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JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH

Verne, Jules

Εκδότης Penguin , ISBN 9780141441979

Jules Verne's wild and riotous fantasy Journey to the Centre of the Earth delves into the hidden mysteries of a vast, uncharted subterranean world. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the French by Frank Wynne with an introduction by Jane Smiley and notes by Peter Cogman. Jules Verne's pioneering science fiction classic tells the story of the distinguished but eccentric Professor Lidenbrock, who finds a scrap of parchment in an old manuscript.

A cipher written in runes, it tells of an entrance to another world - a world hidden beneath our own, illuminated by an electrified gas and populated by strange, prehistoric beings. So with his nephew reluctantly in tow, the Professor follows this cryptic clue down into a dormant volcano in Iceland, and the further they descend, the more extraordinary the discoveries and creatures that they encounter, the greater the dangers, and the more ancient the living past that surrounds them. This new translation by Frank Wynne is accompanied by an introduction on the science of Verne's work and its influences.

This edition also includes notes, a chronology and suggested further reading. Jules Verne (1828-1905), the 'father of Science Fiction' was born in Nantes, developing from early childhood a romantic fascination for the ships and the sea. In 1848 he moved to Paris, ostensibly to become a lawyer, though his true ambition was to become a writer.

His first book, Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was an immediate popular success, followed a year later by Journey to the Centre of the Earth; among the most popular of the fifty-four books published during his life are From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). If you enjoyed Journey to the Centre of the Earth you might like H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, also available in Penguin Classics.

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Jules Verne's wild and riotous fantasy Journey to the Centre of the Earth delves into the hidden mysteries of a vast, uncharted subterranean world. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the French by Frank Wynne with an introduction by Jane Smiley and notes by Peter Cogman. Jules Verne's pioneering science fiction classic tells the story of the distinguished but eccentric Professor Lidenbrock, who finds a scrap of parchment in an old manuscript.

A cipher written in runes, it tells of an entrance to another world - a world hidden beneath our own, illuminated by an electrified gas and populated by strange, prehistoric beings. So with his nephew reluctantly in tow, the Professor follows this cryptic clue down into a dormant volcano in Iceland, and the further they descend, the more extraordinary the discoveries and creatures that they encounter, the greater the dangers, and the more ancient the living past that surrounds them. This new translation by Frank Wynne is accompanied by an introduction on the science of Verne's work and its influences.

This edition also includes notes, a chronology and suggested further reading. Jules Verne (1828-1905), the 'father of Science Fiction' was born in Nantes, developing from early childhood a romantic fascination for the ships and the sea. In 1848 he moved to Paris, ostensibly to become a lawyer, though his true ambition was to become a writer.

His first book, Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was an immediate popular success, followed a year later by Journey to the Centre of the Earth; among the most popular of the fifty-four books published during his life are From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). If you enjoyed Journey to the Centre of the Earth you might like H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, also available in Penguin Classics.

Πληροφορίες προϊόντος

  • Συγγραφέας Verne, Jules
  • Eκδότης Penguin
  • ISBN 9780141441979
  • Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100085590
  • Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2009
  • Σελίδες 288
  • Διαστάσεις 20χ13
  • Βάρος 350 gr

Verne, Jules

Συγγραφέας

Ο Ιούλιος Βερν, ο μεγάλος Γάλλος συγγραφέας, από τους πρωτοπόρους της μοντέρνα επιστημονικής φαντασίας, γεννήθηκε στη Νάντη, στις 8 Φεβρουαρίου του 1828. Σπούδασε δικηγόρος, αλλά τον περισσότερο χρόνο του τον αφιέρωνε στο γράψιμο. Ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του ως θεατρικός συγγραφέας, χωρίς όμως ιδιαίτερη επιτυχία. Το όνομά του έγινε γνωστό το 1863, όταν κυκλοφόρησε το έργο του "Πέντε εβδομάδες στο αερόστατο". Αργότερα κυκλοφόρησαν το "Ταξίδι στο κέντρο της γης" (1864), "Από τη Γη στη Σελήνη" (1865), "20.000 λεύγες κάτω από τις θάλασσες" (1870), "Ο γύρος του κόσμου σε 80 μέρες" (1873), "Ο Μιχαήλ Στρογκόφ" (1876) και μια πλειάδα ακόμα έργων που ονομάστηκαν συγκεντρωτικά, "Τα παράξενα ταξίδια" και έκαναν τον Βερν πασίγνωστο και κοσμαγάπητο. Με το έμφυτο δώρο της αφήγησης, το χιούμορ του, τις επιστημονικές του μηχανές (είχε προβλέψει το υποβρύχιο, το αεροπλάνο, την τηλεόραση, τα διαστημικά ταξίδια και άλλα θαυμαστά επιτεύγματα της εποχής μας) και την αγάπη του για την πρόοδο της επιστήμης, ο Βερν συνάρπασε μικρούς και μεγάλους. Στα 1872 αποσύρθηκε στην Αμιένη, όπου και πέθανε στις 24 Μαρτίου του 1905. Τα έργα του μεταφράστηκαν σε όλες σχεδόν τις γλώσσες του κόσμου, και, σήμερα, τόσα χρόνια μετά το θάνατό του, εξακολουθούν να διαβάζονται με την ίδια αγάπη και τον ίδιο ενθουσιασμό.

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