Jules Verne
(1828 - 1905)
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.
Bibliography
Around the World in Eighty Days (1995)
A new English translation illustrated by Alphonse de Neuville and Leon Benett of Jules Verne’s most popular adventure. Phineas Fogg sets out with his valet Passepartout to circle the globe in eighty days. What about that date line?
Around the World in Eighty Days (2004)
Phineas Fogg wagers he can travel around the world in just eighty days. The year is 1872 as he sets out on the adventure with his valet Passepartout.
Den hemmelighedsfulde Ø (1923)
Prisoners of war held by the Union forces escape in a balloon and are blown out over the Pacific Ocean before crashing near a desert island. Interior illustrations by Tenggren.
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Det rullende Hus (1923)
The steam house is an iron elephant that runs on steam. Includes The Demon of Cawnpore and Tigers and Traitors. Interior illustrations and possibly cover by Tenggren.
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Dr. Ox’s Experiment (1963)
Dr. Ox decides to see what will happen if he increases the oxygen in the atmosphere of the town of Quinquendone. Even he is astonished at the results.
En Verdensomsejling under Havet (1923)
Captain Nemo, the terror of the seas wreaks havoc among the shipping in the Nautilus. Danish translation, interior black and white illustrations by Tenggren, and likely the cover as well.
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Fem Uger i Ballon (1923)
Verne’s first successful adventure novel takes three Englishmen across northern and central Africa in a hydrogen balloon. Interior illustrations by Tenggren.
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From the Earth to the Moon … And a Trip Round It (1920)
A projectile fired from a gun takes these adventurers to the moon and back. Read online at Hathitrust.
Jorden rundt i 80 Dage (1923)
Phileas Fogg and the intrepic Passepartout set out to circle the globe in 80 days for a stake of 20,000 pounds dogged by the determined detective Fix. Danish translation, interior black and white illustrations by Tenggren.
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Kaptajn Grants Born (1923)
Lord Glenarvan undertakes to circumnavigate the world at the 37th parallel in an attempt to locate Captain Grant of the Duncan. The former quartermaster of the Duncan later turns up in The Mysterious Island. Interior illustrations and possibly cover by Tenggren.
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Michael Strogoff A Courier of the Czar (1927)
Unusual for Verne, this is a straight adventure story. Michael is sent by the Czar to warn the governor of Irkutsk of the presence of a traitor on his staff. On the Trans-Siberian railway Michael finds a wife. Unfortunately, at least in this translation, the book is very poorly written. The illustrations are worth seeing.
Read online at archive.org.
Michael Strogoff, the Courier of the Czar (1877)
Unusual for Verne this is a straightforward adventure novel. Unfortunately it is, at least in the English translation, very poorly written.
The Mysterious Island (1918)
During the American Civil War five prisoners of war and a dog escape from Richmond in a balloon and are driven across the country by a fierce storm and wrecked on a desert island in the Pacific. They proceed to make a home for themselves with all the modern conveniences. Better written, or at least translated, than many of Verne’s other novels. Read online at Hathitrust.
The Omnibus Jules Verne (1931)
Includes Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Blockade Runners and From the Earth to the Moon and a Trip Around It.
Read online at archive.org.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1925)
The Indian Prince calling himself Captain Nemo prowls beneath the sea seeking his revenge.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1946)
The Indian Prince calling himself Captain Nemo prowls beneath the sea seeking his revenge.
Read online at archive.org.