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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 2017-11-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skilfully 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 travelling 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 afterwards. Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Verne is often referred to as the "Father of science fiction" as he wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised. In 1857 he met Pierre-Jules Hetzel, one of the most important French publishers of the 19th century. Hetzel's advice improved Verne's writings, which until then had been rejected by other publishers. Hetzel read a draft of Verne's story about the balloon exploration of Africa, which had previously been rejected on the grounds that it was "too scientific." With Hetzel's help, he rewrote the story and in 1863 it was published in book form as Five Weeks in a Balloon (Cinq semaines en ballon). Acting on Hetzel's advice, Verne added comical accents to his novels, changed sad endings into happy ones, and toned down various political messages. From that point on, and for nearly a quarter of a century, scarcely a year passed in which Hetzel did not publish one or more of his stories. In 1888, he entered politics and was elected town councillor of Amiens where he championed several improvements and served for 15 years. In 1905, while ill with diabetes, Verne died at his home.
Download or read book A Voyage in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Voyage in a Balloon is an Anne T. Wilbur translation of the story A Drama in the Air. Just as the narrator starts the ascent of his balloon, a stranger jumps into its car. The unexpected passenger's only intent is to take the balloon as high as it will go, even at the cost of his and pilot's life. The intruder takes advantage of the long journey to recount the history of incidents related to the epic of lighter-than-air travel. This short story foreshadows Verne's first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon.
Download or read book A Voyage in a Balloon 1852 written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Voyage in a Balloon 1852 written by Jules Verne and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-12 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as the narrator starts the ascent of his balloon, a stranger jumps into its car. The unexpected passenger's only intent is to take the balloon as high as it will go, even at the cost of his and pilot's life.
Download or read book A Voyage in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pioneering science-fiction writer Jules Verne is the second most translated author of all time (after Agatha Christie.) This translation of his short story A Voyage in a Balloon first appeared in Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art in a May 1852 edition, making it the first of the French writer's stories to be published in English. As Verne writes in this story, "May this terrific recital, while it instructs those who read it ...
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon Jules Verne written by Jules Verne and published by Lumbreras Classics Books. This book was released on 2021-06-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1882, Dr. Samuel Ferguson, his friend Dick Kennedy and his servant Joe, embarked on an unprecedented journey in Zanzibar: they were going to fly over Africa in a balloon to try a real geographical adventure in the heart of Africa, a then unknown continent. object of all the myths, beliefs and superstitions that will reinforce the tragic dimension of the flight if it does not take place in the right conditions. Without losing the sense of humor, very English, the three adventurers drag us in this intense aerial drama, which constitutes the first of their Extraordinary Journeys. In this series, Jules Verne tries to disseminate in a playful and fun way the latest advances in science and technology, along with a good base of geography and history and large doses of imagination and fantasy, which will give the trips described in his novels their extraordinary character.
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 2018-02-18 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholar, Dr. Samuel Ferguson, accompanied by his manservant Joe and his friend Richard "Dick" Kennedy, sets out to travel across the African continent - still not fully explored - with the help of a hot-air balloon filled with hydrogen. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Weeks in a Balloon is the first book in Jules Verne's Voyages extraordinaires series which includes the novels Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. The story follows explorer Dr. Samuel Fergusson, his manservant Joe, and his friend Dick Kennedy as they travel across the African continent in a hot air balloon. The novel was first published in 1863 and was an instant success.
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 2017-08-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five Weeks in a Balloon, 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 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.
Download or read book Five Weeks In A Balloon By Jules Verne Annotated written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in the the_Extraordinary Voyages Series. Much more down to earth-figuratively, if not literally, than his later works, his heroes here encounter no lost civilizations, no anachronistic dinosaurs, and no extraordinary perils beyond that which actual explorers of the era might have met on a balloon voyage across the Dark Continent.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon Original Edition Annotated written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 352 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.
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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 2016-07-20 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first novel in which Verne perfected the "ingredients" of his later work in the series, 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.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon Or Voyage of Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, published in 1863. It is the first 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.
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1869-05-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, published in 1863. It is the first 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.
