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1. Julius , Verne

Reise nach dem Mittelpunkt der Erde

Dem Hamburger Professor Otto Lidenbrock fällt ein geheimnisvolles Dokument in Runenschriftzeichen in die Hände. Es enthält einen verschlüsselten Text des berühmten isländischen Alchemisten Arne Saknussem. Mit Hilfe seines Neffen Axel gelingt die Entzifferung des Berichts über eine Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde.Voller Begeisterung plant Lidenbrock diese Expedition zu wiederholen. Im Krater des isländischen Vulkans Sneffels Yocul gelingt der Einstieg in eine fantastische Welt, die die Abenteurer vor eine Reihe von Herausforderungen stellt.

1. Jules , Verne

Autour de la Lune

Dans ce roman de Jules Verne, les membres du Gun-Club, après avoir envoyé un projectile vers la Lune, sont confrontés à un nouvel événement : un homme, Michel Ardan, propose de s'enfermer dans un boulet pour atteindre la Lune. L'aventure spatiale commence avec Barbicane et Nicholl, transformant le voyage en une exploration pleine de péripéties et de découvertes.

1. Jules , Verne

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

1. Jules , Verne

In Search of the Castaways

Following the clues found in a bottle cast into the ocean, Lord and Lady Genarvan set off for South America and Australia in their ship Duncan to search for the shipwrecked Captain Grant. Their eventful and perilous journey gives Verne the opportunity to describe a variety of exotic places.Originally titled Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant ("The Children of Captain Grant"), the story has inspired several movie adaptations. Ayrton, one of the characters, reappears in The Mysterious Island.

1. Jules , Verne

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon tells the tale of three Englishmen who attempt to cross Africa, from east to west, in a balloon. Dr. Ferguson is the rational scientist leading the trio, accompanied by loyal sidekick Joe and the doctor's sporting friend Kennedy.The three embark on many adventures: They encounter natives and dangerous animals, experience problems with their ballooning technology, and struggle with the winds and the weather. Throughout the novel, the author liberally sprinkles descriptions of flora, fauna, and geography, as seen through nineteenth century eyes.Though this is Verne's first published book, he already demonstrates much of the formula that drive his later works: the well-defined characters led by a rational scientist, the focus on science and technology, and of course the adventure-filled plot.The novel, first published in 1863, was topical for its time, as European interest in African exploration was strong. At the time the book was published, David Livingstone was midst-exploration in south-east Africa, and Burton and Speke had recently returned from exploring the Great Lakes region. The novel itself contains many references to actual expeditions that would have been current or recent for the original readers of the novel.

1. Jules , Verne

The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island tells the tale of five Americans who, in an attempt to escape the Civil War, pilot a hot-air balloon and find themselves crashed on a deserted island somewhere in the Pacific. Verne had been greatly influenced by works like Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, and that influence shines brightly in this novel of engineering ingenuity and adventure. Verne imparts the escapees with such over-the-top cleverness and so many luckily-placed resources that modern readers might find the extent to which they tame the island comical. Despite that, the island contains genuine mysteries for the adventurers to solve.The standard translation of The Mysterious Island was produced in 1875, and is credited to W. H. G. Kingston. Despite its popularity, it's widely criticized for abridging and Bowlderizing important parts of the text. The translation presented here, produced by Stephen W. White in 1876, is considered a much more accurate translation, despite it also abridging some portions.