda. The rescue mission spans Chapters 12 to 19, roughly a week of intense action. Time is … |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Thriller and adventure | The journey covers approximately 24,000 miles in eighty days. Verne tracks progress through chapters: London to Suez (5), Suez to Bombay (9), Bombay to Calcutta (14), Calcutta to Hong Kong (18), Hong Kong to Yokohama … |
| King Solomon's Mines | Thriller and adventure | The journey spans months. Durban to the desert takes weeks (chapters 4 to 6). The desert crossing is desperate and timeless. Kukuanaland is traversed in days. The return journey is swift. Total elapsed time is roughly … |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Crime and mystery | London to Devonshire takes one day (chapter 6). Watson stays on the moor for weeks (chapters 6 to 14). The journey west is swift; the investigation is slow. Time stretches during suspense, compresses during action. … |
| A Study in Scarlet | Crime and mystery | The Utah journey spans years. Ferrier and Lucy arrive as refugees (chapter 8), prosper over years (chapter 9), face a one-month deadline (chapter 10), and flee (chapter 11). Hope pursues across continents for twenty … |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Crime and mystery | Journeys vary by case. Chapter 4 takes Holmes and Watson to Herefordshire by train. Chapter 8 involves travel to Stoke Moran. Chapter 12 goes to the Copper Beeches. Most journeys happen off-page or are summarised. |
| The Moonstone | Crime and mystery | Franklin travels from London to Yorkshire (ch9 to 13), back to London (ch44), then Yorkshire again (ch46 to 48). The Indians journey from India to England (ch7, 14) and back to India (ch54 to 56). The Diamond moves from India … |
| The Woman in White | Crime and mystery | Journeys frequent and tracked. Walter's walk to Hampstead (ch 3), train to Cumberland (ch 4), investigations in Hampshire villages (ch 36 to 41), express train to London (ch 43), opera visit (ch 47), Paris trip (ch 51). … |
| Pride and Prejudice | Romance | Journeys are significant. Elizabeth walks three miles to Netherfield in chapter 7. Travel to London and Hunsford takes chapters 27 to 28. The Derbyshire tour spans chapters 42 to 45. Distances are noted: Pemberley is near … |
| Persuasion | Romance | Journeys are modest in distance but significant in time. Uppercross to Lyme takes a day. Bath is reached after weeks at Uppercross. The final walk in Bath is brief but emotionally vast. Travel marks emotional … |
| Emma | Romance | Journeys are brief and local. Frank travels to London for a haircut (c25), a day trip. He leaves for Enscombe (c30) and returns from Richmond (c37). Jane comes from the Campbells' home. Harriet visits the Martins' … |
| Jane Eyre | Romance | Multiple journeys span the narrative. Coach to Lowood (chapter 5). Walk to Hay (chapter 12). Journey to Gateshead (chapter 21). Flight from Thornfield across moors (chapter 28). Travel to Moor House and Morton … |
| Dracula | Gothic and horror | Jonathan's journey to Transylvania takes days (chapters 1 to 2). The vampire's voyage to England spans weeks (chapter 7). The final pursuit from Varna to the castle covers hundreds of miles by ship, train and horseback … |
| Frankenstein | Gothic and horror | Journeys span vast distances and months. Victor travels from Geneva to Ingolstadt, then across the Alps, England, Scotland, and the Orkney Islands. The creature's pursuit of Victor crosses deserts, seas, and frozen … |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Gothic and horror | Journeys are short and local. Utterson walks London streets to find Hyde. Lanyon travels to Jekyll's house. The action spans months (chapters 1 to 8) then accelerates in the final night (chapter 8). Distance is measured … |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gothic and horror | Journeys are mostly within London. Dorian travels from Basil's studio to theatres, dinner parties, and his house. James Vane departs for Australia in chapter 5 and returns eighteen years later in chapter 15. Dorian … |
| Wuthering Heights | Gothic and horror | Journeys span Yorkshire moors between two houses, roughly three miles apart. Heathcliff's three-year absence (chapters 9 to 10) marks major time jump. Isabella's escape to London mentioned but not shown. Final journey … |
| The Turn of the Screw | Gothic and horror | No significant journeys occur. The governess travels from town to Bly in c1, and Mrs. Grose takes Flora away in c21 to 22. All action centres on Bly house across roughly three months. |
| The Time Machine | Science fiction | The Time Traveller travels eight days into the future (c3), then far beyond to witness the dying earth (c14). The return journey is swift. The exact distance is noted as the span from his lawn to the White Sphinx … |
| The War of the Worlds | Science fiction | The narrator travels from Woking to Leatherhead to Weybridge to London to Primrose Hill over roughly two weeks. The brother travels from London to Essex coast. Distances are measured in miles and hours of flight. |
| The Invisible Man | Science fiction | Griffin travels from London to Iping (chapters 1 to 7), then to Burdock via countryside (chapters 13 to 16), then to Kemp's house and back to Burdock (chapters 17 to 28). The journey spans roughly two weeks. Distance is … |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Fantasy and children's | Distance is unmeasured; Alice falls down a hole of unknown depth and travels through Wonderland without clear geography. Time is vague: the adventure spans hours or days but is framed as a dream. The Hatter's time is … |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fantasy and children's | The journey spans roughly three weeks. Dorothy travels from Kansas through Oz to the Emerald City, then west to the Witch's castle, then south to Glinda's castle. Distance is vast but time moves quickly through … |
| The Secret Garden | Fantasy and children's | Mary's journey from India to Yorkshire spans c1 to 3 but is summarised rather than detailed. The book's main action occurs within Misselthwaite Manor and its grounds over roughly one year (autumn to summer). Journeys … |
| The Wind in the Willows | Fantasy and children's | Journeys are local and intimate. Mole's escape from his burrow to the river is a few miles. Toad's prison escape spans chapters 8 to 10 but distances are vague. The book emphasises emotional distance over geographical … |
| Great Expectations | Literary | Journeys are frequent but brief. Pip travels from village to London (chapter 19), returns home multiple times (chapters 27, 35, 43, 57 to 59), and rows down the Thames (chapter 54). Time passes in summary between major … |
| A Christmas Carol | Literary | Journeys are supernatural and timeless. Chapter 2 spans Scrooge's entire past in one night. Chapter 3 covers London in a single evening. Chapter 4 moves through a possible future. Chapter 5 returns Scrooge to his … |
| The Great Gatsby | Literary | Nick's journey spans from spring to autumn on Long Island and Manhattan. Gatsby's journey spans five years of separation from Daisy and his rise from James Gatz. The novel covers roughly four months of present … |
| Heart of Darkness | Literary | Marlow's journey spans months. The upriver voyage takes weeks through dense jungle. The return journey is swift, marked by Kurtz's death. The frame narrative suggests the entire story is told in one evening aboard … |
| Kidnapped | Thriller and adventure | David travels from Essendean to Shaws (days), then to Queen's Ferry, kidnapped to sea, shipwrecked on Mull, walks across Mull and mainland (four days, c15), flees through Highlands (weeks, c17 to 26), then returns to … |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Thriller and adventure | Journeys span years and continents. Dantès escapes the Château d'If (chapter 20), reaches Monte Cristo (chapter 23), travels to Rome (chapters 31 to 38), and arrives in Paris (chapter 39). The final journey to … |
| The Three Musketeers | Thriller and adventure | The journey to England in Chapters 19 to 21 takes days with ambushes slowing progress. D'Artagnan reaches Calais alone, crosses to England, meets Buckingham, and returns with studs in time for the ball. The race to … |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Thriller and adventure | The journey spans roughly two months. Carruthers travels from London to Flensburg (Chapter 2), then sails the Baltic and North Sea, exploring the Frisian Islands (Chapters 3 to 27). The final escape to Holland (Chapter … |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Thriller and adventure | Journeys span weeks. The Comtesse escapes Paris in chapter 1. Marguerite travels from Richmond to Dover in chapter 20, then crosses the Channel to Calais in chapter 22. The final escape to England takes hours by boat. |
| The Lost World | Thriller and adventure | The journey to South America takes weeks (chapter 7). The upriver journey to the plateau takes days (chapter 8). The party remains trapped on the plateau for months (chapters 9 to 15). The return journey is not … |
| Captain Blood | Thriller and adventure | Journeys span years. Blood travels from Bridgewater to Barbados (c4), across the Caribbean (c10 to 20), to Tortuga (c25), and back to Jamaica (c28 to 31). Distances are implied rather than measured; time passes in summary. |
| Lady Audley's Secret | Crime and mystery | Journeys span England and Europe. Robert travels London to Essex, Southampton, Liverpool, Wildernsea, Dorsetshire, Brompton, Peckham, and Belgium. Most journeys take days by train or coach. The Belgium journey is the … |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Crime and mystery | No significant journeys. The narrator and Dupin move from their mansion to the crime scene in chapter 3, a short distance. The sailor arrives in response to Dupin's advertisement in chapter 5. Time spans days, not … |
| The Innocence of Father Brown | Crime and mystery | Journeys are short and urban. Valentin follows the priests across London by bus and on foot (c1-c2). Father Brown travels to Reed Island by boat (c17). Most cases occur within walking distance. Time moves quickly; … |
| The Big Bow Mystery | Crime and mystery | The action spans roughly one month from early December (Chapter 1) to the execution date (Chapter 12). Journeys are local within London. Denzil's three-day absence (Chapter 8) is the longest journey mentioned but not … |
| The Leavenworth Case | Crime and mystery | Raymond travels from New York to R---- (chapters 26 to 34), a journey of days. The inquest spans one day (c2, c9). Most investigation happens in New York over weeks. Time is measured in days and weeks, not hours; … |
| The Red Thumb Mark | Crime and mystery | Journeys are short and local: Temple to Scotland Yard, visits to Juliet's home, trips to Holloway Prison. Time spans from Reuben's arrest through trial, roughly six weeks. No long journeys; the world is London. |
| The Amateur Cracksman | Crime and mystery | Most action occurs in London across months. The Australian flashback (chapters 8 to 9) covers a cricket tour. The final voyage (chapters 15 to 17) moves from England to the Mediterranean, taking days. Time is compressed; … |
| The Secret Agent | Crime and mystery | Verloc travels to the Embassy in Mayfair (chapter 2) and to the Continent (chapter 8). Winnie and Ossipon flee to the railway station and cross-Channel boat (chapter 12). Journeys are brief and functional, not … |
| Sense and Sensibility | Romance | Sussex to Devonshire is a day's journey. London is reached in chapters 26 to 27. Cleveland is near Willoughby's home. The return to Barton takes place off-page. Distances are felt through separation and longing rather … |
| North and South | Romance | Journeys are significant but not dwelt upon. The move from Helstone to Milton takes chapters 4 to 7. Margaret travels to London (chapters 42 to 44) and back to Helstone (46). Frederick's escape happens in one chapter (32). … |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Romance | Gabriel travels from his farm to Casterbridge hiring fair to Weatherbury (ch6), a journey of days. Bathsheba drives to Bath overnight (ch32), about 30 miles. Troy reaches the coast and is taken by ship (ch47). Most … |
| The Enchanted April | Romance | The journey from London to Italy takes one day by train and boat, arriving late at night. The return journey is not detailed. The month of April at San Salvatore is the novel's true span, with time moving slowly. |
| The Sheik | Romance | Chapter 2: Diana travels from Biskra into the desert, abducted after days of journey. Chapter 5: She escapes and is recaptured within hours. Chapter 8: Ibraheim's camp is reached after capture. Chapter 10: Three … |
| Daddy Long Legs | Romance | Journeys are modest in distance but significant in time. Judy travels from the orphanage to college to Lock Willow to New York. The narrative spans four years. Travel is mentioned but not detailed; the emotional … |
| Carmilla | Gothic and horror | The General travels from his estate to Laura's castle, a journey of half a league mentioned in chapter 10. The Karnstein ruins are nearby. The book spans months from Carmilla's arrival to her destruction, with no … |
| The Castle of Otranto | Gothic and horror | Journeys are brief and internal to the castle. Theodore and Isabella meet in caves beneath the castle. Characters flee through secret passages. No long journeys occur; the action is confined to one location. |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gothic and horror | Raoul travels to Persos in chapter 5, a journey of days. The descent into the cellars in chapters 19 to 20 takes hours. The torture-chamber scenes span minutes to hours. Most action occurs within the Opera's confined … |
| The Great God Pan | Gothic and horror | Journeys are local and swift. Chapter 3 shows Villiers moving through London streets. Chapter 5 involves visits to locations in London. Chapter 7 mentions Soho. The investigation spans weeks but covers limited … |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic and horror | The story spans several weeks in a single rented house. No significant journeys occur; the narrator is confined to the room. Time passes through the narrator's journal entries, but distance travelled is minimal, … |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Gothic and horror | The narrator travels from Providence to New Orleans (via documents), then to Paterson and Oslo in chapter 3. Johansen's voyage spans from Auckland to R'lyeh and back, covering vast oceanic distances. Time spans from … |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | Science fiction | Prendick drifts eight days at sea (ch 1), sails for weeks to the island (chs 2 to 5), spends months trapped there (chs 6 to 21), and takes ten months building his escape (ch 21) before sailing to rescue (ch 22). |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Science fiction | The journey spans roughly five months: departure in May, descent through June-August, emergence in September. Distance is measured in leagues and miles (ch22 notes 250 miles travelled). The underground sea crossing … |
| A Princess of Mars | Science fiction | Carter travels from Arizona to Mars instantly in Chapter 2. The Thark horde journeys for weeks to reach Thark in Chapter 16. Carter wanders the desert for weeks in Chapter 20. He travels to Zodanga in Chapter 21. The … |
| Herland | Science fiction | The journey to Herland takes weeks by aircraft. The men are confined for months while learning the language and society. Time passes quickly in summary chapters. The return journey is not detailed. Distance is vast; … |
| Flatland | Science fiction | The Lineland dream (chapters 13 to 15) takes place in sleep, so distance and time are dreamlike. The Spaceland journey (chapters 18 to 23) is timeless, occurring outside normal space. The Square's imprisonment (chapter 25) … |
| Erewhon | Science fiction | The journey from England to Erewhon spans chapters 1 to 6 over weeks of travel. The narrator spends months in Erewhon from chapters 7 to 28. Return to England in chapter 29 is swift. Distance is vast but time is compressed … |
| The Last Man | Science fiction | Journeys span years and continents. Vienna takes two years (c3). Greece journey spans months (c11 to 13). The emigration from England to Switzerland to Italy spans chapters 23 to 27, covering weeks of plague-driven flight. … |
| Through the Looking Glass | Fantasy and children's | Alice travels eight chess squares from pawn to queen across Chapters 2 to 8. The journey spans one day in dream time. Distance is measured by squares rather than miles; time is dreamlike and non-linear. |
| A Little Princess | Fantasy and children's | Sara travels from India to London in chapter 1, a journey mentioned but not shown. The novel then focuses on her movement between the school and nearby streets over roughly two years. The Indian gentleman lives next … |
| The Jungle Book | Fantasy and children's | Mowgli's journey spans chapters 1 to 8 over roughly ten years in the jungle, then weeks in the village. Kotick's quest takes five seasons across the Pacific in chapters 9 to 11. Little Toomai's journey is one night in … |
| Five Children and It | Fantasy and children's | Journeys are short: Rochester is reached by train in chapter two. The church tower is miles from home. The fair is reached by pony-trap. Distances are vague; time is measured by daylight and sunset. Travel is … |
| The Railway Children | Fantasy and children's | Journeys are local and brief. The children walk to the railway station and tunnel regularly. The Russian's reunion happens within ten days. Father's journey from prison to home is not shown. Time moves slowly through … |
| The Princess and the Goblin | Fantasy and children's | Journeys are short but significant: Irene climbs stairs within the house; Curdie travels from mine to goblin palace and back. The escape through caves in chapter 21 is the longest journey. Time moves in days and … |
| Peter and Wendy | Fantasy and children's | The flight to Neverland takes one night (chapter 3). Time in Neverland is vague; weeks pass in chapter 7 without clear progression. The return journey is swift (chapter 16). The book emphasises timelessness in … |
| The Worm Ouroboros | Fantasy and children's | Journeys span months and years. The sea voyage to Impland takes weeks; the climb of Koshtra Pivrarcha takes days of intense effort. The four-year span (chapter 56) shows time's weight on the narrative. |
| Anne of Green Gables | Fantasy and children's | Journeys are short and local. Matthew travels to Bright River station (chapter 2). Marilla drives to White Sands (chapter 5). Anne visits Charlottetown for the Exhibition (chapter 29) and Queen's Academy (chapters … |
| Black Beauty | Fantasy and children's | Beauty's journey spans roughly twenty years: early life, Birtwick years, Earlshall months, Bath and London years, final recovery. Distances are vague (eight miles to the doctor, three miles from accident site). Time … |
| Middlemarch | Literary | Dorothea and Casaubon travel to Rome for their honeymoon (c20-c23), a journey of weeks. Will travels between Middlemarch and London. Most action occurs within Middlemarch itself. Journeys are measured in days and … |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Literary | Journeys span months and years. Tess travels from Marlott to Trantridge (days), then home (weeks), then to Talbothays (unspecified), then to Flintcomb-Ash (weeks), then to Sandbourne (days). Angel's Brazil journey … |
| Mrs Dalloway | Literary | Journeys are short and local, all within London on a single day. Clarissa walks to buy flowers, Peter follows a woman through streets, Septimus moves between park and home. Distance is measured in emotional rather … |
| To the Lighthouse | Literary | The Lighthouse journey spans ten years in promise (chapters 1 to 17), is interrupted by death and war (chapters 18 to 26), and is finally completed in chapters 31 to 37. The boat journey itself takes one day. Distance is … |
| Anna Karenina | Literary | Journeys are frequent and take realistic time. Moscow to Petersburg by train takes days. The country estate is hours from Moscow. Vronsky and Anna travel to Italy for months. Journeys mark emotional transitions and … |
| Crime and Punishment | Literary | Journeys are short and urban. Raskolnikov walks from his garret to the pawnbroker's flat, to the police station, to Sonia's room. The final journey is to Siberia, described in summary. Time is compressed: the crime … |
| Madame Bovary | Literary | Journeys are frequent but short. Tostes to Bertaux farm is repeated (2 to 3). The ball at Vaubyessard is a day trip (8). Rouen is twenty-four miles away (10), reached by carriage in hours. Emma's weekly trips (28 to 30) … |
| The Age of Innocence | Literary | Journeys are frequent but brief. St. Augustine (c16) takes days. Boston (c23) is a day trip. London (c20) is part of honeymoon. Paris (c34) is reached after thirty years. The final journey to Paris is the longest, … |
| Silas Marner | Literary | Silas flees from Lantern Yard to Raveloe, a journey of unspecified distance made years before the novel opens. In chapter 21, Silas and Eppie travel to Lantern Yard and back, a journey of days. Most action occurs … |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Literary | The journey spans months downriver from Missouri toward the Gulf. Distance is vague; time passes in summary (chapter 20 covers days). The raft moves slowly; chapters compress travel time. No precise mileage or dates … |
| Hamlet | Plays | Hamlet travels to England (off-stage) and returns via pirate capture (17). Fortinbras marches to Poland (15). Most action stays in Elsinore. Time spans weeks from ghost's appearance to final duel. |
| Macbeth | Plays | Journeys are swift and compressed. Macduff flees to England in Act Three and returns with an army by Act Five, suggesting weeks pass. Macbeth moves between Forres, Inverness and Dunsinane. Time is vague; the play … |
| Romeo and Juliet | Plays | The action spans roughly three days. Romeo travels from Verona to the feast to the garden to Mantua in Act Three. The journey back to the tomb in Act Five is swift. Time is compressed; the Friar's potion lasts … |
| Othello | Plays | Othello travels from Venice to Cyprus by sea (c4), a journey interrupted by a storm. The play spans roughly three days in Cyprus. Distance and time are compressed; the focus is on psychological rather than physical … |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Plays | The lovers travel one night from Athens to the wood and back. Puck claims he can 'put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes' (c3) but the actual journey is one night. Time is compressed by magic. |
| Twelfth Night | Plays | Viola's journey from shipwreck to Illyria is swift and undetailed. Sebastian and Antonio travel from the wreck to Illyria offstage. Time compresses; the action spans days but feels urgent and immediate. |
| Doctor Faustus | Plays | Faustus travels across Europe (Rome, the Emperor's court, Vanholt) within section 1, but distances and travel time are not specified. The play compresses geography. Section 2 returns him to his chamber for his final … |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Plays | Algernon travels from London to Jack's country house at Woolton in Act Two. The journey is mentioned but not shown. Time passes offstage between acts but is not specified precisely. |
| A Doll's House | Plays | No journeys occur. The entire play takes place in one room over roughly two days. Characters mention travel but do not undertake it; the journey is internal and psychological. |
| Hedda Gabler | Plays | No journeys occur. Characters move between rooms within the house. Lovborg and Tesman attend Judge Brack's party offstage. The action is confined to one location across approximately 24 hours. |
| Pygmalion | Plays | No journeys occur. The play spans roughly three months from Act I to Act V, with time jumps between acts. Characters move between London locations but distance is not emphasised. The journey is internal and social, … |
| The School for Scandal | Plays | No journeys occur. All action takes place in London drawing rooms and libraries. Sir Oliver arrives from abroad but his journey is not shown. Characters move between houses but distances are short and travel is not … |
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