Jules Verne

The Begum's Fortune, also published as The Begum's Millions, is an 1879 novel by Jules Verne, with some elements which could be described as utopian and others which seem clearly dystopian. It is remarkable as the first published book in which Verne was cautionary and to some degree pessimistic about the development …

Viieteistkümneaastane kapten on prantsuse kirjaniku Jules Verne'i teos. Tegevusaeg: 19. sajand

The descriptions of the quaint villagers of Werst, their costumes, manner of living, and belief in the supernatural world would in themselves prove an interesting narrative, but when coupled with the exciting adventures of Nic Deck, the two Counts, the cowardly Doctor, and the beautiful La Stilla, the story is …

"20 000 ljööd vee all" on Jules Verne'i teaduslik-fantastiline seiklusromaan, mis ilmus 1869. aastal. Pealkiri ei viita vee sügavusele, vaid veealuse teekonna pikkusele. Ljöö on vana prantsuse pikkusühik, mille täpne suurus ei ole määratletud. Prantsusmaal on kasutatud ljöösid pikkusega 3,25–4,68 km. 20 000 ljööd on …

In this sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, Barbicane, Ardan, and Nicholl have decided to take a trip around the moon. But first they have to get to the moon from Earth. Will their trip succeed as they attempt to dodge asteroids and realize that the scientists on Earth have miscalculated their trajectory towards the …

"Kapten Granti lapsed" on prantsuse kirjaniku Jules Verne’i seiklusromaan. Teose esimene Anna Kõrva eestikeelne tõlge ilmus 1889. aastal pealkirja all "Kapten Grant'i lapsed, ehk, Teekond ümber Maailma" ning tõlke kordustrükid aastatel 1891 ja 1902. Hilisematest trükkides on kasutatud Marta Sillaotsa tõlget.

THE LITERARY DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY In 1863 Jules Verne, famed author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days, wrote a novel that his literary agent deemed too farfetched to be published. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson found the handwritten, never-before published …

Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. It is the first Verne 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 …