Delphi Complete Works of Jules Verne (Illustrated) 47 novels in English

by Jules Verne

Features:
* concise introductions to the novels and other works
* images of how the novels first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the original texts
* 47 novels in English and each with their own contents table
* rare novels that appear for the first time in digital print, like CLOVIS DARDENTOR, FLIGHT TO FRANCE, FOUNDLING MICK and many more
* FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON and other works are fully illustrated
* many short stories, with excellent formatting, and contents tables
* includes all three parts of Verne’s enormous non-fiction work CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS – fully illustrated
* features the BONUS text of Edgar Allan Poe’s novel THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM OF NANTUCKET – accompanying Verne’s sequel THE SPHINX OF THE ICE FIELDS
* EVEN includes Verne’s French poetry, with contents table
* packed full of images relating to Verne’s life, works, places and film adaptations
* scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Verne’s immense oeuvre
* UPDATED with the rare novel ARCHIPELAGO ON FIRE - first time in English translation as a digital book and fully illustrated
* UPDATED with the novel THE WILL OF AN ECCENTRIC, first time in digital print in English
* UPDATED with even more illustrations for the novels, including TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

Jules Verne is a paramount literary figure, whose monumental series of science-fiction novels has entertained readers for over a hundred years. This amazing eBook offers readers the most complete collection ever compiled of Verne’s FICTIONAL work in English translation.

Please note: a complete works of Verne in English is not possible due to copyright restrictions and some works having never been translated. However, we do ensure our customers that every possible major text is included, with many novels appearing here for the first time on the Kindle. To compensate for the missing novels, poetry and plays, their original French texts have been provided in their place. As soon as new translations enter the Public Domain, they will be added as free updates for customers who have already purchased this eBook.

CONTENTS:
The Novels
LIST OF VERNE’S NOVELS

The Short Stories
MARTIN PAZ
THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS
DR. OX AND OTHER STORIES
FRRITT-FLACC
YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW
A DRAMA IN MEXICO
THE MUTINEERS OF THE BOUNTY
IN THE YEAR 2889
AN EXPRESS OF THE FUTURE

The Poetry (in French)
VERNE’S POETRY
LISTE DES POEMES PAR ORDRE ALPHABÉTIQUE

The Plays (in French)
VERNE’S PLAYS
ONZE JOURS DE SIÈGE
MICHEL STROGOFF

The Non-Fiction
CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS
I. THE EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD.
II. THE GREAT NAVIGATORS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
III. THE GREAT EXPLORERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

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Genres: Classics, Adventure, Collections, Plays, France, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Kindle Edition

Published November 17, 2011

About the author

Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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