Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon Translated and Illustrated written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jules Verne has been acknowledged --for 150 years -- as one of the founders of the science fiction story telling genre; but, curiously enough, over a century ago readers knew him as the most popular writer of a kind of literature cataloged under the name of Travel Novel; the purpose of those who cultivated the genre was as much to teach as to entertain. However, Jules Verne went beyond the Travel Novel and became the most accredited representative of the Scientific Novel, which he further developed into the Science Fiction Novel. It would be pointless to ask Jules Verne if he brought science into the context of the novel or simply introduced the novel in the field of science; his enthusiasm led him from one genre to the other, and his creativity, his fertility did the rest. Jules Verne was the first, at least in France, to use the marvelous scientist as main character; an element of his story-telling that especially established his enormous success.After Journey to the Center of the Earth and Journey Around the Word in 80 Days, MS BookS Publishing proudly presents for your reading enjoyment: Five Weeks in a Balloon --a journey of discovery in Africa by three Englishmen; Doctor Ferguson, his friend Kennedy and his valet Joe undertake the crossing of the African continent in a balloon. The reader learns the geography of Africa and the history of its main explorers and follows, along the way, a course of aerostation. Five Weeks in a Balloon launched Jules Verne in 1863 into a famous and well-respected career, writing prescient literature loved worldwide. I have mentioned in previous forewords that I aspire to give verbatim translations of these classic books, because, when I read Jules Verne I want to read Jules Verne's words. However, this book, Verne's first published work, has some rough edges; in the original text were found trying words, commonly used in 19th Century literature, but today ripe with condescension --bigoted words-- that wisdom and the emancipation of the human mind would today find offensive. In the past, the word Negro was too often used to describe African natives, as the word Indian described American natives. Such terms lack universal sensibility and are inaccurate, so I translated using accurate terminology, in no way condescending. What is true of the native people of the American continent such as Inuits, Haudenosaunee, Aztec... is also true of the native people of the African continent with a wide range of culture, language and skin tones in a highly diverse population of Egyptians, Ethiopians, Zambians... I must be honest with the reader and admit that translating this book was somewhat like walking through a minefield of dangerously inappropriate expressions, which at times made me wince. That said, while staying true to Verne's narrative I employed appropriate, accurate words and treated the African natives with all due respect. After all, as Voltaire once wrote: All nations have not always been civilized; all nations were for a long time uncivilized --savage; and in the infinite number of revolutions, which this globe has experienced, the human race has sometimes been thriving, sometimes crumbling. What is now happening to the elephants, the lions, and the tigers, has in the past happened to the human race. At the time when a country was sparsely populated, the habit of feeding on what they had killed made it easy for them to treat their enemies as their deer and wild boars. It was superstition that made humans immolate human victims, but it was necessity that made them eat each other.Enjoy Five Weeks in a Balloon.
Download or read book Five Weeks In A Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2014 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Five Weeks In A Balloon" is an adventure novel that describes the journey of three men, Dr. Samuel Ferguson, Dick Kennedy and their servant Joe in a balloon in Africa. On their journey from East to West they face a lot of dangers, as well from natives as from animals and other things.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon translated by Arthur Chambers Around the World in Eighty Days translated by P Desages With an Introduction by K B Meiklem and A Chancellor written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1958 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon Illustrated written by Jules Verne (Translator: William Lackland) Jules Verne (Translator: William Lackland) and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Weeks in a Balloon: Illustrated with 78 original illustrations from Riou and Montaut (1867), from the english edition of 1869. Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen (French: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. It is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the reader's interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets. Public interest in fanciful tales of African exploration was at its height, and the book was an instant hit; it made Verne financially independent and got him a contract with Jules Hetzel's publishing house, which put out several dozen more works of his for over forty years afterward.
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Download or read book Jules Verne written by Jules Verne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get cozy with the classics! Jules Verne collects some of the author’s best-known works in one volume. 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Finalist in Gift Books Legendary science fiction and adventure author Jules Verne is remembered for his fascinating stories of travel and excitement. With countless adaptations available, the titles of his works are familiar. But no joy can compare to reading the originals! This book features the African exploration of Five Weeks in a Balloon; the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Around the World in Eighty Days, the famous story of an incredible expedition; and the classic Journey to the Center of the Earth, which takes readers into our world’s geological past. With an introduction by an expert on Verne’s life and writing, it’s an excellent introduction to the work of this well-loved author. Expand your home library--and your imagination--with Jules Verne!
Download or read book You Can t Take a Balloon Into the National Gallery written by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2002-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two parallel stories of a little girl visiting the famous art museum and her lost yellow balloon's trip through Washington, D.C., make for an inventive visual journey sure to intrigue readers of all ages
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-19 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Five weeks in a balloon From the French With 64 illustr by Riou written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon Or Journeys and Discoveries in Africa Three Englishmen written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great "first novels" in world literature is now available in a complete, accurate English translation. Prepared by two of America's leading Verne scholars, Frederick Paul Walter and Arthur B. Evans, this edition honors not only Verne's farseeing science, but also his zest, style, and storytelling brilliance. Initially published in 1863, Five Weeks in a Balloon was the first novel in what would become the author's "Extraordinary Voyages" series. It tells the tale of a 4,000-mile balloon trip over the mysterious continent of Africa, a trip that wouldn't actually take place until well into the next century. Fusing adventure, comedy, and science fiction, Five Weeks has all the key ingredients of classic Verne: sly humor and cheeky characters, an innovative scientific invention, a tangled plot that's full of suspense and surprise, and visions of an unknown realm. As part of the Early Classics of Science Fiction series, this critical edition features extensive notes, all the illustrations from the original French edition, and a complete Verne biography and bibliography. Five Weeks in a Balloon will be a prized addition to libraries and science fiction reading lists, and a must-read for Verne fans and steampunk connoisseurs.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon Illustrated written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa (French: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. It is the first novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a story line full of adventure and plot twists that keep the reader's interest through passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.
Download or read book The Extraordinary Journeys written by Jules Verne and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First Mate Shandon receives a mysterious letter asking him to construct a reinforced steamship in Liverpool. As he heads out for Melville Bay and the Arctic labyrinth, a crewman reveals himself to be John Hatteras, and his lifelong obsession, the Pole. Despite experiencing appalling cold and hunger, the captain treks across the frozen wastes in search of fuel. Abandoned by his crew, Hatteras remains without resources at the coldest spot on earth. How can he find food and explore the Polar Sea? And what will he find at the top of the world?"--Back cover.
