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At a fete in the New Palace, the court seems to be in perfect order. Only two people know the truth: the telegraph wire beyond Tomsk, connecting Western Russia with Siberia, has been cut! The Czar and General Kissoff can tell that it is the work of traitorous Ivan Ogareff, who is inciting an insurrection in Siberia. If the Grand Duke, governing Siberia from Irkutsk, does not hear of the insurrection in time, the criminals in Siberia will take over the city, and eventually, all of Russia! Only a brave and fast courier can take it to the Duke in time. The general assures the czar that he has the...

Doctor Ox and Other Stories is an anthology of early work by Jules Verne. It includes the title story, “Doctor Ox,” one of his funniest satires; the gothic horror story “Master Zacharius”; a story about a terrifying balloon journey; and one of Verne’s first Arctic adventures, a subject...

A premier adventure novel and one of the most loved science fiction classics of all time. It's 1866 when a group of ships from different countries spot a massive sea monster. Back home, the U.S. government puts together a crew to find and kill the beast. Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist, is one of the team, as is Canadian whaler Ned Land; they set out from New York and travel for months before they find—and run smack into—the monster.

Un des romans les plus célèbres de Jules Verne. Il y décrit l'Écosse, la rencontre de deux êtres. Il y met en scène avant Hergé deux jumeaux qui pourraient être les Dupont/Dupond et un jeune savant du nom d'Ursiclos qui n'a rien à envier à Tournesol ! Bref, un roman à écouter avec plaisir pour retrouver toute une époque et un pays qui inspira L'Île Noire à l'inventeur de Tintin ! Mais cela reste avant tout une très belle histoire d'amour entre une fille de bonne famille fantasque et un jeune peintre plein de courage et de nobles sentiments !

Professor Pierre Aronnax is an academic whose thirst for knowledge carries him out of his ivory tower and on the trail of a mysterious sea beast. His curiosity at last is satiated when he finds himself in the belly of the beast-- that is, on board the incredible submarine the Nautilus, courtesy of its mysterious pilot Captain Nemo and in the company of his servant Conseil and sailor Ned Land. (Introduction by Piper Hale)

One of the forgotten novels by adventure science fiction writer, Jules Verne, "Ticket No. 9672" (also known as "The lottery ticket") is less of science and more of fiction, with a touch of romance and a dose of travelling and scenery description. Hulda and her mother, Dame Hansen, reside in a Norwegian inn, awaiting the return of Hulda's betrothed, but when his ship is lost at sea, all they find is a cryptic message in a bottle, or rather a lottery ticket! Circumstances and a series of coincidences lead to a resolution, but will it be a happy one? - Summary by Rapunzelina

Au plus bas de l’Amérique, là où les vents du détroit de Magellan cinglent des rivages sans merci, le Jonathan sombre. Jetés sur des terres farouches où bondissent les guanaques et grondent les mers australes, des hommes et des femmes doivent arracher à la nature hostile leur subsistance et un avenir.

A German scientist discovers an ancient runic message, which when translated proves to be a map to the center of a hollow Earth! The professor and his nephew then embark on a dangerous adventure down an Icelandic volcano to explore an unknown world in the interior of the Earth. - Summary by the reader

Enigmatic Phileas Fogg accepts a wager about whether it's possible to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or under. The book charts his adventures on the way. (Alex Foster)

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 ...

An early, light-hearted short story, published in 1872 by Jules Verne. It takes place in the Flemish town of Quiquendone, where life moves at an extraordinarily tranquil pace. Doctor Ox has offered to light the town with a new gas, but actually has other plans in place. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)

Jules Verne takes aim at some amusing stereotypes of Americans in this story of a pre-rocketry attempt to shoot a cannonball to the Moon. Those Yankees don’t do anything by halves! His means is a Columbiad cannon so enormous that it must be bored 900 feet into the ground, so immense that 1200 smelting furnaces would be needed to create the iron for its casting, so stupendous that 100 tons of guncotton would be needed to loft its cannonball heavenwards. The journey must be watched from the tallest peak of the Rocky Mountains through a new telescope with a reflector measuring 16 feet in ...

In London, 1872, a rich English gentlemen named Mr. Phileas Fogg argues with the members in the Reform Club, and takes on a journey around the world in 80 days with his new servant, Passapartout, with accepting a wager. Summary by Jessie Yun Cast List: Narrator: Adele de Pignerolles Phileas Fogg: BrassRhino Passapartout: Will Levine Detective Fix: Larry Wilson Aouda, Porter: Jessie Yun James Forster, A Reader, Mr. Oysterpuff, Pilot, Purser, Townsperson, Passenger: Rachel Andrew Stuart: Rob Board Gauthier Ralph: Todd John Sullivan, Judge Obadiah, Colonel Stamp Proctor, Mormon, Captain Andrew ...

Journey to the Interior of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the “center of the Earth”. They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. (Summary from Wikipedia.org)

The story involves a German professor (Otto Lidenbrock in the original French, Professor Von Hardwigg in the most common English translation) who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel (Harry), and their guide Hans encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Jules Verne’s sequel to his “From the Earth to the Moon” begins with a short chapter to catch you up, if you missed the first book. Then we join our three adventurers in their huge projectile as they gather themselves after the shock of being fired at the Moon from the Columbiad cannon. Perhaps in a nod to Yankee exceptionalism, Verne permits them an extraordinary encounter in space, and better yet – to survive it! But that encounter has a lasting effect: despite all the careful preparations to deposit the projectile on the Moon, it appears the travelers are destined to miss it! (The ...

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) 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. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Als Professor Lidenbrock in einem alten Manuskript eine rätselhafte Botschaft entdeckt, beginnt eine waghalsige Expedition: Gemeinsam mit seinem Neffen und einem schweigsamen Führer steigt er in einen isländischen Vulkan hinab – auf der Suche nach einem Weg ins Innere der Erde. Unter der Oberfläche erwarten sie gewaltige Höhlen, urzeitliche Landschaften, unterirdische Meere und Gefahren, die jede Vorstellung sprengen.

Mit Schrecken haben die Gestrandeten festgestellt, dass Hilma Braun entführt wurde. Pencroff begibt sich an Bord des Schiffes, was schwere Konsequenzen nach sich zieht. Die Gruppe wird von den Piraten angegriffen, wobei Maatene Huatare lebensgefährlich verletzt wird. In letzter Sekunde erhalten die Gestrandeten überraschend Hilfe von einem Unbekannten. Kapitän Nemo erzählt!

The Mysterious Island is a thrilling survival adventure by Jules Verne. After escaping a Civil War prison by balloon, five castaways land on an uncharted island, where they use their wits and science to build a new civilization. But the island holds secrets—and someone is watching them.