The Mysterious Island - Couverture souple

Verne, Jules

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0582541433 ISBN 13 : 9780582541436

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 1988

Synopsis

42 pages. Couverture illustrée en couleur. Nombreuses illustrations en couleur hors texte. Bon état Couv. convenable Intérieur acceptable In-8 Carré Broché Collection "Longman classics".

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who pioneered the genre of science fiction. He maintained a large library and always kept up on scientific and technological progress. A true visionary with an extraordinary talent for writing adventure stories, his writings incorporated the latest scientific knowledge of his day and envisioned technological developments that were years ahead of their time. Verne wrote about undersea, air, and space travel long before any navigable or practical craft were invented. Verne, along with H.G. Wells, is considered the "Father of Science Fiction." Verne wrote over 50 novels and numerous short stories. Some of his most successful novels appeared as a series collectively known as Extraordinary Voyages. This series included such notable works as Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). These timeless classics hold the same fascination today as they did when they were first written. Verne is one of the two most translated authors of all time. Due to the popularity of his novels, many of them have been made into feature length films.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by Alex Dolby, University of Kent at Canterbury

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world and provided means to escape from it. The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his ‘extraordinary voyages ’ was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction.

In The Mysterious Island a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world, they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe, the men apply their scientific knowledge and technical skill to exploit the island's bountiful resources, eventually constructing a sophisticated society in miniature. The book is also an intriguing mystery story, for the island has a secret…

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0582541433
• ISBN 13: 9780582541436
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 48