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    A Voyage in a Balloon
    A Voyage in a Balloon
    A Voyage in a Balloon
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    A Voyage in a Balloon

    By Jules Verne

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    Classic short storyl. According to Wikipedia: "Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828-March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated author in the world, according to Index Translationum. Some of his books have been made into films. Verne, along with H. G. Wells, is often popularly referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeltzer Books
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9781455350872
    A Voyage in a Balloon
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    Jules Verne

    Jules Gabriel Verne was born in the seaport of Nantes, France, in 1828 and was destined to follow his father into the legal profession. In Paris to train for the bar, he took more readily to literary life, befriending Alexander Dumas and Victor Hugo, and living by theatre managing and libretto-writing. His first science-based novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was issued by the influential publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel in 1862, and made him famous. Verne and Hetzel collaborated to write dozens more such adventures, including 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1869 and Around the World in 80 Days in 1872. In later life Verne entered local politics at Amiens, where had had a home. He also kept a house in Paris, in the street now named Boulevard Jules Verne, and a beloved yacht, the Saint Michel, named after his son. He died in 1905.

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      A Voyage in a Balloon - Jules Verne

      A VOYAGE IN A BALLOON (1852) BY JULES VERNE

      Translated from the French by Anne T. Wilbur

      published by Samizdat Express, Orange, CT, USA

      established in 1974, offering over 14,000 books

      Books by Jules Verne in English translation:

      Five Weeks in a Balloon, or Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen

      Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

      Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, an Underwater Tour of the World

      Adventures of a Special Correspondent, among the Various Races and Countries of Central Asia, Being the Exploits and Experiences of Claudius Bombarnac of the Twentieth Century

      All Around the Moon

      Around the World in Eighty Days

      Blockade Runners

      Celebrated Travels and Travellers: The Exploration of the World

      Celebrated Travels and Travellers: The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century

      Celebrated Travels and Travellers: The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

      Dick Sand or a Captain at Fifteen

      The English at the North Pole, Part 1 of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras

      The Field of Ice, Part 2 of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras

      Facing the Flag

      From the Earth to the Moon

      The Fur Country or Seventy Degrees North Latitude

      Godfrey Morgan

      In Search of the Castaways (sometimes called The Children of of Captain Grant and A Voyage Around the World)

      A Journey into the Interior of the Earth

      Master of the World

      Michael Strogoff or the Courier of the Czar

      The Mysterious Island

      Off on a Comet or Hector Servadac

      Robur the Conqueror

      Round the Moon (sequel to From the Earth to the Moon)

      The Secret of the Island (sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea)

      The Survivors of the Chancellor

      Ticket No. 9672

      Topsy-Turvy

      The Underground City or The Black Indies (sometimes called The Chlid of the Cavern)

      A Voyage in a Balloon (short story)

      The Waif of the Cynthia

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      1852

      REDACTOR’S NOTE

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      REDACTOR'S NOTE

      From Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art (Philadelphia: 1849-1852): May 1852: VOL. X. No. 5: p. 389-395.

      John Sartain (1808-1897) was an English artist and engraver skilled in the art of mezzotint who emigrated to the United States; in 1848 he purchased a one-half interest in the Union Magazine, a New York periodical, which he transferred to Philadelphia. The name was changed to "Sartain's

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