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One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand—whether train or elephant—overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.

The American Civil War had ended, and the members of the American Gun Club tried to think of something else to interest them. At last they came up with the extraordinary idea of building the greatest cannon the world had ever seen and using it to launch a man-made "bullet" to the moon!

Jeden z nejúspěšnějších románů od průkopníků fantastické literatury Julese Verna. Legendární kniha sleduje osudy tří statečných mužů, které kapitán Nemo zachránil před smrtí a potom uvěznil ve své podmořské lodi Nautilus. Nemo na své lodi vybudoval dokonalou výzkumnou laboratoř a zároveň děsivý nástroj pomsty. Napínavý příběh doprovází líčení tajemných mořských hlubin, zprávy o rozvoji techniky a varování před nebezpečím zneužití výsledků vědeckého pokroku. Autorova bohatá fantazie se drží v mezích technické pravděpodobnosti a proto román působí i dnes velmi přesvědčivě.

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.

After chasing a “monster", the protagonists find themselves prisoners on a futuristic submarine called the Nautilus. Their captor is Captain Nemo, and the prisoners enjoy a wild ride on the Nautilus. Visiting far-flung regions of the ocean, they see amazing coral formations, sunken vessels, the Antarctic ice barrier, the South Pole, the transatlantic telegraph cable, and Atlantis, the legendary underwater kingdom. In the underwater forests off Crespo Island, they hunt sharks, but when the submarine returns to the Atlantic Ocean, giant squid attacks them....

In the latter part of the 19th century, a wayward comet strikes the Earth in Algeria and carries away a small group of French and British soldiers from their posts. They are forced to endure a two-year journey around the solar system and back. Famed early science fiction writer Jules Verne chronicles the challenges that confront the reluctant castaways as they attempt to survive on this small body of rock while they await possible return and transfer back to their dearly missed home planet.

Eine Gruppe Internatsschüler begibt sich auf Ferienkreuzfahrt - doch es passieren unvorhergesehene Dinge, die sie schließlich auf einer unbekannten Insel stranden lassen. An schnelle Rettung ist nicht zu denken - und schon bald sehen sich die Jugendlichen einer Reihe von Abenteuern und Gefahren ausgesetzt.

Die Kinder des Kapitäns Grant, einer der längsten Jules Verne-Romane, ist zugleich eines der spannendsten und vielschichtigsten Werke des "Vaters der Science Fiction". Die atemberaubende Suche Lord Glenarvans nach dem verschollenen Kapitän Grant ist eine Weltreise voller Abenteuer, dramatischer Wendungen und wunderbarer Rettungen. Wie so oft in Jules Vernes Werken erfahren wir aber auch hier eine ganze Menge über die Flora und Fauna Patagoniens, Südamerikas und Australiens.

After learning of a new rail line in India, Phileas Fogg wagers a bet that he can travel the world in 80 days. He takes off on this journey with Monsieur Passepartout. They are followed by an inspector aboard a ship and beyond. The rail line in India ends earlier than was reported so they hire an elephant for the 50-mile gap during which they rescue a young women even though it slows them down. They encounter many exciting and frustrating events in far flung cities around the world.

"The Mysterious Island" (French: "L'île mystérieuse") is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea" and "In Search of the Castaways", though thematically it is vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled "Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson".

Avec "Les Indes noires", Jules Verne développe une histoire fantastique qui plonge ses racines dans l'histoire de la Révolution industrielle, en Ecosse, au XIXème siècle. Phénomènes mystérieux, apparitions, réouverture après la découverte d'un filon d'une extrême richesse, la mine d'Aberfoyle est décidemment bien étrange.

Dans la Chine Impériale, un jeune milliardaire désœuvré et blasé, Kin-Fo décide de mourir en apprenant sa ruine. Recherchant dans la mort des émotions absentes de sa vie, il fait promettre à son mentor, le philosophe Wang, un ancien tueur Taïping, de le tuer sous deux mois pour bénéficier de l'assurance qu'il a souscrit à son bénéfice et celui de sa fiancée, la belle Lé-Ou. Un retournement du sort fait retrouver à Kin-Fo sa fortune mais le laisse condamné à mort par la promesse de Wang qui a disparu pour accomplir son forfait.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne follows the adventures of the mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine, the Nautilus. Joining the captain on his epic journey around the world is Professor Pierre Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and the Canadian whaler Ned Land. These three become guests of the reclusive submariner when they are washed overboard on a ship that is tracking the Nautilus, believing that it is some kind of giant sea creature.

Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet, Passepartout, attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (equal to £1,324,289 or $2,082,576 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club.

Phileas Fogg, a distinguished member of London's Reform Club, takes up a wager to circle the globe in just 80 days. Together with manservant Passepartout and a detective named Fix, Fogg makes a fantastic world tour utilizing every means of transportation available in the 1870s. This is a marvelous travelogue mixed with dazzling suspense, delightful fantasy, and lively comedy.

Un viaggio fino al centro della è un'impresa possibile? Per il professor Otto Lidenbrock, sì! Lo scienziato ha scoperto una vecchia pergamena che contiene un messaggio segreto che rivela le indicazioni precise per raggiungere il centro della terra attraverso il cratere di un vulcano islandese ormai spento, e decide di tentare l'impossibile. Nella straordinaria spedizione nel sottosuolo l'eminente studioso tedesco coinvolge il nipote Axel e Hans, la guida islandese.

Race across the world and explore the depths of the caverns below in this pair of adventure stories: Around the World in 80 Days and Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne.

Jules Verne achieved a triumph when his imagination, fired by Rudolph Wyss’ The Swiss Family Robinson was impelled to carry the story a step farther in The Castaways of the Flag. An island was ever his spiritual home; and no one was ever happier upon one. The Castaways of the Flag is a satisfactory sequel to The Swiss Family Robinson because it is the production of Jules Verne, an original genius, set in motion by Rudolph Wyss. Wherever The Swiss Family Robinson is heard, The Castaways of the Flag should also be heard.

"Mathias Sandorf" est un roman d'aventures qui est dédié à titre posthume à Alexandre Dumas père, l'auteur du "Comte de Monte-Cristo" en 1844. Les deux romans ont des points communs, même s'ils sont bien différents : dans "Mathias Sandorf", le nationaliste hongrois éponyme, condamné à mort à la suite d'une tentative de coup d'État ratée, s'évade d'une prison autrichienne, devient riche et se venge des traîtres qui l'ont dénoncé.

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.