Jules Verne
Fans of classic adventure fiction will delight in Jules Verne's An Antarctic Mystery. The novel follows the journey of fictional explorer Pym, who also appeared in Edgar Allen Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, through the eyes of an American explorer who is surveying the Kerguelen Islands.
A Journey to the Center of the Earth, also translated as A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, follows a man, his nephew and their guide down an Icelandic volcano into the center of the earth. There they encounter an ancient landscape filled with prehistoric animals and natural dangers. There is some discussion as to whether Verne really believed that such things might be found in the center, or whether he shared the alternate view,
...Phileas Fogg est un gentleman riche vivant une vie solitaire à Londres. Malgré sa richesse, sa vie est modeste et ses habitudes réglées avec une précision chirurgicale. On connaît très peu de sa vie, si ce n'est qu'il est membre du Reform Club , où il passe la plus grande partie de la journée. Après avoir congédié son valet James Forster, celui-ci lui ayant apporté de l'eau de rasage à une température légèrement plus basse que
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