Podcast 02° (AUDIO ENGLISH) Cronica Lunar.

The text corresponds to fragments of Jules Verne's novel "The Southern Star," which recounts the adventures of engineer Cyprien Méré in the Griqualand diamond field in South Africa. The main plot revolves around the theft of the world's largest artificial diamond, created by Méré and christened The Southern Star, and John Watkins' promise to marry his daughter Alice to whoever recovers it. The work explores the tensions in southern Africa, including the territorial conflict between the Boers and the English, mining exploitation, and the lives of African settlers and workers. Ultimately, the engineer and his allies manage to recover the stolen jewel, which is discovered inside an ostrich, only for the diamond to explode during a storm, although Méré obtains Alice's hand in marriage and recognition for his scientific work.