Un billet de loterie: (Le numéro 9672)

par Verne, Jules

"Un billet de loterie" by Jules Verne is a romance novel published in 1886. Set in Norway's Telemark region, the story follows Hulda Hansen, whose fiancé has gone missing after a shipwreck. His only remaining trace is a lottery ticket sent in a bottled message. When collectors offer large sums for the ticket, Hulda faces an agonizing choice: keep her beloved's final momento or sell it to help her debt-ridden mother escape their cruel creditor, Sandgoïst.