Author: Jules VernePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0982425031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Clovis Dardentor
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0982425031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Clovis Dardentor
Author: Jules VerneClovis Dardentor
Author: Jules VernePublisher:
ISBN: 9781536935035
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The novel tells the story of two cousins, Jean Taconnat and Marcel Lornans, travelling from Cette, France to Oran, Algeria, with the purpose of enlisting in the 5th regiment of the Chasseurs D'Afrique.On board the Argelès, the ship to Oran, they meet Clovis Dardentor, a wealthy industrialist, who is the central character of the novel. Jean and Marcel, whose desire to travel to Africa arises from their pursuit of financial independence, find out that Clovis -an unmarried man, with no family- has left no heirs to his fortune.Yet Marcel, well-versed in the Law, knows that any person who were to save Clovis' life either from a fight, from drowning, or from a fire, would forcibly have to be adopted by Clovis. The cousins come to a plan: They will find a way to save Clovis' life, so that he will indeed be legally required to adopt them.Ironically, it is Clovis who finally saves the cousins' lives: Marcel is saved from a fire, and Jean is saved from drowning.Eventually, while Jean continues to look for the opportunity to save Clovis' life, Marcel falls in love with Louise Elissane, the prospective daughter-in-law of one of Clovis' acquaintances, the unpleasant Desirandelle family. Louise becomes a key character in the novel, for it is she who saves Clovis Dardentor's life.Fortunately for the cousins, in the end, Louise is adopted by Clovis, and marries Marcel.
Complete Works of Jules Verne (illustrated): A Jorney To The Centre Of The Earth, From The Earth To The Moon, The Floating Island, The Children Of Capitan Grant, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14957
Book Description
Jules Verne, a 19th-century French author, is famed for such revolutionary science-fiction novels as “Around the World in Eighty Days” and “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”. He has sometimes been called the "Father of Science Fiction", a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback. In all, Verne authored more than 60 books (most notably the 54 novels comprising the “Voyages Extraordinaires”), as well as dozens of plays, short stories and librettos. He conjured hundreds of memorable characters and imagined countless innovations years before their time, including the submarine, space travel, terrestrial flight and deep-sea exploration. Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. Some of the works appear only in their original French texts, due to copyright restrictions. Table of Contents The Novels FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON PARIS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON THE FLOATING ISLAND THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HATTERAS THE CHILDREN OF CAPTAIN GRANT In Search of the Castaways or The Children of Captain Grant New Zealand In Search of the Castaways New Zealand AROUND THE MOON TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA A FLOATING CITY THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE RUSSIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA THE FUR COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND THE SURVIVORS OF THE CHANCELLOR MICHAEL STROGOFF THE COURIER OF THE CZAR OFF ON A COMET THE UNDERGROUND CITY DICK SAND: A CAPTAIN AT FIFTEEN THE BEGUM’S FORTUNE TRIBULATIONS OF A CHINAMAN IN CHINA THE STEAM HOUSE EIGHT HUNDRED LEAGUES ON THE AMAZON THE GREEN RAY THE SCHOOL FOR ROBINSONS KERABAN THE INFLEXIBLE KERABAN THE INFLEXIBLE OR ADVENTURES IN THE EUXINE THE ARCHIPELAGO ON FIRE THE STAR OF THE SOUTH MATHIAS SANDORF ROBUR THE CONQUEROR THE LOTTERY TICKET THE FLIGHT TO FRANCE THE WRECK OF THE CYNTHIA NORTH AGAINST SOUTH TWO YEARS HOLIDAY THE PURCHASE OF THE NORTH POLE FAMILY WITHOUT A NAME CESAR CASCABEL THE CARPATHIAN CASTLE CLAUDIUS BOMBARNAC FOUNDLING MICK THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN ANTIFER FACING THE FLAG CLOVIS DARDENTOR THE SPHINX OF THE ICE FIELDS THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET by Edgar Allan Poe NARRATIVE OF A. GORDON PYM THE SUPER ORINOCO LE SUPERBE ORÉNOQUE THE WILL OF AN ECCENTRIC SECOND FATHERLAND SECONDE PATRIE PREFACE THE VILLAGE IN THE TREETOPS LE VILLAGE AÉRIEN THE YARNS OF JEAN-MARIE CABIDOULIN LES HISTOIRES DE JEAN-MARIE CABIDOULIN THE KIP BROTHERS LES FRÈRES KIP TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIPS BOURSES DE VOYAGE DEUXIÈME PARTIE MASTER OF THE WORLD A DRAMA IN LIVONIA UN DRAME EN LIVONIE INVASION OF THE SEA L’INVASION DE LA MER THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD LE PHARE DU BOUT DU MONDE THE GOLDEN VOLCANO LE VOLCAN D’OR THE THOMPSON AGENCY AND CO. L’AGENCE THOMPSON AND CO. THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN METEOR THE DANUBE PILOT THE SURVIVORS OF THE ‘JONATHAN’ THE SECRET OF WILHELM STORITZ ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF THE BARSAC MISSION The Short Stories MARTIN PAZ THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS DR. OX AND OTHER STORIES MASTER ZACHARIUS A DRAMA IN THE AIR A WINTER AMID THE ICE THE FORTIETH FRENCH ASCENT OF MONT BLANC BY PAUL VERNE FRRITT-FLACC YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW LE HUMBUG AU XXIXe SIECLE L’ÉTERNEL ADAM A DRAMA IN MEXICO THE MUTINEERS OF THE BOUNTY IN THE YEAR 2889 IN THE YEAR 2889 AN EXPRESS OF THE FUTURE The Poetry VERNE’S POETRY À la morphine Sonnet La Cloche du soir Sonnet Connaissez-vous mon Andalouse La Fille de l’air À Herminie Le Génie Sonnet Hésitation À une jeune personne à la noble tournure, aux yeux grands et noirs. J’aime ces doux oiseaux Lorsque la douce nuit La Lune Sonnet La Mort Sonnet La Nuit Ô toi, que mon amour profond À Herminie. Quand par le dur hiver Sonnet Le Silence dans une église Sonnet La Vapeur Sonnet Vous êtes jeune et belle Sonnet The Plays VERNE’S PLAYS ONZE JOURS DE SIÈGE MICHEL STROGOFF The Non-Fiction I. THE EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD II. THE GREAT NAVIGATORS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY III. THE GREAT EXPLORERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Delphi Complete Works of Jules Verne (Illustrated)
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1908909412
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15454
Book Description
Jules Verne is a paramount literary figure, whose pioneering works have entertained readers for over a hundred years, laying the foundations of modern science fiction. Verne’s influence extends far beyond the realms of literature into the world of science and technology, where he inspired generations of scientists, inventors and explorers. This eBook offers the most complete collection ever compiled of Verne’s work in English translation, with numerous illustrations, rare novels and informative introductions. (Version 4) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Verne’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * 50 novels in English translation, with individual contents tables * French texts available for the 13 novels that cannot appear in English * Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Rare short stories * Includes Verne’s non-fiction masterpiece ‘Celebrated Travels and Travellers’ * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres * UPDATED with revised texts, numerous illustrations and three rare translations: ‘The Castaways of the Flag’; ‘The Lighthouse at the End of the World’; ‘The Chase of the Golden Meteor’ Please note: sadly, a complete works of Verne in English is not possible due to copyright restrictions. To compensate for the 13 novels not available, the original French texts have been provided in their place (see the titles given in French below). As soon as new translations enter the public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Novels Five Weeks in a Balloon A Journey to the Centre of the Earth From the Earth to the Moon The Adventures of Captain Hatteras The Children of Captain Grant Around the Moon Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea A Floating City The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa The Fur Country Around the World in Eighty Days The Mysterious Island The Survivors of the Chancellor Michael Strogoff Off on a Comet The Underground City Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen The Begum’s Fortune Tribulations of a Chinaman in China The Steam House Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon The Green Ray Godfrey Morgan Kéraban the Inflexible The Archipelago on Fire The Star of the South Mathias Sandorf Robur the Conqueror The Lottery Ticket The Flight to France The Waif of the “Cynthia” North against South Two Years Holiday The Purchase of the North Pole Family without a Name César Cascabel Mistress Branican The Carpathian Castle Claudius Bombarnac Foundling Mick The Wonderful Adventures of Captain Antifer The Floating Island Facing the Flag Clovis Dardentor An Antarctic Mystery Le Superbe Orénoque The Will of an Eccentric The Castaways of the Flag Le Village aérien Les Histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin Les Frères Kip Bourses de voyage Master of the World Un Drame en Livonie L’Invasion de la mer The Lighthouse at the End of the World Le Volcan d’or L’Agence Thompson and Co The Chase of the Golden Meteor Le Pilote du Danube Les Naufragés du “Jonathan” Le Secret de Wilhelm Storitz L’Etonnante aventure de la mission Barsac The Shorter Fiction Martin Paz The Blockade Runners Dr. Ox and Other Stories Frritt-Flacc Hier et demain A Drama in Mexico The Mutineers of the Bounty In the Year 2889 An Express of the Future The Non-Fiction Celebrated Travels and Travellers Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
Jules Verne Collection "From Under the Seas to Moon"
Author: Jules VernePublisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
ISBN: 6257287294
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7992
Book Description
This Excellent Collection brings together Jules Verne's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. These Books created and collected in Jules Verne's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. Jules Verne (1828Ŕ1905) was a French writer. He was one of the first authors to write science fiction. Some of his books include Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Jules Verne has earned a place in the history of literature as one of the most important writers of adventure novels of recent history. But his novels contain more than just entertainment. Their pages contain hidden scientific data, descriptions of inventions and, above all, a love of technological innovations and the progress of humanity. From his perspective as a nineteenth-century man, Verne shocked the world will tales of gadgets and vehicles that, years later, would eventually take shape outside fiction, just as Isaac Asimov did years later. His influence has been such that it has come to serve as an inspiration to an entire cultural and aesthetic movement. This Collection included: 1. Five Weeks in a Balloon 2. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras 3. A Journey into the Center of the Earth 4. From the Earth to the Moon 5. Around the Moon 6. In Search of the Castaways 7. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 8. A Floating City 9. The Fur Country 10. Around the World in Eighty Days 11. The Mysterious Island 12. The Survivors of the Chancellor 13. Michael Strogoff, or the Courier of the Czar 14. Off on a Comet 15. The Underground City, or the Child of the Cavern 16. Dick Sand, a Captain at Fifteen 17. The Begum's Millions 18. Tribulations of a Chinaman in China 19. The Steam House 20. Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 21. Godfrey Morgan 22. The Green Ray 23. Kéraban the Inflexible 24. The Vanished Diamond 25. The Archipelago on Fire 26. Mathias Sandorf 27. The Lottery Ticket 28. Robur the Conqueror 29. Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South 30. The Flight to France 31. Two Years' Vacation 32. Family Without a Name 33. The Purchase of the North Pole, or Topsy-Turvy 34. César Cascabel 35. Mistress Branican 36. Carpathian Castle 37. Claudius Bombarnac 38. Foundling Mick 39. Captain Antifer 40. Propeller Island 41. Facing the Flag 42. Clovis Dardentor 43. An Antarctic Mystery 44. The Will of an Eccentric 45. Master of the World
The Publisher
Author: The Vortex
Author: Frank UekötterPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822989808
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Environmental challenges are defining the twenty-first century. To fully understand ongoing debates about our current crises—climate change, loss of biological diversity, pollution, extinction, resource woes—means revisiting their origins, in all their complexity. With this ambitious, highly original contribution to the environmental history of global modernity, Frank Uekötter considers the many ways humans have had an impact on their physical environment throughout history. Ours is not a one-way trajectory to sudden collapse, he argues, but rather death by a thousand cuts. The many paths we’ve forged to arrive in our current predicament, from agriculture to industry to infrastructure, must be considered collectively if we are to stay afloat in what Uekötter describes as a vortex: a powerful metaphor for the flow of history, capturing the momentum and the many crosscurrents that swept people and environments along. His book invites us to look at environmental challenges from multiple perspectives, including all the twists and turns that have helped to create the mess we find ourselves in. Uekötter has written a world history for an age where things are falling apart: where we know what lies ahead and are equipped with the right tools—technological and otherwise—and plenty of experience to deal with environmental challenges, but somehow fail to get our affairs in order.
The Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature
Author: The Secret Life of Genius
Author: John ChambersPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1594779260
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A look at the metaphysical experiences that shaped the lives and work of 24 great men and women from the Renaissance to modern times • Chronicles the changing relationship with God, nature, and spirituality from the 16th century to the 20th century • Includes encounters with the paranormal of Ben Johnson, Isaac Newton, Mary Shelley, Leo Tolstoy, Doris Lessing, and Winston Churchill What role did the esoteric thought of Swedenborg play in the creative output of Honoré de Balzac? Did a supernatural encounter prompt Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley to focus her work on the theme of immortality? Building on his earlier research on communications with the spirit world that Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables, experienced while in exile on the isle of Jersey, John Chambers now looks at the role occult knowledge and supernatural experiences played in the lives of 24 geniuses. His investigation spans the life and work of William Blake, Helena Blavatsky, and W. B. Yeats, whose esoteric interests are well known, as well as those little suspected of such encounters with worlds beyond ours, including Doris Lessing, Leo Tolstoy, Norman Mailer, Yukio Mishima, and Winston Churchill. Chambers presents more than a collection of anecdotes and newly revealed secrets. His research provides insightful historical context of the decisive turning point that took place with the collapse of Prague, the occult capital of Europe, in 1620, which resulted in the victory of Cartesian reality and Newton’s scientific paradigm over the esoteric traditions that flourished until that time. The magical and occult world shown in the lives of these 24 great men and women offers us a glimpse of what could still be ours--a world that though it is now overshadowed by modern scientific and technological principles is yet still visible on the horizon through the visions and paranormal experiences of these geniuses.