In Search of the Castaways - Couverture rigide

Verne, Jules

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1404309268 ISBN 13 : 9781404309265

Editeur : IndyPublish.com, 2002

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

Volume 6 of 54 of Jules Verne's "Extraordinary Voyages", first printed in 1867. Jules Verne's "In Search of the Castaways" tells of the globe-expanding search for Captain Grant and his wrecked ship, the 'Britannia'. With only a tangled mess of half-clues, the Scottish Lord Glenarvan sets out in the 'Duncan' to find and rescue Grant. This tale trots the globe through South America, the Pacific, and Australia in this novel set as a prequel to "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" and "The Mysterious Island". This particular edition is reproduced from English-edition public works, and is presented simply with an emphasis on straightforward presentation, attractiveness and continuity of appearance, with each title in the "Extraordinary Voyages" sporting a journal-style brown cover accompanied by a cover illustration and quote from the text on the back cover.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: IndyPublish.com
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1404309268
• ISBN 13: 9781404309265
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 508