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Maailman ympäri 80 päivässä on Jules Vernen tunnetuin kirja täynnä huumoria, fantasiaa ja draamaa. Eräällä Lontoon klubeista lyödään herrasmiesten kesken vetoa siitä, onko 1870-luvulla mahdollista matkustaa maailman ympäri 80 päivän aikana. Tunnettu, kaavoihinkangistunut herrasmies Phileas Fogg ottaa vastaan haasteen, laittaa peliin koko omaisuutensa ja aloittaa pelottoman matkansa yhdessä ranskalaisen palvelijansa, Passepartout‘n, kanssa. Näin alkaa kaksikon mahtava voimannäyte läpi maailman eksoottisimpien kolkkien.

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Il y a cent cinquante ans, soit un siècle avant que le premier homme n'effectue un "petit pas pour un homme et un grand pour l'humanité", en 1869, Jules Verne emmène ses héros dans un nouveau voyage extraordinaire "Autour de la Lune". Tiré par un gigantesque canon, l'obus imaginé par l'ingénieur Barbicane se dirige maintenant vers la Lune, et les trois passagers qui y ont pris place vont être les témoins d'extraordinaires événements.

This is a classic adventure tale set far down in the briny deep. Captain Nemo hunts the terrifying and mysterious monster that has already wrecked ships which disturbed its slumber. A scary, illuminating, and exciting listen for all ages, this story has achieved almost mythical status, and Jules Verne's great writing style makes the truly unbelievable seem entirely feasible: and utterly absorbing.

Romanzo pubblicato nel 1867 e dedicato a tutti gli amanti delle avventure e delle esplorazioni geografiche. Seguendo alcune indicazioni di una richiesta di aiuto, trovata in una bottiglia, un gruppo di coraggiosi si pone in cerca del capitano Harry Grant, andando n cerca di mirabolanti avventure, che hanno come sfondo la Patagonia, l’Australia, e i feroci cannibali Maori della Nuova Zelanda, fino all’immancabile e sfolgorante lieto fine. Grandi descrizioni geografiche, il libro è avvincente e istruttivo. Adatto a tutti.

In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne is a diary of the observations of Fritz Napoleon Smith, the editor of an influential futuristic newspaper. It is an action-packed tale of technological advances and science fiction scenarios. Some of the predictions were remarkably accurate.

Près du village de Werst, en Transylvanie, se dresse le château des Carpathes qui depuis le départ du dernier représentant de ses seigneurs, Rodolphe de Gortz, est complètement abandonné et fui par tous tant les rumeurs alarmantes et de folles légendes circulent à son sujet. Un jour, une fumée est aperçue au faîte du donjon. Malgré leur peur, le jeune forestier Nic Deck et le docteur Patak partent en reconnaissance et sont victimes de phénomènes surprenants.

Around the World in 80 Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet, Passepartout, attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club.

`Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni' di Jules Verne è uno dei romanzi d'avventura più celebri e amati di tutti i tempi. Phileas Fogg, gentleman flemmatico e metodico ai limiti dell'ossessione, accetta la scommessa di poter compiere il giro del mondo in soli ottanta giorni. Fogg e il suo nuovo domestico Passepartout lasciano Londra la sera del 2 ottobre 1872. Da quel momento prende avvio una serie incessante di avventure che coinvolge i viaggiatori, in un susseguirsi di ostacoli (molti) e di colpi di fortuna (pochi).

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.

Come in tutti i suoi romanzi, Verne discute dettagliatamente ogni problema che si può presentare nello sparare un grande proiettile verso la luna. Molti calcoli puntuali sono accompagnati da una vena ironica che descrive le reazioni e i caratteri degli americani in previsione della grande impresa. Pubblicato nel 1846, è impressionante la somiglianza a quello che poi avvenne 104 anni dopo, anche se, ovviamente, con un finale diverso.

A wager made at the London Reform Club sends the imperturbable Phileas Fogg, his loyal valet Passepartout, the tenacious Mr. Fix, and the beautiful Aouda on a journey around the world that is fraught with obstacles, peril, and humor.

"Doctor Ox's Experiment" is a short story by Jules Verne, published in 1872. It describes an experiment by Dr. Ox and his assistant Gedeon Ygene. A prosperous scientist Dr. Ox offers to build a new gas lighting system to an unusually stuffy Flemish town: Quiquendone. As the town bore no charges, the offer is gladly accepted. The hidden interest of Dr. Ox is however not lighting, but large scale experiment on effect of oxygen on plants, animals and humans.

This delightful short story was the first work of Jules Verne to be translated into English by Anne T. Wilbur in 1852. Just as the balloon starts rising, a stranger jumps in with the intention of taking it as high as possible without regard to his own safety or that of the pilot. During the long journey, this mysterious passenger relates the historical background of the quest for lighter-than-air travel.

Den tyske professorn Lidenbrock och hans brorson Axel och deras guide Hans ger sig iväg på en äventyrlig färd kantad av strapatser mot jordens medelpunkt. Professorn har hittat anteckningar på runskrift som beskriver hur man kan ta sig till jordens medelpunkt via en inaktiv vulkan på Island vid namn Snæfellsjökull. Jules Vernes sci-fi-klassiker om den farofyllda resan mot jordens medelpunkt kom ut första gången 1864. Verne var otroligt produktiv och populär under sin samtid och hans äventyrsromaner med science-fictioninslag hittar ständigt nya läsare.

Michel Strogoff, Cinq semaines en ballon, Vingt Mille lieues sous les mers, Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine, L'île mystérieuse et De la Terre à la Lune.

Yhdysvaltain sisällissodan aikana viisi sotavankia karkaa Virginian Richmondissa sijaitsevalta vankileiriltä kaappaamalla kuumailmapallon. Riehuvassa myrskyssä he kadottavat kurssin ja eksyvät. Muutaman myrskyisän päivän kuluttua he astuvat maihin tuliperäiselle, autiolle saarelle jossakin eteläisellä Tyynellämerellä. Smith-nimisen insinöörin kekseliäisyyden ansiosta he pystyvät selviämään hengissä saarella, jonka he ristivät presidenttinsä mukaan Lincoln Islandiksi.

Mysterious Phileas Fogg is a cool customer. A man of the most repetitious and punctual habit - with no apparent sense of adventure whatsoever - he gambles his considerable fortune that he can complete a journey around the world in just 80 days... immediately after a newspaper calculates the feat as just barely possible. With his excitable French manservant in tow, Fogg undertakes the exercise immediately, with no preparations, trusting that his traveling funds will make up for delays along the way. But unbeknownst to him, British police are desperately seeking to arrest him for the theft of a ...

In 1861 a struggling playwright from Nantes traveled to the wildest parts of Norway with two friends. The experience transformed him, opening his eyes to exotic adventures—and to a new mode of writing. The sole surviving chapter of his autobiographical work, completed at about the same time as he met his lifelong publisher and surely his most personal piece, brilliantly recounts his reasons for travelling and his preparations in a henceforth “suffocating” Paris. None of his subsequent masterpieces would have been possible without Verne’s Joyous Miseries.