Five Weeks in a Balloon - Couverture souple

Verne, Jules

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750910445 ISBN 13 : 9780750910446

Editeur : Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1995

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Five Weeks in a Balloon" is, in a measure, a satire on modern books of African travel. So far as the geography, the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countries the travellers pass over are described, it is entirely accurate. It gives, in some particulars, a survey of nearly the whole field of African discovery, and in this way will often serve to refresh the memory of the reader. The mode of locomotion is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidents and adventures fictitious. The latter are abundantly amusing, and, in view of the wonderful "travellers' tales" with which we have been entertained by African explorers, they can scarcely be considered extravagant; while the ingenuity and invention of the author will be sure to excite the surprise and the admiration of the reader, who will find M. VERNE as much at home in voyaging through the air as in journeying "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas."

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sutton Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0750910445
• ISBN 13: 9780750910446
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 159
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• Personne responsable: non disponible