Jules Verne

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The Adventures Of A Special Correspondent Among The Various Races And Countrie's of Central Asia

Beschreibung

A fascinating travel adventure may be found in Jules Verne's The Adventures of a Special Correspondent. Claudius Bombarnac, a reporter tasked with travelling from a port on the Caspian to China through the Transasiatic Railways, serves as the protagonist of the novel. A fascinating cast of individuals, including one who is attempting to break the round-the-world record and another who is a stowaway, go with him on this expedition. In order for his novel to be more than simply a dry travelogue, Claudius hopes that one of them will end up becoming the protagonist. When a special car, guarded by soldiers, is added to the train and is claimed to be transporting the remains of a famous Mandarin, he is not dismayed. The huge Mandarin is really a sizable shipment that is being sent back to China from Persia. Unfortunately, the train must pass through a significant portion of China that is under the corrupt rule of robber-chiefs. Claudius locates his hero before the voyage is over.

Autor

Jules Verne wrote and published over 100 novels, short stories, nonfiction books, essays, and plays-some posthumously. He was born on a small river island in Nantes, France, on February 8th, 1828. His parents, Pierre Verne and Sophie Allotte de La Fuÿe, sent Jules to Paris in 1848 to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. Instead, he developed a love of all things literary and fashioned himself into a prolific and versatile writer. His first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was published in 1863 by publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel and launched Verne's popular career with the Voyages Extraordinaires series of adventure novels, many of which established key elements of the science fiction genre. He was an instant success in France and other parts of Europe and would become a respected literary giant around the world later in the twentieth century. Verne died on March 24th, 1905, in Amiens, France. Verne's most famous works include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). Verne is one of the most translated authors in the world, second only to William Shakespeare, and still holds the prestigious title, "the Father of Science Fiction."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double 9 Books
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9789357279635
• ISBN-10: 9357279636
• Artikelnr.: 67460484