Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863.
Five Weeks in a Balloon Original Edition (Annotated )
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863.
Five Weeks in a Balloon (Annotated with Biography of Verne and Plot Analysis)
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Golgotha Press
ISBN: 1610426029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Five Weeks in a Balloon was Jules Verne’s first published novel – he had adapted it from a work of non-fiction at the suggestion of his editor, Jules Hetzel. The novel was published in 1863, before successful balloon-air flight was accomplished. The story is pure adventure and typically Verne. It is not without its drawbacks – it is unpolished compared to some of Verne’s later works and the racism is difficult for today’s readers to accept. As a first adventure story, it was a testament as to what was to come from Verne – proving his publisher Hetzel had backed a winner. This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
Publisher: Golgotha Press
ISBN: 1610426029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Five Weeks in a Balloon was Jules Verne’s first published novel – he had adapted it from a work of non-fiction at the suggestion of his editor, Jules Hetzel. The novel was published in 1863, before successful balloon-air flight was accomplished. The story is pure adventure and typically Verne. It is not without its drawbacks – it is unpolished compared to some of Verne’s later works and the racism is difficult for today’s readers to accept. As a first adventure story, it was a testament as to what was to come from Verne – proving his publisher Hetzel had backed a winner. This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
Five weeks in a balloon.From the French. With 64 illustr. by Riou
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368831879
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368831879
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Annotated with Biography of Verne and Plot Analysis)
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Golgotha Press
ISBN: 1610425987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Some critics claim that Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, published in 1870, is Jules Verne’s masterpiece. The novel is narrated by Professor Pierre Aronnax of the Paris Museum of Natural History. It is set in the year 1866 (Verne was already working on the manuscript at that time) and the world of the sea is in the news with the supposed sightings of a sea monster that is much too large and fast to be a whale. When a boat is damaged, apparently by the sea monster, Aronnax, while on a researching assignment in New York is asked by the United States government to help track down the monster. Aronnax (illustrations of Aronnax in the original edition look very much like Verne) takes his loyal Belgian valet (Conseil) with him – both Aronnax and Conseil are men of science – cool, rational, and possessing encyclopaedic knowledge of the sea. Ned Land serves as their foil – a passionate and foolhardy harpooner from Canada. This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
Publisher: Golgotha Press
ISBN: 1610425987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Some critics claim that Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, published in 1870, is Jules Verne’s masterpiece. The novel is narrated by Professor Pierre Aronnax of the Paris Museum of Natural History. It is set in the year 1866 (Verne was already working on the manuscript at that time) and the world of the sea is in the news with the supposed sightings of a sea monster that is much too large and fast to be a whale. When a boat is damaged, apparently by the sea monster, Aronnax, while on a researching assignment in New York is asked by the United States government to help track down the monster. Aronnax (illustrations of Aronnax in the original edition look very much like Verne) takes his loyal Belgian valet (Conseil) with him – both Aronnax and Conseil are men of science – cool, rational, and possessing encyclopaedic knowledge of the sea. Ned Land serves as their foil – a passionate and foolhardy harpooner from Canada. This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Five Weeks In A Balloon
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849645622
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 530
Book Description
"Five Weeks In A Balloon" is an adventure novel that describes the journey of three men, Dr. Samuel Ferguson, Dick Kennedy and their servant Joe in a balloon in Africa. On their journey from East to West they face a lot of dangers, as well from natives as from animals and other things.
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849645622
Category :
Languages : de
Pages : 530
Book Description
"Five Weeks In A Balloon" is an adventure novel that describes the journey of three men, Dr. Samuel Ferguson, Dick Kennedy and their servant Joe in a balloon in Africa. On their journey from East to West they face a lot of dangers, as well from natives as from animals and other things.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819575488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
One of the great "first novels" in world literature is now available in a complete, accurate English translation. Prepared by two of America's leading Verne scholars, Frederick Paul Walter and Arthur B. Evans, this edition honors not only Verne's farseeing science, but also his zest, style, and storytelling brilliance. Initially published in 1863, Five Weeks in a Balloon was the first novel in what would become the author's "Extraordinary Voyages" series. It tells the tale of a 4,000-mile balloon trip over the mysterious continent of Africa, a trip that wouldn't actually take place until well into the next century. Fusing adventure, comedy, and science fiction, Five Weeks has all the key ingredients of classic Verne: sly humor and cheeky characters, an innovative scientific invention, a tangled plot that's full of suspense and surprise, and visions of an unknown realm. As part of the Early Classics of Science Fiction series, this critical edition features extensive notes, all the illustrations from the original French edition, and a complete Verne biography and bibliography. Five Weeks in a Balloon will be a prized addition to libraries and science fiction reading lists, and a must-read for Verne fans and steampunk connoisseurs. Publication of this book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819575488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
One of the great "first novels" in world literature is now available in a complete, accurate English translation. Prepared by two of America's leading Verne scholars, Frederick Paul Walter and Arthur B. Evans, this edition honors not only Verne's farseeing science, but also his zest, style, and storytelling brilliance. Initially published in 1863, Five Weeks in a Balloon was the first novel in what would become the author's "Extraordinary Voyages" series. It tells the tale of a 4,000-mile balloon trip over the mysterious continent of Africa, a trip that wouldn't actually take place until well into the next century. Fusing adventure, comedy, and science fiction, Five Weeks has all the key ingredients of classic Verne: sly humor and cheeky characters, an innovative scientific invention, a tangled plot that's full of suspense and surprise, and visions of an unknown realm. As part of the Early Classics of Science Fiction series, this critical edition features extensive notes, all the illustrations from the original French edition, and a complete Verne biography and bibliography. Five Weeks in a Balloon will be a prized addition to libraries and science fiction reading lists, and a must-read for Verne fans and steampunk connoisseurs. Publication of this book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
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Languages : en
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The Annotated Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 9780517615317
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
/Edgar Allan Poe A complete collection of Poe's short stories with marginal notes and interpretations. Illu
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 9780517615317
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
/Edgar Allan Poe A complete collection of Poe's short stories with marginal notes and interpretations. Illu