Jules Verne - Libros y biografía

20.000 Mijlen onder zee is een klassieke sciencefiction-avonturenroman van de Franse schrijver Jules Verne. Het boek kreeg bij de release alom lovende kritieken en dat blijft zo; het wordt beschouwd als...

Jules Verne's series of science fiction and adventure tales, the "Extraordinary Journeys," were subtitled "Worlds Known and Unknown," so that is an appropriate title for this volume of the Palik Series,...

« Le bateau, le monstre de tôle venait sans doute de remonter à la surface de l’océan pour y respirer à la façon des baleines. »Retrouvez les aventures du Capitaine Nemo dans ce chef-d'œuvre de la littérature...

Jeorling attend avec impatience la goélette l'Halbrane dont on lui a vanté les qualités et surtout celles du capitaine, Len Guy. Il a en effet décidé de rentrer chez lui, au Connecticut, après des mois...

Tome XI : Le phare du bout du monde – Le superbe Orénoque – La Jangada – Le testament d'un excentrique – Le chemin de France.

"Les colons prêtèrent l’oreille et crurent entendre une sorte de ricanement. Il y avait là de quoi effrayer le plus courageux des hommes. Ils restèrent au pied de la falaise, l’arme en joue." Alors...

Le château des Carpathes... nul ne s'en approche impunément. Les plus téméraires prononcent son nom en tremblant. Les habitants de Werst le savent bien. Depuis le départ du dernier baron de Gortz, toutes...

Le château des Carpathes est hanté, et son village maudit. Les habitants de Werst le savent bien. Depuis la disparition du dernier baron de Gortz, toutes les créatures du diable et autres vampires s’y...

Le 2 octobre 1872, le mystérieux Phileas Fogg, au cours d’une partie de whist, parie la moitié de sa fortune qu’il réussira à faire le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours. Il entraîne son domestique,...

Quand le capitaine Louis Cornbutte disparaît au large de la Norvège, son père refuse de croire à sa mort. Le vieux marin organise alors une expédition pour sillonner l’Arctique à la recherche de son fils,...

Tome II : Le sphinx des glaces – Michel Strogoff – Voyage au centre de la Terre – L'île mystérieuse.

One of the earliest science fantasy stories ever written, From the Earth to the Moon follows three wealthy members of a post-Civil War gun club who design and build an enormous columbiad -- and ride a...

"Off on a Comet" (or "Hector Servadac") is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne about a comet called Gallia that touches the Earth in its flight.

The Mysterious Island tells the exciting story of five Americans stranded on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. During the American Civil War, Richmond, Virginia was the capital of the Confederate...

"All right," said Mr. Fogg; and, turning to the others, he continued: "I have a deposit of twenty thousand at Baring's which I will willingly risk upon it." "Twenty thousand pounds!" cried Sullivan. "Twenty...

Originally published in French in 1867, Michael Strogoff, or, the Courier of the Czar, is regarded as one of Jules Verne’s greatest novels. This intriguing tale set in Russia tells the story of one man,...

Get cozy with the classics! Jules Verne collects some of the author’s best-known works in one volume.2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Finalist in Gift Books Legendary science fiction and adventure...

The story begins when a mysterious sea monster, theorized by some to be a giant narwhal, is sighted by ships of several nations; an ocean liner is also damaged by the creature. The United States government...

The Clyde was the first river whose waters were lashed into foam by a steam-boat. It was in 1812 when the steamer called the Comet ran between Glasgow and Greenock, at the speed of six miles an hour....

Here is one of those "forgotten" works. Ticket No. "9672" is a fascinating tale of two women who live in a Norway Inn. Dame Hansen is a foolish creature whose mistakes must be dealt with by her daughter...

The "man who invented the future," Verne created the prototype for modern science fiction. His prophetic 1870 adventure novel, featuring a bizarre underwater craft commanded by the mysterious Captain...

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 technical,...

This collection includes Jules Verne's greatest works. Included is: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Mysterious Island, From the...

An exhilarating narrative of an obsessed British expediter by Jules Verne. This northward excursion led by Captain Hatteras is full of life-threatening adventures and hair-breadth escapes of him and his...

Claudius Bombarnac, a reporter is assigned by the Twentieth Century to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Accompanying him on...

"Dr. Ox's Experiment" ("A Fantasy of Dr Ox") is a short story by the French writer and pioneer of science-fiction, Jules Verne, published in 1872. It describes an experiment by one Dr. Ox and his assistant...

"In Search of the Castaways" is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867-1868. In 1876 it was republished by George Routledge & Sons as a three volume set titled "A Voyage Round...

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon (French: La Jangada - Huit Cents lieues sur l'Amazone) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1881. Unlike many of his other novels, this story does not have any science...

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under...

"Facing the Flag" or "For the Flag" is an 1896 patriotic novel by Jules Verne. The book is part of the "Voyages Extraordinaires (Extraordinary Voyages)" series. Like "The Begum's Millions", which Verne...