Jules Verne: Seven Novels

Writing in France in the nineteenth century, Jules Verne wasfascinated by adventure and exploration. Collecting Five Weeks in aBalloon, Around the World in Eighty Days, A Journey to the Centerof the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon,Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island,this omnibus offers a unique compilation of seven of Verne’sVoyages, stories in which he extrapolated developing technology andinvention into marvellous fiction. This volume offers readers agenerous introduction to Jules Verne, whose books are as alivetoday as they were for readers new to the ideas expressed in themduring his time. This edition of the text is exquisitely bound inbonded-leather, with distinctive gilt edging and an attractivesilk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectable, thesebooks offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are anindispensable cornerstone for any home library.