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Il romanzo è ambientato durante l'assedio di Richmond della Guerra di secessione americana: cinque prigionieri (un ragazzo, un giornalista, un marinaio, un ingegnere, un ex schiavo e perfino un cane) decidono di fuggire dalla città in una maniera piuttosto inusuale rubando un pallone a gas.
Dopo numerosi giorni di volo in balia di una tempesta, il gruppo naufraga su un'isola vulcanica che decidono di chiamare "isola Lincoln", in onore del presidente americano.
Il mistero dell'isola da cui il titolo del nostro è dovuto ad alcuni avvenimenti inesplicabili:come uno dei fuggitivi sia riuscito a sopravvivere alla caduta dal pallone .. il salvataggio del cane da una bestia marina...il ritrovamento di una cassa piena di beni di necessità..il rinvenimento di un messaggio in mare richiedente soccorso..
L'isola misteriosa costituisce il terzo e ultimo capitolo di una trilogia iniziata con "I figli del capitano Grant "e "Ventimila leghe sotto i mari ".
Vi si ritrovano pertanto alcuni personaggi dei due capitoli precedenti e allusioni alle vicende in essi narrate.
Extrait : "Remontons-nous ? — Non ! Au contraire ! Nous descendons ! — Pis que cela, monsieur Cyrus ! Nous tombons ! — Pour Dieu ! Jetez du lest ! — Voilà le dernier sac vidé ! — Le ballon se relève-t-il ? — Non ! — J'entends comme un clapotement de vagues ! — La mer est sous la nacelle ! — Elle ne doit pas être à cinq cents pieds de nous ! » Alors une voix puissante déchira l'air, et ces mots retentirent : « Dehors tout ce qui pèse !… tout ! et à la grâce de Dieu !"
All Around the Moon is a sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. This first book tells the story of the construction of a giant cannon to shoot a shell to the Moon. It is a project of the Gun Club in Baltimore, USA, that was set up by former military artillery officers.
Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island is a crossover sequel to Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways. This new digital edition of The Mysterious Island is complete and unabridged.
"The Mysterious Island" is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874.
The plot focuses on the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific.
Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.
Translator:
Frederic Amadeus Malleson
(1819–1897)
An Antarctic Mystery (French: Le Sphinx des glaces, 'The Sphinx of the Ice Fields’), is an 1897 adventure novel by Jules Verne and is a response to Edgar Allan Poe's 1838 novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Poe’s telling of Arthur Pym’s narrative is shown to be true as events come together that bring out clues that help Captain Len Guy trace the fate of his brother’s ship the Jane; the very ship that Arthur Pym was on board at the time of his disappearance. Through the efforts of a Mr. Joerling, the crew of the Halbrane is enticed to make the trip to Antarctica to search for any survivors of the Jane...
Extrait : "Le 2 février 1873, le brick-goélette Pilgrim se trouvait par 43° 57' de latitude sud, et par 165° 19' de longitude ouest du méridien de Greenwich. Ce bâtiment, de quatre cents tonneaux, armé à San-Francisco pour la grande pêche des mers australes, appartenait à James-W. Weldon, riche armateur californien, qui en avait confié, depuis plusieurs années, le commandement au capitaine Hull. Le Pilyrim était l'un des plus petits, mais l'un des meilleurs navires de..."
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. Jules Verne's classic science fiction story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea tells the great tale of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus. In 1866 a strange and unknown sea monster is sighted by ships and an ocean liner is attacked. An expedition prepares in New York, to find and destroy the menacing creature. The 20,000 of the title refers to an overall distance traveled under the sea, rather than an impossible measure of descent. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works of long dead and truly talented authors.
Un riche américain meurt et laisse une fortune de 60 millions de dollars sans héritier. Mais le millionnaire avait pensé à tout, y compris à un jeu qui transformerait le territoire américain en "Jeu de l'Oie" géant dans lequel les compétiteurs doivent atteindre le 63eme état pour espérer gagner le pactole.
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Questo avvincente romanzo di Jules Verne, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1864, riunisce in maniera straordinaria contenuti scientifici e fantastici. Diventato un classico della letteratura, non solo per ragazzi, è considerato da molti precursore del genere fantascientifico. Il professor Otto Lidenbrock, che insegna mineralogia ad Amburgo, scopre in un vecchio libro un misterioso messaggio in caratteri runici. Il documento viene decifrato da suo nipote Axel: si tratta di appunti in latino che spiegano come raggiungere il centro della Terra attraverso il vulcano Sneffels, in Islanda. L’autore di queste indicazioni è Arne Saknussem, alchimista islandese, che nel XVI secolo avrebbe davvero compiuto l’impresa. Zio e nipote decidono dunque di intraprendere questo viaggio e partono per l’Islanda, dove si unisce a loro il fedele e silenzioso Hans, una guida del posto, con il quale si calano nel cratere del vulcano. Inizia così un’incredibile avventura, ricca di colpi di scena e di incontri eccezionali: dinosauri che si credevano estinti, giganti, piante enormi… I segni lasciati da Saknussem guidano i tre uomini verso il centro della Terra. Ormai vicinissimi alla meta, fanno esplodere un masso che ostacola il passaggio e la potenza dell’esplosione è tale da riportarli, attraverso un altro vulcano, sulla superficie terrestre. Dopo due mesi di fantastiche avventure, i tre viaggiatori si ritrovano a Stromboli.
Extrait : "Le 26 juillet 1864, par une forte brise de nord-est, un magnifique yacht évoluait à toute vapeur sur les flots du canal du Nord. Le pavillon d'Angleterre battait à sa corne d'artimon ; à l'extrémité du grand mât, un guidon bleu portait les initiales E. G., brodées en or et surmontées d'une couronne ducale. Ce yacht se nommait le Duncan ; il appartenait à lord Glenarvan, l'un des seize pairs écossais qui siègent à la chambre haute, et le membre le plus distingué..."
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Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verne’s hero traverses the far reaches of the earth, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix, a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber.
Les aventures extraordinaires d’un emblématique capitaine, héros romantique en quête d’un apaisement qu’il poursuit sans jamais l’atteindre
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers est un roman d’aventures de Jules Verne, publié en 1870. Il est le sixième de la série des Voyages Extraordinaires ; il fait suite aux Enfants du capitaine Grant et se complète par l’Île mystérieuse.
Un monstre marin de proportions gigantesques répand la terreur sur les océans. Une expédition lui donne la chasse à bord de la frégate américaine « Abraham Lincoln » ; le célèbre naturaliste français Aronnax et son fidèle domestique Conseil sont du voyage. La créature retrouvée, cette dernière attaque le navire. Sous le choc, Aronnax, Conseil et le harponneur Ned Land sont précipités à la mer. Refugiés sur le dos du monstre, ils découvrent avec stupeur qu’il s’agit d’un sous-marin, le « Nautilus ». Le capitaine Nemo, concepteur du submersible, les recueille et les retient prisonniers.
En compagnie de cet énigmatique personnage, nos trois héros aperçoivent la mystérieuse Atlantide, se battent contre des cannibales et des poulpes géants, chassent dans les forêts sous-marines… jusqu’au jour où la farouche hostilité de Nemo à l’égard du commerce des hommes se fait jour avec la plus grande cruauté. Nemo leur dévoile alors sa véritable identité. Les trois passagers du Nautilus ne songent plus qu’à une chose : s’enfuir…
Ce roman, un des meilleurs de Jules Verne, est d’une surprenante invention dramatique. La figure du capitaine Nemo, ingénieur de génie, homme de grande culture, qui sait faire preuve de sensibilité et de générosité, se révèle capable de tuer de sang-froid, de s’abandonner totalement à la haine qui le consume. En quelque sorte, comme l’Humanité, Nemo est capable du meilleur comme du pire, il n’est personne et tout le monde à la fois.
Un grand roman à découvrir ou redécouvrir pour ses aventures légendaires
EXTRAIT
L’année 1866 fut marquée par un événement bizarre, un phénomène inexpliqué et inexplicable que personne n’a sans doute oublié. Sans parler des rumeurs qui agitaient les populations des ports et surexcitaient l’esprit public à l’intérieur des continents, les gens de mer furent particulièrement émus. Les négociants, armateurs, capitaines de navires, skippers et masters de l’Europe et de l’Amérique, officiers des marines militaires de tous pays, et, après eux, les gouvernements des divers États des deux continents, se préoccupèrent de ce fait au plus haut point.
En effet, depuis quelque temps, plusieurs navires s’étaient rencontrés sur mer avec « une chose énorme, » un objet long, fusiforme, parfois phosphorescent, infiniment plus vaste et plus rapide qu’une baleine.
Jules Verne’s classic 1864 sci-fi novel tells the story of German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snaefellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano.
Journey has been read by millions of inquisitive minds and has influenced some of the worlds most famous explorers such as Admiral Byrd, who announced on his 1926 expedition to the North Pole that "it is Jules Verne who is bringing me."
Renowned cave explorer Norbert Casteret said in 1938 that A Journey to the Center of the Earth was a "marvelous book which impressed and fascinated me more than any other. I have re-read it many times, and I confess I sometimes re-read it still, each time finding anew the joys and enthusiasm of my childhood."
A Journey to the Center of the Earth is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull, encountering many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano. The genre of subterranean fiction already existed long before Verne. However, the present book considerably added to its popularity and influenced later such writings. For example, Edgar Rice Burroughs explicitly acknowledged Verne's influence on his own Pellucidar series. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works of long dead and truly talented authors.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. Originally published in 1864, this Jules Verne classic has wowed generations of readers with its portrayal of an imaginary odyssey into a subterranean wonderland. When Axel deciphers an old parchment describing a secret passage through a volcano to the center of the earth, nothing will stop his eccentric Uncle Lidenbrock from setting out at once. With silent Hans as guide, the two men encounter natural hazards, prehistoric beasts, and other curiosities on their perilous, astonishing, terrifying trek through the underworld.
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Londra, 1872 . Il ricco inglese Phileas Fogg è solito frequentare il Reform Club.
Un giorno si accende una discussione in merito ad un articolo riguardante la costruzione di una nuova linea ferroviaria in India: il giornale riporta che sarebbe possibile a quella velocità effettuare il giro del mondo in 80 giorni.
Tutti ne mettono in dubbio la possibilità, ma il protagonista decide di scommettere 20.000
sterline: entro quel lasso di tempo Fogg ed il suo servo Passepartout dovranno essere di
ritorno al club dopo aver girato il mondo.
I due si mettono in viaggio verso Bombay e giunti in India, scoprono che la linea ferroviaria in realtà non è ancora stata ultimata e ciò causa loro una grossa perdita di tempo. Con un ispettore di Scotland Yard (Fix) alle calcagna ed una bella ragazza indiana da salvare, Fogg fa prima tappa ad Hong Kong e poi in Giappone, alla volta della nave per San Francisco. Arrivati a New York, i protagonisti scoprono che l’imbarcazione per Liverpool è già partita.Sembra tutto perduto, ma Passepartout avrà più di un'intuizione geniale per tornare al Reform intempo e vincere la scommessa !
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. n this thrilling adventure tale by the father of science fiction, three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine, the Nautilus. Over the course of their fantastical voyage, they encounter the lost city of Atlantis, the South Pole, and the corals of the Red Sea. Along the way, they must battle countless adversaries both human and monstrous. This triumphant work of the imagination shows the limitless possibilities of science and the dark depths of the human mind.
Extrait : "Donc, ajouta-t-il en consultant un calendrier de poche, puisque c'est aujourd'hui mercredi 2 octobre, je devrai être de retour à Londres, dans ce salon même du Reform-Club, le samedi 21 décembre, à huit heures quarante-cinq du soir, faute de quoi les vingt mille livres déposées actuellement à mon crédit chez Baring frères vous appartiendront de fait et de droit, messieurs."
