Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Round the World in Eighty Days
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Journey to the Centre of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, Round the World in Eighty Days
By (Author) Jules Verne
Everyman
Everyman's Library
15th April 2013
5th September 2013
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Hardback
680
Width 134mm, Height 211mm, Spine 40mm
756g
Description
"Jules Verne remains the most celebrated 19th-century writer of science fiction. This volume reprints his three most popular novels." In Journey to the Centre of the Earth, an obsessive German professor and his nephew travel towards the earth's core in the steps of a medieval explorer beneath an Icelandic volcano where they discover a lost world. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is famous for its portrayal of the Byronic Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, in which he explores the ocean while wreaking vengeance on mankind for their wickedness. In Around the World in Eighty Days, a starchy Englishman suspected of robbing the Bank of England accepts a bet that he cannot circumnavigate the globe in that time, and proceeds to do so, accompanied by his resourceful valet, Passepartout. The three novels combine fantasy and rich local colour with true learning and cod science in a mixture which attracts readers of all ages.
Author Bio
"Michael Sheringham is Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of All Souls, Oxford."
