Jules Verne
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Une édition de référence du Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours de Jules Verne, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« — Un bon Anglais ne plaisante jamais, quand il s'agit d'une chose aussi sérieuse qu'un pari, répondit Phileas Fogg. Je parie vingt mille livres contre qui voudra que je ferai le tour de la Terre en quatre-vingts jours ou moins, soit dix-neuf cent vingt heures ou cent quinze mille deux cents...
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Extrait : "Il y a deux chances de ne jamais revoir les amis don’t on se sépare pour un long voyage : ceux qui restent peuvent ne se plus retrouver, au retour ; ceux qui partent peuvent ne plus revenir. Mais ils ne se préoccupaient guère de cette éventualité, les marins qui faisaient leurs préparatifs d'appareillage à bord du Franklin, dans la matinée du 15 mars 1875. Ce jour-là, le Franklin, capitaine John Branican, était sur le point...
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Découvrez "Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine", le roman captivant de Jules Verne qui vous entraîne dans un tourbillon d'aventures exotiques et d'humour délicieux. Suivez les pas de Kin-Fo, un riche Chinois décidé à dépenser sa fortune avant de mourir, et embarquez pour un voyage palpitant à travers la Chine. Entre péripéties rocambolesques, rencontres surprenantes et rebondissements inattendus, ce récit vous fera rire, réfléchir...
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Jules Verne: Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen-Mit 32 Illustrationen und einer Karte der Reiseroute Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert, mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung, verlinktem eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und zahllreichen verlinkten Fußnoten Vor der Eröffnung des Suezkanals und der Fertigstellung der transamerikanischen Eisenbahn (beides 1869) war eine Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit. Beide Ereignisse fielen in Jules...
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Here in one binding are both of Jules Verne's Captain Nemo novels. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea we meet the enigmatic Captain Nemo and The Nautilus. Even after many adventures and much derring-do Nemo's secrets remain his own, and at the end of the novel we are left with many mysteries concering this mysterious and tragic man. In The Mysterious Island we once again encounter Captain Nemo. The years have mellowed him some, and he reveals his surprising...
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The Purchase of the North Pole is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1889. It is the third and last novel of the Baltimore Gun Club, first appearing in From the Earth to the Moon, and later in Around the Moon, featuring the same characters but set twenty years later.
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Writing in France in the nineteenth century, Jules Verne was fascinated by adventure and exploration. Collecting "A Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Around the World in 80 Days", "From the Earth to the Moon", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The Mysterious Island", this omnibus offers a unique compilation of five of Verne's Voyages, stories in which he extrapolated developing technology and invention into marvellous fiction. This...
50) Maître du monde
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Sur les routes des États-Unis, une mystérieuse voiture a été repérée qui roule deux fois plus vite que n'importe quelle voiture de course. Au large des ctes américaines, on a découvert un étrange navire profilé qui flotte sans l'aide du vent, de la vapeur ou d'un moteur à kérosène et part de toute poursuite. Dans le lac, isolé du réseau hydrographique, on remarque la présence d'un sous-marin... Comment tous ces événements sont-ils...
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El relato transcurre en París, en 1960, y el protagonista es un joven intelectual, Michel Dufrenoy, que malvive en una sociedad mecanizada, que le tacha de inútil por amar la lectura y las lenguas clásicas. "No quiero talento, quiero capacidades", ese es el lema de los que triunfan y Michel Jérme no es uno de ellos. Al ganar un premio por escribir un verso en latín, el protagonista es abucheado por los descontentos con el amor hacía la poesía...
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First published in 1874, "The Mysterious Island" is French author Jules Verne's exciting adventure which begins amidst the siege on Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Five northern prisoners plan an unconventional escape by hijacking a hot air balloon. What is in store for them is more than they bargained for. Cyrus Harding, an engineer in the union army; his servant Nebuchadnezzar, a former slave; sailor Bonadventure Pencroft; his...
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1864: Der schottische Lord Edward Glenarvan findet auf der Jungfernfahrt seiner Dampfjacht Duncan im Magen eines erlegten Hammerhaies eine Flaschenpost. Sie birgt drei gleiche Schriften, je eine auf Deutsch, Englisch und Französisch. Aus der Kombination dieser teilweise vom Salzwasser zerfressenen Mitteilungen ergibt sich, dass der verschollen geglaubte Kapitän Grant mit zwei Matrosen einen Schiffbruch am 7. Juni 1862 überlebt hat. Nur die geografische...
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The Underground City, by Jules Verne, is a novel about the fortunes of a mining community called Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his family living deep inside the mine. Simon Ford has found a large vein of coal in the mine but the characters...
55) From the Earth to the Moon: Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Around It
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Scarcely more than a century after Jules Verne published one of the most enduring and captivating novels of the nineteenth century in 1865-From the Earth to the Moon-Apollo 8 circled the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968 carrying the first human beings to fly around another celestial body. With uncanny futuristic vision, Verne had not only anticipated that the launch...
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The Fur Country, or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. Synopsis: In 1859 Lt. Jasper Hobson and other members of the Hudson's Bay Company travel through the Northwest Territories of Canada to Cape Bathurst on the Arctic Ocean on the mission to create a fort at 70 degrees, north of the Arctic Circle. The area they come to is very rich with wildlife and natural resources. Jasper Hobson and his party establish a fort...
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When his son Louis and members of the crew of the ship Jeune-Hardie, do not return from sea, Jean Cornbutte decides to refit the ship and go north to find them. Accompanying him on this trip is his son's fiancée, Marie, and the man who would be his son's rival for her affections, the ship's first officer, André Vasling. When the missing party is found in the extreme north, the only thing left to do is survive the bitter cold and rivalry. Jules Verne...
60) From the Earth to the Moon: Direct in Ninety-seven House and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Around It
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Scarcely more than a century after Jules Verne published one of the most enduring and captivating novels of the nineteenth century in 1865-From the Earth to the Moon-Apollo 8 circled the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968 carrying the first human beings to fly around another celestial body. With uncanny futuristic vision, Verne had not only anticipated that the launch would take place from Florida, but also foresaw a three man crew traveling in a capsule...