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Dvadcat' tysyach l'e pod vodoy (1870) - odin iz naibolee izvestnyh romanov populyarnogo francuzskogo pisatelya Zhyulya Verna - rasskazyvaet o neveroyatnom puteshestvii v morskih nedrah na udivitel'noy ehlektricheskoy podvodnoy lodke "Nautilus". Pered geroyami razvorachivayutsya chudesa Indiyskogo i Tihogo okeanov, yuzhnyh i severnyh morey. Oni vysazhivayutsya na Yuzhnyy polyus, puteshestvuyut po morskomu dnu, ohotyatsya v podvodnyh lesah i srazhayutsya so strashnymi predstavitelyami vodnoy stihii.

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.

Set in 1872, Around the World in 80 Days tells the extraordinary and wonderful adventures of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passepartout, who set out to win a £20,000 bet to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.

Round the Moon is Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Having been fired out of the giant Columbiad space gun, the Baltimore Gun Club's bullet-shaped projectile and its three passengers, Barbicane, Nicholl and Michel Ardan, begins the five-day trip to the moon. A few minutes into the journey, a small, bright asteroid passes within a few hundred yards of them, but luckily does not collide with the projectile. The asteroid had been captured by the Earth's gravity and had become a second moon. The three travelers undergo a series of adventures and misadventures during the rest of the journey.

Romanzo pubblicato nel 1867 e dedicato a tutti gli amanti delle avventure e delle esplorazioni geografiche. Seguendo alcune indicazioni di una richiesta di aiuto, trovata in una bottiglia, un gruppo di coraggiosi si pone in cerca del capitano Harry Grant, andando n cerca di mirabolanti avventure, che hanno come sfondo la Patagonia, l’Australia, e i feroci cannibali Maori della Nuova Zelanda, fino all’immancabile e sfolgorante lieto fine. Grandi descrizioni geografiche, il libro è avvincente e istruttivo. Adatto a tutti.

Although published under the name of Jules Verne, “In the Year 2889” is now believed to be chiefly, if not entirely, the work of Jules' son, Michel Verne. In any event, many of the topics in the story echo Verne's ideas. A rather humorous look at the future.

Zehn Meisterwerke von weltberühmten Autoren versammeln sich in dieser Hörbuch-Box! Mit dabei: "Die Regentrude" (Storm), "Der Stern über dem Walde" (Zweig), "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" (Eichendorff), "Die Begegnung" (de Maupassant), "Die Apothekerin" (Tschechow), "Die Tatsachen im Falle Waldemar" (Poe), "Der Großinquisitor" (Dostojevski), "Der Lohn der Liebe" (Boccaccio), "Die Meuterei auf der Bounty" (Verne), "Das Flaschenteufelchen" (Stevenson).

Diese Kurzgeschichte erschien 1879 als Anhang der VE 18 mit dem Buch "Die 500 Millionen der Begum". Die Story ist vielen bekannt: Das bewaffnete Transport- und "Forschungs"-Schiff "Bounty" verlässt 1787 den englischen Hafen Porthmouth. Ihr Kommandant, Leutnant Bligh soll auf den noch unerforschten Südseeinseln, die auch schon damals der Inbegriff des irdischen Paradieses waren, Schößlinge des Brotfruchtbaumes holen. Sie sollten später in Westindien angepflanzt werden.

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. His reputation was markedly different in the Anglosphere where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed. Since the 1980s, his literary reputation has improved. PART 2: We now come to the second part of our journey under the sea.

In diesem Hörspiel wird eine über alle Maßen abenteuerliche Geschichte aus dem alten zaristischen Russland erzählt, die an Spannung nichts zu wünschen übrig lässt. Sie führt den Helden und seine Geliebte bis ins kälteklirrende Sibirien und fast bis in den Tod. Die gnadenlose Grausamkeit der Feinde und ein scheinbar unausweichliches Schicksal machen Michael Strogoff das Leben zur Hölle, drohen ihn unaufhaltsam der Ausweglosigkeit entgegenzupeitschen... Wird er den Gefahren standhalten?

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright who is sometimes credited as the original 'Father of Science Fiction'. Written in 1851, 'A Drama in the Air' is one of Verne's earliest and most seminal stories, telling the dramatic adventure of a balloonist suddenly confronted with an unexpected and unpredictable passenger who climbs into his balloon at the point of take-off. Many of the themes from this tale were expanded by Verne in his later and better known works about aerial journeys around the world or to the moon.

L'incroyable aventure de 5 naufragés sur une île isolée du Pacifique. Au fur et à mesure, leur île semble de plus en plus bizarre...

Orson Welles stars as Phileas Fogg of London, who together with 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.

Phileas Fogg is a man of regular orderly days, down to the minute. His acquaintances know where he will be and when, with perfect regularity. Discussion in the Reform Club turns to an article concerning a theorised journey around the world in only 80 days. From this a gentleman's bet is placed, and there is nothing more important to a gentleman than a bet! Mr Fogg's life is thrown into turmoil as he commences the journey around the world.

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.

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre of science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela.

Touted as " the only unabridged library edition published," this 1877 classic presents an intriguing quest set deep in the dark coal mines of Scotland. A subterranean city struggles with fossil fuel depletion, tormenting highland spirits, threatening explosive gases, and a lurking, hidden evil presence. The old miner Simon Ford, his wife Madge and son Harry, along with the engineer James Starr, venture into the mysterious labyrinths and discover something much more than coal.

One day in 1872 in the Reformer's Club in London, Phileas Fogg takes up a wager to journey 'round the world in 80 days. He is accompanied by his valet, Passepartout, and a detective named Fix, who has been assigned by the Reformer's Club to observe his movements. Showing fortitude and endless resourcefulness, Fogg and his companions narrowly escape from barbarians, hostile mobs, and schemers during their journey.

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic science-fiction novel by Jules Verne. The main character, Professor Otto Lidenbrock, is an eccentric scientist who believes that there are volcanic tubes that go down to the center of the Earth. The professor’s party of three - he’s joined by his nephew Axel and an Icelandic guide Hans - enter Iceland's inactive volcano Snæfellsjökull, in search of the tubes. They face many dangers, including tornadoes, cave-ins, and prehistoric creatures from ancient epochs that would devour them.

At a grand celebration in the New Palace, all appears calm and orderly. Yet, hidden from the festivities, two individuals are acutely aware of a grave threat the telegraph line beyond Tomsk has been severed! The Czar and General Kissoff recognize the treachery of Ivan Ogareff, who is stoking rebellion in Siberia. If the Grand Duke, who governs Siberia from Irkutsk, isnt informed of the insurrection soon, the criminals will seize control of the city—and ultimately, all of Russia! The only hope lies with a courageous courier, Michael Strogoff, who must navigate perilous traps set by Ogareff ...