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"Es ist keiner unter Ihnen, wackere Collegen, der nicht den Mond gesehen, oder mindestens von ihm sprechen gehört hätte. Vielleicht ist's uns vorbehalten, für diese unbekannte Welt die Rolle des Columbus zu spielen. Unterstützen Sie mich mit allen Kräften, so will ich Sie führen, diese Eroberung zu machen."

Atteindre les profondeurs de notre globe, le cœur palpitant de la planète... Quel rêve pour un professeur de minéralogie - quelle utopie ! Un vieux parchemin runique, pourtant, affirme le contraire : il existerait un chemin depuis le cratère du Sneffels, ce volcan éteint d'Islande. Ni une ni deux, l'impulsif et colérique Professeur Otto Lidenbrock parvient à convaincre son jeune neveu Axel d'entreprendre l'expédition. Grottes insondables, mers souterraines, feux éternels et monstres surgis du fond des âges : la descente ne serait-elle qu'un aller simple vers les Enfers ?

《八十天环游地球》通过福克先生因和人打赌而环游地球的故事，表达了人类能凭借着自身的知识克服困难的道理。本有声书用曲折的故事情节展现了新颖独特的人物形象以及描绘富有特色的景物，包含着一种对知识的崇尚，对人性中机智、勇敢、正直、淡定等美好品格的赞美。…… 《八十天環遊地球》通過福克先生因和人打賭而環遊地球的故事，表達了人類能憑藉著自身的知識克服困難的道理。本有聲書用曲折的故事情節展現了新穎獨特的人物形象以及描繪富有特色的景物，包含著一種對知識的崇尚，對人性中機智、勇敢、正直、淡定等美好品格的讚美。

Una aventura apasionante y futurista, que lleva al oyente a vivir las emociones de un insólito viaje y de un destino imprevisible con el que la humanidad finalmente se enfrentaría.

Der Schotte Lord Glenarvan findet auf der Jungfernfahrt seiner Yacht im Magen eines Hammerhais eine Flaschenpost mit drei Schriftstücken, einem auf Englisch, einem in Französisch und einem auf Deutsch, die Hinweis auf den Aufenthaltsort des verschollenen Kapitäns Grant geben.

The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne. It was published in 1871 in single volume together with novel A Floating City as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages). An English translation was published in 1874.The American Civil War plot centers on the exploits of a British merchant captain named James Playfair who must break the Union blockade of Charleston harbor in South Carolina to trade supplies for cotton.Verne's tale was inspired by reality as many ships were actually lost while acting as blockade runners in and around Charleston in the early 1860s.The year is...

The story involves a German professor who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew, and their guide encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. View our full collection of podcasts at our website: https://www.solgoodmedia.com or YouTube channel: https://www.solgood.org/subscribe

From Boston to Liverpool in a little over four hours? Jules Verne tells us how it might be done.

Jules Verne is considered to be an important author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. VOLUME 2: We now come to the second part of our journey under the sea. The first ended with the moving scene in the coral cemetery which left such a deep impression on my mind. Thus, in the midst of this great sea, Captain Nemo's life was passing, even to his grave, which he had prepared in one of its deepest abysses.

Mr. Phileas Fogg, master of precision, enters into the strangest wager ever made over the whist table--that he will circle the globe in 80 days. The news astounds Jean Passepartout, sometime wandering minstrel, bareback rider, funambulist, gymnast, and fireman, now turned valet to Mr. Fogg in the expectancy of a quiet and well-regulated life. For the next 80 days, their lives are anything but quiet or well regulated.

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) is an acclaimed adventure novel by Jules Verne. It relates the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his French valet Passepartout as they attempt to circumnavigate the world in eighty days. Around the World in Eighty Days with its steam ships, boats, trains, elephant, and wind-powered sledge remains a classic more than 150 years later.

Le jour où le célèbre professeur Aronnax s'embarque à bord de l'Abraham Lincoln pour capturer un redoutable monstre sous-marin, il est loin d'imaginer l'incroyable aventure qui l'attend. A bord du Nautilus, en compagnie du capitaine Némo, il va parcourir vingt mille lieues sous les mers, découvrir l'Atlantide, les fonds les plus mystérieux des océans et affronter de terribles dangers.

The Master of the World is a sci-fi novel by Jules Verne. A string of inexplicable occurrences take place throughout the eastern United States, triggered by objects moving with such great velocity that they are almost imperceptible. Robur, a talented inventor, has completed a new machine, which he has dubbed the Terror. It is a ten-meter long vehicle, capable of functioning as a speedboat, submarine, automobile, or aircraft. It can travel at the (then) unheard of speed of 150 miles per hour on land and at more than 200 mph when flying.

The Mysterious Island was published in 1874, and it is one of Verne's longest novels. The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. The novel describes their attempts not only to survive but also, with the aid of the scientific and technological know-how, to rebuild their world from the meager resources of the island. At the end, however, it is realized that Captain Nemo, from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has secretly been helping the settlers.

"Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni" è forse il romanzo più entusiasmante e conosciuto di Jules Verne. Racconta la fantastica avventura di Phileas Fogg, gentlemen londinese di poche parole ma grande coraggio. Per tentare di vincere una scommessa fatta con i soci del suo Club, parte in fretta e furia, assieme al suo domestico Passepartout, per un viaggio praticamente impossibile: il giro del mondo in non più di ottanta giorni. Sorprendono e incuriosiscono i resoconti dei progressi tecnologici del diciannovesimo secolo: i mezzi di trasporto erano già molto efficienti.

This classic adventure story chronicles a fantastic voyage from the lost continent of Atlantis to the South Pole. Professor Aronnax begins his incredible underwater journey with his faithful servant Conseil and a Canadian harpooner, Ned Land. They set out on a hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster. After discovering that the “monster” is actually a giant submarine, they are captured by the vessel's mysterious commander, Captain Nemo.

Cinq évadés en ballon échouent sur une île perdue au milieu de l'océan pacifique. Les naufragés, accompagnés de leur chien Top, organisent leur survie. Ils sont régulièrement aidés par une étrange et mystérieuse puissance. Parviendront-ils à percer le secret de l'île ?

A story of constant action, fortitude and hope pitted against savagery and greed. A ruthless pirate hides in the southernmost part of Argentina and the world, with an audacious and horrific goal: to seize the only lighthouse and plunge Patagonia and his flight from justice into darkness. Verne takes masterful advantage of the dreadful remoteness of the location where the adventure unfolds, and the excitement of the struggle against time. An adventure story from the mind of the master, Jules Verne.

"Da... was ist denn das?... Ein Dunst, der über dem alten dicken Turme schwebt?... Ist's denn wirklich nur Dunst?... Nein, das könnte man für Rauchwolken halten!... Unmöglich! Seit langen, langen Jahren haben die Schornsteine der Burg nicht mehr geraucht!" Frik drehte das Fernrohr um und setzte es, nachdem er die Gläser mit dem Ärmel abgerieben hatte, wieder vor das Auge.Es war tatsächlich eine Rauchsäule, die dort aus dem Wartturme aufwirbelte.

Professor Pierre Aronnax boards an American frigate commissioned to investigate a rash of attacks on international shipping by what is thought to be an amphibious monster. The supposed sea creature, which is actually the submarine Nautilus, sinks Aronnax's vessel and imprisons him along with his devoted servant Conseil and Ned Land, a temperamental harpooner.