Tales of Daring Voyages & Discoveries: The Jules Verne’s Collection

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.Contents:Five Weeks in a BalloonJourney to the Center of the EarthFrom the Earth to the MoonAround the MoonThe Purchase of the North Pole or, Topsy TurvyThe Adventures of Captain HatterasIn Search of the Castaways or, The Children of Captain GrantTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaThe Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South AfricaThe Fur CountryAround the World in Eighty DaysThe Mysterious IslandThe Survivors of the ChancellorMichael Strogoff: The Courier of the CzarHector Servadac or, Off on a CometDick Sand, A Captain at FifteenTribulations of a Chinaman in ChinaThe Steam HouseEight Hundred Leagues on the AmazonGodfrey Morgan or, The Robinson Crusoe SchoolMathias SandorfThe Star of the South or, The Vanished DiamondRobur the Conqueror or, The Clipper of the CloudsMaster of the WorldThe Waif of "Cynthia"Kéraban the InflexibleAdrift in Pacific or, Two Years' VacationCæsar CascabelThe Castle of the CarpathiansClaudius Bombarnac or, The Adventures of a Special CorrespondentCaptain AntiferAn Antarctic MysteryA Voyage in a Balloon or, A Drama in the AirA Drama in MexicoA Winter Amid The IceThe Blockade RunnersAscent of Mont BlancThe Mutineers of the BountyJules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who pioneered the genre of science fiction. A true visionary with an extraordinary talent for writing adventure stories, his writings incorporated the latest scientific knowledge of his day and envisioned technological developments that were years ahead of their time. Verne wrote about undersea, air, and space travel long before any navigable or practical craft were invented.