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Orson Welles stars as Phileas Fogg of London, who together with his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club.

"Da... was ist denn das?... Ein Dunst, der über dem alten dicken Turme schwebt?... Ist's denn wirklich nur Dunst?... Nein, das könnte man für Rauchwolken halten!... Unmöglich! Seit langen, langen Jahren haben die Schornsteine der Burg nicht mehr geraucht!" Frik drehte das Fernrohr um und setzte es, nachdem er die Gläser mit dem Ärmel abgerieben hatte, wieder vor das Auge.Es war tatsächlich eine Rauchsäule, die dort aus dem Wartturme aufwirbelte.

Questo famosissimo romanzo di Verne fu pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1873. In questa storia il londinese Phileas Fogg ed il suo cameriere francese Passepartout tentano di circumnavigare il mondo in 80 giorni, per vincere una scommessa di 20.000 sterline stipulata con i compagni del. Le innovazioni tecnologiche del XIX secolo avevano aperto la possibilità di circumnavigare il mondo rapidamente e la prospettiva affascinò Verne ed il suo pubblico.

"Around the World in Eighty Days" (French: "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours") is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (£2,242,900 in 2019) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.

Cinq évadés en ballon échouent sur une île perdue au milieu de l'océan pacifique. Les naufragés, accompagnés de leur chien Top, organisent leur survie. Ils sont régulièrement aidés par une étrange et mystérieuse puissance. Parviendront-ils à percer le secret de l'île ?

Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of Jules Verne's first novels and remains one of his most audacious and imaginative. This audiobook uses the translation published anonymously by Routledge in 1876, recently identified as the work of the translator Jessie Campbell.

From Boston to Liverpool in a little over four hours? Jules Verne tells us how it might be done.

Jaké tajemství skrývá hrad v Sedmihradsku? Odhalí hrabě Telek tajemství, jímž je opředen hrad v karpatské vesnici? Je obraz jeho mrtvé lásky, pěvkyně Stilly, jen přeludem? Román je poctou lidské vynalézavosti. Hrabě Franz Telek propadne kouzlu krásné operní pěvkyně Stilly. Ta však při představení náhle umírá a hraběti málem pukne srdce. Stopy jeho lásky ho zavedou do karpatské vesnice Verst, kde stojí hrad opředený tajemstvím.

„Stoupáme, nebo klesáme?“ „Něco horšího, pane Smithi! Padáme!“ Slova, která zná každý čtenář verneovek. Přes okraj koše letí vše, co něco váží, přesto jsou všechny pokusy zastavit sestup marné. Z vojáků severoamerické Unie, kterým se podařilo uprchnout ze zajetí v balonu, se rázem stávají trosečníci. Pětice, která se po nedobrovolném přistání na neznámém ostrově snaží najít všemožné prostředky k přežití, zjistí, že jejich útočiště skrývá i nejedno tajemství. Největší z nich se tají v hlubinách ostrova, v místech, která dokázal vypátrat jen ten, kdo prozkoumal hlubiny oceánů. Kapitán Nemo.

This is a diverting delight, a window on romance in literature. There are high lovers and low lovers, tragic lovers, comic lovers, and lovers who shouldn’t be doing what they are doing at all and certainly not then and there. There is even Fanny Hill trying not to discover what physical love is about when set upon by an old roué who has paid for the privilege. Though of special interest for lovers and their special lover’s day of St. Valentine, it is an amusing and sometimes surprising collection.

"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 French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a 320,000 pounds wager (equal to 31,324,289 pounds today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.

Kapitän Nemo, das versunkene Atlantis, ein Riesenkrake: Immer wieder fasziniert der Erlebnisbericht des französischen Professors Aronnax, in dem Jules Verne die technische Entwicklung des Unterseebootes vorweg genommen hat.

La vie est calme à bord du navire Le Pilgrim, parti chasser la baleine dans les mers australes. Son capitaine a accueilli à bord une passagère, Mrs Weldon, son fils Jack âgé de cinq ans, qu'il doit ramener chez eux à San Francisco, et une poignée de naufragés abandonnés sur une épave. Malheureusement, en poursuivant un redoutable cétacé, le capitaine et son équipage périssent en mer. Il ne reste plus sur la baleinière, hormis la femme et l'enfant, que quelques hommes affaiblis sans connaissances maritimes... et Dick Sand, jeune novice intrépide âgé de quinze ans.

Jules Verne’s career as a novelist began in 1863, when he struck a new vein in fiction—stories that combined popular science and exploration. In Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days—and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot-blooded French manservant, Passepartout.

In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne is a diary of the observations of Fritz Napoleon Smith, the editor of an influential futuristic newspaper. It is an action-packed tale of technological advances and science fiction scenarios. Some of the predictions were remarkably accurate.

Pierre Aronnax is a famous marine biologist, who works together with his manservant Conseil and harpoonist Ned Land. The three brave men are tirelessly hunting a mysterious sea monster in the dangerous sea waters. But a great danger loom over them. Why are the three sailors chasing the monster? Why do they want to kill it at any cost? Will they succeed or will the creature attack and kill them? Find out all the answers in Jules Verne’s classic science fiction and adventure novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" from 1870. B. J.

Maese Zacarias, inventor de la rueda dentada, pensaba haber conseguido dominar el tiempo, pero no solo el tiempo de sus artefactos mecánicos, sino el tiempo de la Vida misma. Y es que creia que su alma estab en los relojesque habia fabricado.

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic science-fiction novel by Jules Verne. The main character, Professor Otto Lidenbrock, is an eccentric scientist who believes that there are volcanic tubes that go down to the center of the Earth. The professor’s party of three - he’s joined by his nephew Axel and an Icelandic guide Hans - enter Iceland's inactive volcano Snæfellsjökull, in search of the tubes. They face many dangers, including tornadoes, cave-ins, and prehistoric creatures from ancient epochs that would devour them.

Scritto nel 1870, il romanzo di Jules Verne, tra i più celebri dello scrittore francese, è stato ripreso nel corso del Novecento da innumerevoli adattamenti televisivi e cinematografici. Pensato come il primo volume di una trilogia, fin da subito il romanzo accese l'immaginazione dei contemporanei, per la straordinaria visione di un sottomarino in grado di esplorare il fondo dei mari. Una nave, difatti, l'"Abraham Lincoln", viene incaricata di catturare un misterioso mostro marino. Nell'equipaggio spiccano il naturalista, professore Aronnax, il servo Conseil e il fiocinatore Ned.

This delightful short story was the first work of Jules Verne to be translated into English by Anne T. Wilbur in 1852. Just as the balloon starts rising, a stranger jumps in with the intention of taking it as high as possible without regard to his own safety or that of the pilot. During the long journey, this mysterious passenger relates the historical background of the quest for lighter-than-air travel.