{"product_id":"journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-round-the-world-in-eighty-days-introduction-by-tim-farrant-hardcover","title":"Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Round the World in Eighty Days: Introduction by Tim Farrant - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJules Verne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTim Farrant\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eHenry Frith\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJules Verne's most beloved novels are gathered here in one hardcover volume: three thrilling tales of fabulous journeys under, through, and around the earth.\u003cbr\u003eVerne was one of the great pioneers of science fiction. Born in France in 1828, he wrote brilliantly about space, air, and underwater travel long before airplanes and space ships had been invented, and he is still one of the most widely read internationally of all science-fiction writers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut beyond charting new territory for adventurous fiction, his creations have entered our culture and taken on the magnitude and vitality of myth. It is hard to imagine anyone who has not heard of Captain Nemo and his giant submarine exploring the ruins of Atlantis in \u003ci\u003eTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, \u003c\/i\u003e Phileas Fogg's frantic race around the world by every means of transportation in \u003ci\u003eRound the World in Eighty Days, \u003c\/i\u003e and the harrowing descent through a volcanic crater to underground caverns where prehistoric creatures roam in \u003ci\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e. These stories have seized the imaginations of readers for generations and are as vivid and exciting now as when their author first imagined traveling beyond the bounds of the possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranslated by Henry Frith\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULES VERNE, the father of science fiction, was born in Nantes, France, in 1828 and died in 1905. He began writing while studying to be a lawyer; when his father discovered this, he cut him off and Verne was forced to support himself as a stockbroker. Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas offered the young Verne writing advice, and eventually he found a publisher who brought out his first adventure novel, \u003ci\u003eFive Weeks in a Balloon\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1863. Set in Africa, it was an instant hit and made Verne financially independent; he went on to write one to two books a year for the rest of his life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTIM FARRANT is a Lecturer in French at Oxford University and a Fellow of Pembroke College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Introduction to Nineteenth-Century French Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBalzac's Shorter Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 744\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.51 x 8.14 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43430286786619,"sku":"9780307961488","price":45.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2274\/9755\/files\/MzZ3REZWTDd5bFUzSXNIbDNneSs2QT09.webp?v=1776450564","url":"https:\/\/bookshopclassics.shop\/products\/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-round-the-world-in-eighty-days-introduction-by-tim-farrant-hardcover","provider":"Bookshop Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}