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Jules Verne is a paramount literary figure, whose monumental series of science-fiction novels has entertained readers for over a hundred years. This amazing eBook offers the most complete collection ever compiled of Verne’s work (More) in English translation. Please note: very large file size due to the hundreds of illustrations.
* concise introductions to the novels and other works
* images of how the novels first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* 47 novels in English and each with their own contents table
* rare novels that appear for the first time in digital print, like CLOVIS DARDENTOR, FLIGHT TO FRANCE, FOUNDLING MICK and many more
* FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON and other works are fully illustrated
* many short stories, with excellent formatting, and contents tables
* includes all three parts of Verne’s enormous non-fiction work CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS – fully illustrated
* features the BONUS text of Edgar Allan Poe’s novel THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET – accompanying Verne’s sequel THE SPHINX OF THE ICE FIELDS
* EVEN includes Verne’s French poetry, with contents table
* packed full of images relating to Verne’s life, works, places and film adaptations
* scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Verne’s immense oeuvre

Edgar Allan Poe’s telling of Arthur Pym’s narrative is shown to be true as events come together that bring out clues that help Captain Len Guy trace the fate of his brother’s ship the Jane; the very ship that Arthur Pym was on (More) board at the time of his disappearance. Through the efforts of Mr. Joerling, the crew of the Halbrane is enticed to make the trip to Antarctica to search for any survivors of the Jane.

This is the account of the perilous mission of Michael Strogoff, courier for Czar Alexander II, who is sent from Moscow to the besieged city of Irkutsk, where the governor, brother of the Czar, has taken his last stand against a (More) Tartar rebellion led by the fearsome Feofar-Khan. When telegraph lines are cut between the Russian Far East and the mainland, Strogoff must make his way through hostile territory to warn the governor of the return of the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a disgraced former officer who seeks vengeance against the Tsar’s family by the destruction of Irkutsk.

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly-employed (More) French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club.

Primera novela de Julio Verne, en donde aparecen ya los «ingredientes» de lo que será su futura obra, mezclando hábilmente una intriga plagada de aventuras y sobresaltos de todo tipo y descripciones técnicas, geográficas e (More) históricas. El libro lleva a cabo un resumen de las exploraciones del continente africano, que en aquella época no era totalmente conocido por los europeos y al que acudían muchos exploradores en busca de sus secretos.
Se convirtió en un gran éxito rápidamente.

Esta novela se publicó periódicamente en la “Magasin d’Éducation et de Récréation” ) entre marzo de 1869 y junio de 1870.Es una obra narrada en primera persona por el profesor francés Pierre Aronnax, notable biólogo quien es (More) encarcelado por el Capitán Nemo. Es conducido por los océanos a bordo del submarino Nautilus, en compañía de su criado Conseil y el arponero canadiense Ned Land.

“Sarà nostra cura il dare a questi viaggi il maggior sviluppo possibile, confrontando il lavoro di G. Verne colla lezione del Codice Magliabeccano pubblicato a cura del Bartoli; nonchè coi lavori del Francese Charton; giacchè (More) gl’Italiani hanno diritto di pretendere in una nuova edizione dei viaggi del grande Veneziano tutta quella estensione che ben s’addice al più illustre viaggiatore di quel secolo. “

El profesor alemán Otto Lidenbrock descubre un escrito cifrado de un sabio islandés del siglo XII que afirma haber llegado al centro de la Tierra: Arne Saknussemm (basado en la figura de Arne Magnussen, escritor y recopilador de (More) sagas nórdicas).
El profesor Lidenbrock pretende seguir los pasos de Saknussemm, y emprende una expedición acompañado por su escéptico sobrino Axel y el impasible guía islandés Hans.
El grupo ingresa por un volcán hacia el interior del globo terráqueo, en donde vivirán innumerables peripecias, incluyendo el asombroso descubrimiento de un mar interior y un mundo mesozoico completo enterrado en las profundidades, así como la existencia de iluminación de carácter eléctrico.