Greatest Adventures: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth & Round The World In Eighty Days
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Two of literature's most breathless adventures are united in this magnificent anthology, binding together Jules Verne's twin masterworks of Victorian imagination: Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days. In the first, the indomitable Professor Lidenbrock drags his reluctant nephew Axel into the volcanic depths of Iceland and beyond, into a subterranean world of prehistoric seas and ancient wonders that defies every boundary of known science. In the second, the unflappable English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts an audacious wager at the Reform Club and sets off with his loyal valet Passepartout on a race against time across continents and oceans, pursued by a dogged detective who is convinced the whole enterprise is a cover for bank robbery. Verne, the undisputed father of science fiction, chronicles these journeys with a relentless narrative drive and a passionate faith in human ingenuity that made him the most-read author in the world during his lifetime. His prose balances meticulous scientific detail with pure, propulsive storytelling, creating a tension between the rational and the miraculous that still electrifies readers today. Distributed by Heron Books, this handsome collected edition stands as a testament to Verne's enduring power — and a reminder that the grandest adventures begin the moment one dares to say yes to the unknown.
Author: Jules Verne
Format: Hardback
Genre: Adventure fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Two of literature's most breathless adventures are united in this magnificent anthology, binding together Jules Verne's twin masterworks of Victorian imagination: Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days. In the first, the indomitable Professor Lidenbrock drags his reluctant nephew Axel into the volcanic depths of Iceland and beyond, into a subterranean world of prehistoric seas and ancient wonders that defies every boundary of known science. In the second, the unflappable English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts an audacious wager at the Reform Club and sets off with his loyal valet Passepartout on a race against time across continents and oceans, pursued by a dogged detective who is convinced the whole enterprise is a cover for bank robbery. Verne, the undisputed father of science fiction, chronicles these journeys with a relentless narrative drive and a passionate faith in human ingenuity that made him the most-read author in the world during his lifetime. His prose balances meticulous scientific detail with pure, propulsive storytelling, creating a tension between the rational and the miraculous that still electrifies readers today. Distributed by Heron Books, this handsome collected edition stands as a testament to Verne's enduring power — and a reminder that the grandest adventures begin the moment one dares to say yes to the unknown.