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This new edition of The Green Ray brings the rarely available title by the famous French author Jules Verne to a new generation. The mysterious scientific phenomenon of the green ray is unpredictable and elusive. When Helena hears of its apparent mystical effects on the mind and soul she enlists her uncles and two very different suitors, one artist and one amateur scientist, to find it. They travel to Scotland to seek to catch a glimpse of green rays which shoot out from the sunset. Their numerous attempts are always unsuccessful, thwarted by clouds or boats blocking the sun, until finally the phenomenon is visible, but they are no longer watching the horizon.

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Un jeroglífico medieval casi indescifrable puede permanecer luengos siglos durmiendo entre las hojas de un libro viejo. Pero, cuando por azar caiga en manos del audaz profesor Otto Lidenbrock de Hamburgo, desencadenará el viaje más espectacular de todo el siglo XIX. El profesor, su sobrino Axel y el impasible Hans verán maravillas en el interior del globo, iluminados por una inmóvil luz incomprensible. Esta novela, la más fantástica, la menos científica, tal vez la mas literaria de Verne, cautivará a los lectores por la intensidad de la narración y por el indefinible misterio que encierra la naturaleza cuando se penetra en ella por los caminos de la imaginación.

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This Wordsworth Classics 'The Best of Jules Verne' collection includes the following books:- Around the World in Eighty Days; From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon; Journey to the Centre of the Earth; Mysterious Island; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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A message in a bottle launches a quest for the recovery of shipwrecked crew in this Jules Verne classic—now with an arresting new look!When Lord and Lady Glenarvan catch a shark during a sailing trip, they are surprised to find a message in a bottle within its belly, sent by Captain Grant of the shipwrecked Britannia. Unfortunately, the water-damaged note is mostly unreadable, giving any would-be rescuers only a latitude and no longitude to work with. Eager to help the castaways, the couple urges the British government to launch a rescue expedition but are refused. So they take it upon themselves to search for Grant with the help of Mary and Robert—Captain Grant’s children—and the crew of the Duncan. Thus, the group sets off, determined to find the shipwrecked crew, even if it means sailing across the entire thirty-seventh latitude—and facing whatever dangers lie in their path.

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First serialized in a French magazine from 1869 to 1870, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is an incredible adventure story that popularized science fiction throughout the world. Professor Aronnax, a marine biologist, joins harpoonist Ned Land in search of a mysterious sea creature in the open ocean, only to discover that the beast is actually a submarine piloted by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. They are taken captive, thus beginning a strange undersea voyage from Antarctic ice shelves to the subterranean city of Atlantis, hunting sharks along the way. With its sprawling, exotic plot and vivid descriptions, Jules Verne’s epic underwater adventure is now available in this elegantly designed jacketed hardcover edition with an introduction by Allen Grove, a professor and chair of English at Alfred University, and a timeline of the life and times of Jules Verne. Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, the Chartwell Classics series includes beautifully presented works and collections from some of the most important authors in literary history. Chartwell Classics are the editions of choice for the most discerning literature buffs. Other titles in the Chartwell Classics Series include: Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft; Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales; Complete Novels of Jane Austen; Complete Sherlock Holme; Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allen Poe; Complete Works of William Shakespeare; Divine Comedy; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Other Tales; The Essential Tales of H.P. Lovecraft; The Federalist Papers; The Inferno; The Call of the Wild and White Fang; Moby Dick; The Odyssey; Pride and Prejudice; The Essential Grimm’s Fairy Tales; Emma; The Great Gatsby; The Secret Garden; Anne of Green Gables; The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe; The Phantom of the Opera; The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital; Republic; Frankenstein; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Meditations; Wuthering Heights; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass; A Tales of Two Cities; Beowulf; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Little Women

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This beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf. Despite his better judgement, eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg has wagered half his fortune on a whim – and a foolish one at that. He must travel around the world in eighty days or lose it all. Fogg is determined not to lose, no matter the typhoons, bison or Scotland Yard detectives that get in his way. By steamer, train, sledge and boat, on foot and on elephant back, Fogg and his beleaguered valet journey the globe, crossing land and sea in the greatest of races. The most celebrated of Jules Verne’s Voyages extraordinaires series, this riotous adventure story has inspired countless films, plays and trips around the world. Complete your library with HarperCollins Children’s Classics.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘From that hour we had no further occasion for the exercise of reason, or judgment, or skill, or contrivance. We were henceforth to be hurled along, the playthings of the fierce elements of the deep.’ In Verne’s science-fiction classic, Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to solve the mysterious coded message that lies within it. Eventually he deciphers the story – that of an Icelandic explorer who travels to the centre of the earth, finding his way there via a volcano. Inspired by the manuscript, The Professor is determined to follow in the explorer’s footsteps and builds a crew of men which includes his nervous nephew Axel. Together they begin their journey to the centre of the earth, facing fearsome danger and adventure at every turn.

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A sea monster has set off all the alarms and an expedition is organized to capture the creature. The professors on the mission are surprised to find that the sea monster is a submarine under the command of Captain Nemo. The arrival of these professors and their assistants poses a difficulty for Captain Nemo, as he must keep his secret safe. Un monstruo marino ha puesto en marcha todas las alarmas. Se organiza una expediciÓn para capturarlo, en la que figuran el cÉlebre profesor de Historia Natural, Pierre Aronnax, su ayudante, Conseil, y el experto arponero canadiense, Ned Land, a bordo de la fragata estadounidense Abraham Lincoln. El monstruo resulta ser un sorprendente submarino a las Órdenes del capitÁn Nemo, y el hecho de que deba mantener el secreto plantea un grave problema al capitÁn en cuanto a la liberaciÓn de los tres personajes principales. El capitÁn Nemo, el sabio atormentado y desengaÑado de la raza humana, se ha convertido en uno de los paradigmas de la novela de aventuras y su presencia alcanza para justificar el lugar de honor que ocupa Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino en el gÉnero.

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Cuando en el ruinoso y deshabitado castillo del barón Rodolfo de Gortz, cercano a la aldea de Werst en los montes Cárpatos que dominan la región de Transilvania, se empiezan a advertir inesperadamente no sólo signos de alguna presencia, sino también fenómenos extraños e inexplicables, los lugareños, imbuidos de viejas e inquietantes leyendas, son presa del terror. La aparición en el lugar del joven Franz de Telek, cuya prometida fue también pretendida y acosada por el barón antes de su inesperada muerte, pondrá en marcha una emocionante exploración llena de sobresaltos con el propósito de enfrentarse a los misterios del castillo encantado.

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El caballero inglés Phileas Fogg apuesta con los amigos que es posible dar la vuelta al mundo en 80 días. Para demostrarlo, emprende un intrépido viaje.

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?Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention...?Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, 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 20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.The technological innovations of the 19th century had opened the possibility of rapid circumnavigation and the prospect fascinated Verne and his readership.It was another notable mark in the end of an age of exploration and the start of an age of fully global tourism that could be enjoyed in relative comfort and safety. It sparked the imagination that anyone could sit down, draw up a schedule, buy ticket

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De Viaje al centro de la Tierra Fernando Savater ha dichoen su libro La infancia recuperada: Todo Verne estáen ella: el escenario insólito, la empresa prodigiosa, el adolescentetímido y renuente, pero emprendedor, el adulto enérgico quelleva a cabo la iniciación, las fuerzas indomables de lo oculto,la significación implícitamente metafísica del riesgoy del descubrimiento... El profesor Lidenbrock decide dar lecciones deabismo a su sobrino Axel: su proyecto es nada menos que hacerle bajar hastael centro mismo de la Tierra. La aventura comienza cuando encuentran unantiguo manuscrito escrito en ininteligibles signos rúnicos: esla palabra del Viajero, del Alquimista, que llega desde lejos, revestidade un ceremonial de ocultamiento, digno de Poe.Los viajes ficticios al mundo subterráneo -dice Asimov- han captado el interés de todas las mitologías, pero la mejor de todas estas historias es el Viaje al centro de la Tierra de Julio Verne.

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El doctor Fergusson, su amigo Dick y el criado Joe se montarán en un globo aerostático e intentarán la travesía de África. Novela típicamente de aventuras, la sucesión de arriesgadas peripecias mantiene la tensión del lector hasta ese límite preciso que no puede rebasarse sin que se resienta el equilibrio y la verosimilitud de la historia.

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" Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino " es una gran narración poética, furibunda, impregnada de tintes románticos y descripciones sublimes, presidida por el mar y por uno de los mejores personajes de Jules Verne, el capitán Nemo, y su legendaria máquina, el submarino Nautilus.Verne ha inspirado a lectores y escritores de todo el mundo. Turguéniev, Tolstoi, Bradbury, Rimbaud, Perec o Le Clézio son solo algunos de los que lo han leído con pasión. Ahora, cuando celebramos el sesquicentenario de la publicación de esta obra, podemos recordar las palabras de Fernando Savater, que afirma que para interesarse por Verne basta con que el lector " no haya perdido la capacidad de gozar leyendo " .

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Dentro del ciclo verniano de los Viajes extraordinarios, LOS QUINIENTOS MILLONES DE LA BEGUN representa un punto de inflexión: los principales rasgos de los comienzos de la serie (la visión romántica de la ciencia como factor de progreso material y moral) coexisten ya con las sombrías perspectivas basadas en la convicción de que la tecnología acabará por convertirse en un instrumento incontrolado de destrucción. Una vez más, sin embargo, JULES VERNE (1828-1905) hace brotar lo maravilloso de lo real y desliza la recreación legendaria bajo una apariencia de realismo positivista: el viejo mito iniciático se encarna aquí en el héroe que penetra en la ciudad laberíntica, se somete a las pruebas rituales, realiza la travesía subterránea y logra descubrir finalmente el secreto cuya búsqueda justifica la arriesgada aventura

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"Ayer y mañana" es el primer libro que se publicó luego de la muerte de Julio Verne. Contiene seis relatos inéditos, entre los que destaca el sombrío relato "El eterno adán" 10

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