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Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and A Journey into the Interior of the Earth, is a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It was first published in French in 1864, then reissued in 1867 in a revised and expanded edition.
The translation is more complete than the Mercier version, but still has flaws, referring to the space capsule as a "bullet". Jules Verne Moon Gun, Encyclopedia Astronautica, archived from the original on 15 October 2002, an analysis and comparison to Apollo. A Jules Verne Centennial (images) (Scribner ed.), Smithsonian Institution, 1874.
Jules Gabriel Verne (/ v ɜːr n /; [1] [2] French: [ʒyl ɡabʁijɛl vɛʁn]; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) [3] was a French novelist, poet and playwright.. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, [3] a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues ...
The Frewer translation alters the text considerably with additions and emendations, paraphrases dialogue, and rearranges material, although the general thread of the story is followed. The translation was made from the serial version of the novel, published January to December 1877. Verne had problems with this novel from the very beginning. [2]
Verne, Jules & Butcher, William (Translator). Lighthouse at the End of the World (Translation of Jules Verne's original manuscript with introduction, notes and appendices ed.). Nebraska University Press. {}: |author= has generic name CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ; Verne, Jules (1905).
Mutineers of the Bounty (French: Les Révoltés de la Bounty [1]), translated in English by English writer W. H. G. Kingston, is a short story by Jules Verne. [2] The story is based on British documents about the Mutiny on the Bounty and was published in 1879 together with the novel The Begum's Fortune (Les cinq cents millions de la Bégum), as a part of the series Les Voyages Extraordinaires ...
The notes to the 1993 translation point out that the errors Thomas notes were in Mercier's translation, not the original. Despite his criticisms, Thomas conceded: "Put them all together with the magic of Verne's story-telling ability, and something flames up. A story emerges that sweeps incredulity before it". [13]
'The Children of Captain Grant') is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–68. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains illustrations by Édouard Riou. In 1876, it was republished by George Routledge & Sons as a three volume set titled A Voyage Round The World.