Five Weeks in a Balloon

by Jules Verne

Overview

The debut novel from Jules Verne, originally published in 1870. This is the work that established his reputation. Originally planned for a children's magazine, this story about traveling in balloons across Africa resonates in Verne's later works and contains all his fondly remembered themes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783961644926
Publisher:	Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Publication date:	03/07/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	440
File size:	573 KB
Language:	Russian

About the Author

Jules Verne(1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright who is credited as being one of the originators of literary science fiction. His Voyages extraordinaires series of novels include such classics as Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). Although he was often regarded derisively as a writer of genre fiction or children’s literature, his influence extended to French avant-garde and surrealist circles, and to this day he is considered one of the finest writers of his generation and a key figure in world literature.

Date of Birth:

February 8, 1828

Date of Death:

March 24, 1905

Place of Birth:

Nantes, France

Place of Death:

Amiens, France

Education:

Nantes lycée and law studies in Paris