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Avec "Les Indes noires", Jules Verne développe une histoire fantastique qui plonge ses racines dans l'histoire de la Révolution industrielle, en Ecosse, au XIXème siècle. Phénomènes mystérieux, apparitions, réouverture après la découverte d'un filon d'une extrême richesse, la mine d'Aberfoyle est décidemment bien étrange.

Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. The story revolves around Phileas Fogg, a wealthy English gentleman who lives a meticulously ordered life in London. Despite his wealth, Fogg is solitary and mysterious, adhering to precise routines and mathematical precision. His life takes an unexpected turn when he accepts a wager from his fellow club members at the Reform Club: £20,000 (equivalent to £1.9 million in 2019) that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days.

The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne is a gripping tale of high-seas adventure set during the American Civil War. Follow a daring crew as they risk everything to navigate perilous waters, evade capture, and challenge the dangers of wartime trade. Packed with suspense, maritime drama, and Verne’s signature attention to detail, this short novel offers a thrilling journey for fans of nautical and historical adventure fiction.

Robur the Conqueror is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story begins with strange lights and sounds, including blaring trumpet music, reported in the skies all over the world. The events are capped by the mysterious appearance of black flags with gold suns atop tall historic landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

From the Earth to the Moon is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1865. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people — the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet — in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing. Five years later, Verne wrote a sequel called Around the Moon.

En 1868, un monstre mystérieux s'acharne sur les bateaux naviguant dans l'océan Pacifique. Alarmé par ce phénomène, le gouvernement américain met sur pied une expédition pour mettre un terme à ce trouble. Mais le scientifique français Pierre Aronnax, son fidèle domestique Conseil et le harponneur canadien Ned Land sont capturés par le capitaine Nemo qui navigue dans les océans du globe à bord du sous-marin Nautilus.

Da professor Lidenbrock finder et lønskrift i en gammel islandsk bog, hvori en lærd alkymist fra det 16. århundrede har angivet vejen til Jordens indre, drager han straks af sted til Island sammen med sin nevø Axel for at efterprøve det. Et par måneder senere står professor Lidenbrock, Axel og deres islandske fører Hans Bjelke foran en bundløs skakt i den udslukte vulkan Snæfell og skal til at begynde et af de største eventyr nogensinde. Værket er bearbejdet og tilrettet moderne retskrivning.

Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his trusty servant set sail to hunt a sea monster.

Axel and his uncle find a note that describes a path to Earth’s center! The men climb deep inside a volcano and discover amazing wonders. They also run into danger, which could trap them below the surface forever.

Le capitaine James Playfair n'en démord pas sa fortune est bientôt faite ! Son plan ? Traverser l'Atlantique et forcer le blocus du port de Charleston. Une opération à hauts risques...Car les Sud des États-Unis est à feu et à sang. La guerre de Sécession fait rage. Mais les affaires sont les affaires...Coûte que coûte, il devra donc troquer sa cargaison d'armes aux sudistes contre le coton nécessaires aux filatures anglaises.

Sans dessus dessous est un roman d'anticipation de Jules Verne, paru en 18891, dans lequel certains personnages de De la Terre à la Lune réapparaissent. Comme dans plusieurs romans publiés à la fin de sa vie (notamment Face au drapeau, Les Cinq Cents Millions de la Bégum ou La Chasse au météore), Jules Verne, tout en conservant le ton scientifique dont il use ordinairement dans ses Voyages extraordinaires, dénonce les excès d'une vision scientiste et rationnelle du monde, en usant d'un ton fortement teinté d'ironie envers ses héros.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea tells the story of marine biologist Pierre Aronnax, his manservant Conseil and harpoonist Ned Land, who – after joining the hunt for a mysterious sea monster – are thrown overboard when the monster attacks and find themselves prisoners of Captain Nemo, probably one of Verne’s most memorable yet elusive characters. On board the Nautilus, a technologically advanced submarine that everyone has mistaken for a sea monster, the three companions get to experience the vast and endlessly fascinating world under the sea. Twenty Thousand Leagues is an adventure...

Dans la Chine Impériale, un jeune milliardaire désœuvré et blasé, Kin-Fo décide de mourir en apprenant sa ruine. Recherchant dans la mort des émotions absentes de sa vie, il fait promettre à son mentor, le philosophe Wang, un ancien tueur Taïping, de le tuer sous deux mois pour bénéficier de l'assurance qu'il a souscrit à son bénéfice et celui de sa fiancée, la belle Lé-Ou. Un retournement du sort fait retrouver à Kin-Fo sa fortune mais le laisse condamné à mort par la promesse de Wang qui a disparu pour accomplir son forfait.

Der geniale Uhrmacher Zacharius glaubt, den Schlüssel zur Zeit selbst gefunden zu haben. Doch je tiefer er sich in sein Werk verstrickt, desto deutlicher wird: Wer mit den Kräften der Ewigkeit spielt, bezahlt einen schrecklichen Preis... Alexander Wohnhaas verleiht dieser vergessenen Perle der Weltliteratur eine eindringliche Stimme.

"Zelenyj luch" - prikljuchencheskij roman francuzskogo pisatelja Zhjulja Verna, vhodjashhij v cikl "Neobyknovennye puteshestvija". Napisan v 1882 godu. V osnovu romana polozhena shotlandskaja legenda o Zeljonom Luche, kotoryj darit schast'e kazhdomu, uvidevshemu ego. Izbalovannaja molodaja devushka sirota Helina Kjempbell zhivjot v dome svoih djadej brat'ev Melvill. Oni zhelajut ejo svad'by s aristokratom Aristobulusom Ursiklosom, genial'nym uchjonym, kotoryj ne nravitsja samoj Heline.

Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil, and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin an extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster. However, the "monster" turns out to be a giant submarine, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, by whom they are soon held captive. So begins not only one of the great adventure classics by Jules Verne, the 'Father of Science Fiction', but also a truly fantastic voyage from the lost city of Atlantis to the South Pole.

When a group of young boys gather together on a yacht for what was supposed to be a simple holiday trip, one of the group makes a horrible mistake that sends them drifting out onto the open and stormy ocean. They are blown onto a deserted island where they are forced to survive and build a civilization over the course of two years; but not all goes as planned as jealousy, rivalries, and betrayal threaten to destroy their little band of friends, and doom them to being lost forever.

Era el año 1866, y el océano pacifico estaba aterrorizado por monstruo marino. El gobierno americano envía a bordo del buque de guerra Abraham Lincoln al especialista en vida marina Pierre Aronnax a que investigue este hecho. Cuando esta nave es hundida por esta misteriosa criatura, el Profesor Aronnax y otros dos supervivientes descubren que no era un monstruo, sino un maravilloso submarino, el Nautilus, comandado por el enigmático Capitán Nemo.

An eccentric geology professor acquires an old book and hidden within its pages finds an ancient parchment. On it is a coded message that reveals directions to a secret passageway that leads deep within the earth's interior. The professor immediately sets off on a daring journey to Iceland, where he and his companions enter into an extinct volcano and make their way to the center of the earth.

First Mate Shandon receives a mysterious letter asking him to construct a reinforced steamship in Liverpool. As he heads out for Melville Bay and the Arctic labyrinth, a crewman reveals himself to be John Hatteras, and his obsession, the North Pole. The captain is later abandoned by his crew and remains without resources at the coldest spot on earth. How can he find food and navigate the Polar Sea? And what will he find at the top of the world?