Voyages around the world
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A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before
Daniel Defoe (1660?-1731) was a prolific English writer who became one of the first Western writers to write novels and turn them into a sought after literary genre. During his life, Defoe wrote more than 500 books, pamphlets and journals on topics as wide ranging as politics, crime, religion, psychology, supernatural events, and even economics.While those are all impressive accomplishments, Defoe's name has lived on through Robinson Crusoe, one of the first and finest novels ever written. The book is written as a fictional autobiography of Robinson Crusoe, a castaway who spends nearly 30 years on a tropical island, where he encounters all kinds of danger and adventures. Published in the early 18th century, the novel may have been inspired by a real Scottish castaway, Alexander Selkirk, who lived for nearly 5 years on a Pacific Island. That island's name has since been changed to Robinson Crusoe Island. Robinson Crusoe was a stark departure from the typical literature of the day, which was still based on ancient mythology, legends, and history.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days was published in 1873 and features Phileas Fogg as the protagonist. ?Fogg, a noble Londoner who lived on Savile Row, had made a wager at the Reform Club, for ?20,000 (worth over a million pounds in 21st century value) that he could travel around the world in eighty days. ?Fogg is a very careful and precise man who has just fired his manservant for bringing him shaving water that was two degrees colder than he asked for. ?Fogg has a new valet, Jean Passepartout, a young Frenchman, who is looking forward to a quiet life with Phileas. Around the World in Eighty Days is Verne at his most fun ? there was plenty of comic relief in the novel. ?He was able to use his own experience of recent travels to provide background for the narrative. ?The book was finished under a punishing deadline Verne set for himself ? not unlike Fogg?s deadline for circumnavigating the world. ?The book was the most successful in terms of sales during the author?s lifetime, selling 108,000 copies before his death. This annotated edition includes a biography and critical essay.
Bruin; Or, the Grand Bear Hunt
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Flight of the Silver Ship
David Ellison, with little money but much stalwart pride and sturdy ambition. Wally Cram, possessed with the idea that money will bring him everything; and he has plenty of money. Red Ryan, a young Irish mechanic with magic in his fingers and a fund of wit. All three are bound for a school for apprentices for lighter-than-air craft. David passes the entrance examinations; Wally fails in the tests; Red gets his job in the air plant. Three years pass. We find David and Red grown older, wiser, more stabilized, still at the air plant and now discussing the flight of the Silver Ship, a giant dirigible nearing completion in its hanger. Wally appears. He has heard the Silver Ship needs more backing. He puts enough capital into the venture to assure himself a place on her round-the-world flight. He will now be a dazzling figure in the public eye. When the majestic ship leaves her hanger, David is a pilot and Red a mechanic aboard her. When she returns in nineteen days, she holds the record for a world flight. Wally is a very humble rich man, David a victorious pilot and inventor, and Red Ryan the friend that "sticketh tighter than a brother."
Maan Ymp?ri 80 P?iv?ss?
Il giro del mondo in ottanta giorni (nell'originale francese Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) ? un romanzo avventuroso dell'autore francese Jules Verne, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1873. In questa storia il londinese Phileas Fogg ed il suo cameriere francese Passepartout tentano di circumnavigare il mondo in 80 giorni, per vincere una scommessa di 20.000 sterline stipulata con i compagni del Reform Club. Le innovazioni tecnologiche del XIX secolo avevano aperto la possibilit? di circumnavigare il mondo rapidamente e la prospettiva incurios? Verne ed il suo pubblico. Il libro potrebbe essere stato ispirato dalle azioni di George Francis Train che comp? quest'impresa nel 1870. Ed. Finlandese.