CHAPTER I.
The gun club.
During the Federal war in the United States a new
and very influential club was established in the city
of Baltimore, Maryland. It is well known with
what energy the mil...
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The French novelist Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first authentic exponent of modern science fiction. The best of his work is characterized by intelligent predictions of technical achievements actua...
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"From now on I will travel only in my imagination." So said an embarrassed eleven-year-old to his mother after being returned home after a failed runaway attempt. The year was 1839; the boy had crept ...
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Jules Verne is arguably one of the most misunderstood writers of the entire French literary tradition. Although ranked as the fifth most-translated author of all time (behind Lenin, Agatha Christie, W...
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The Moon-Voyage
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules (Gabriel) Verne
