The Greatest Works of Jules Verne: 25 Books in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Classic science fiction adventures across sea, sky, and space—an illustrated collectionBy Jules Verne
Length247h 48m
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The Greatest Works of Jules Verne: 25 Books in One Volume (Illustrated) gathers the essential achievements of a writer who helped define modern adventure and scientific romance. Bringing together voyages under the sea, through the air, across continents, into the Earth, and toward the moon, the volume reveals Verne's distinctive fusion of narrative propulsion, technical curiosity, geographical precision, and moral inquiry. Enhanced by illustrations, it situates his fiction within the nineteenth-century context of exploration, industrial invention, imperial expansion, and popular serial literature. Jules Verne (1828–1905), born in Nantes and educated in law before turning to letters, drew deeply on the scientific optimism and anxieties of his age. Though not a scientist himself, he was an assiduous reader of contemporary discoveries and travel accounts, transforming research into imaginative journeys. His partnership with publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel shaped the Voyages extraordinaires, a project intended to educate and entertain while dramatizing humanity's ambitions and limits. This collection is recommended for readers seeking both literary pleasure and historical breadth. It offers an ideal introduction to Verne's imagination while rewarding specialists interested in the origins of science fiction, adventure narrative, and the cultural dreams of modernity.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenreScience Fiction, Literary Classics
Length247 hrs 48 mins
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Publish dateNov 23, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Greatest Works of Jules Verne: 25 Books in One Volume (Illustrated) (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)
7PART ONE (pt. 1)
8PART ONE (pt. 2)
9PART ONE (pt. 3)
10PART TWO (pt. 1)
11PART TWO (pt. 2)
12PART TWO (pt. 3)
13Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) (pt. 1)
14Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) (pt. 2)
15Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) (pt. 3)
16The Mysterious Island (1875)
17Part I: Dropped from the Clouds (pt. 1)
18Part I: Dropped from the Clouds (pt. 2)
19Part I: Dropped from the Clouds (pt. 3)
20Part I: Dropped from the Clouds (pt. 4)
21Part II: The Abandoned (pt. 1)
22Part II: The Abandoned (pt. 2)
23Part II: The Abandoned (pt. 3)
24Part II: The Abandoned (pt. 4)
25Part III: The Secret of the Island (pt. 1)
26Part III: The Secret of the Island (pt. 2)
27Part III: The Secret of the Island (pt. 3)
28Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864)
29Preface (pt. 1)
30Preface (pt. 2)
31Preface (pt. 3)
32Preface (pt. 4)
33From the Earth to the Moon (1865) (pt. 1)
34From the Earth to the Moon (1865) (pt. 2)
35From the Earth to the Moon (1865) (pt. 3)
36Around the Moon (1869) (pt. 1)
37Around the Moon (1869) (pt. 2)
38Around the Moon (1869) (pt. 3)
39Around the Moon (1869) (pt. 4)
40Around the Moon (1869) (pt. 5)
41Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar (1876)
42BOOK I (pt. 1)
43BOOK I (pt. 2)
44BOOK I (pt. 3)
45BOOK II (pt. 1)
46BOOK II (pt. 2)
47BOOK II (pt. 3)
48In Search of the Castaways or, The Children of Captain Grant (1868)
49PART I (pt. 1)
50PART I (pt. 2)
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The Greatest Sci-Fi ClassicsJules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edwin A. Abbott, Jack London, Edward Bellamy, Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, H. Rider Haggard, William Hope Hodgson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Hugh Benson, David Lindsay, Abraham Merritt179h 33m$2.99 · $0.00
60 Space Sci-Fi BooksJules Verne, Percy Greg, David Lindsay, Edward Everett Hale, John Jacob Astor, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber, Irving E. Cox, Philip K. Dick, Richard Stockham, H. G. Wells, E. E. Smith, Edwin Lester Arnold, Gustavus W. Pope310h 57m$1.99 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaJules Verne11h 10m$1.99 · $0.00
Die Entdeckung der ErdeJules Verne, Gabriel Marcel21h 1m4.2 (125)$1 · $0.00
Zwischen Sternen und Zeit: Science-Fiction-SammlungJules Verne, Paul Scheerbart, Kurd Laßwitz, Johannes Kepler, Carl Grunert, Paul Eugen Sieg, Hans Dominik132h 39m$1 · $0.00
The Greats of Sci-Fi: H. G Wells EditionJules Verne, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, George MacDonald, Percy Greg, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Ernest Bramah, Jonathan Swift, Cleveland Moffett, William Morris, Anthony Trollope, Richard Jefferies, Samuel Butler, David Lindsay, Edward Everett Hale, Edward Bellamy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Wallace, Francis Bacon, Robert Cromie, Abraham Merritt, Ignatius Donnelly, Owen Gregory, H. G. Wells, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Fred M. White, H. P. Lovecraft, Garrett P. Serviss, Henry Rider Haggard, Mary Shelley, Malcolm Jameson, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Otis Adelbert Kline, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Edwin A. Abbott, Arthur Dudley Vinton, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Hugh Benson, Margaret Cavendish772h 5m$1.99 · $0.00
Die Welt der Abenteuer und Magie: Beliebteste KinderklassikerJules Verne, Lewis Carroll, Selma Lagerlöf, Carlo Collodi, Wilhelm Hauff, Gerdt von Bassewitz, Gertrud Prellwitz, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Heinrich Seidel, Dorothea Schlegel, Kurd Laßwitz, Jonathan Swift, Christoph Martin Wieland, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen169h 32m$1 · $0.00
The Greatest Sea Novels and Tales of All TimeJules Verne, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Jeffery Farnol, Randall Parrish, Jack London, Victor Hugo, Joseph Conrad, Herman Melville, Walter Scott, Ralph Henry Barbour, Daniel Defoe, Rudyard Kipling, Frederick Marryat, Rafael Sabatini, Charles Boardman Hawes, L. Frank Baum, R. M. Ballantyne, Tobias Smollett, Thomas Mayne Reid, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, R. L. Stevenson569h 41m4.4 (11)$1.99 · $0.00
The Greatest Adventure Books for ChildrenJules Verne, L. Frank Baum, Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, R. L. Stevenson, Johanna Spyri, Emerson Hough, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Maria Edgeworth Porter, Dorothy Canfield, Susan Coolidge, Kenneth Grahame, Gertrude Chandler Warner, E. Nesbit, Charles Dickens, John Meade Falkner, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Howard Pyle, Carlo Collodi, George Haven Putnam208h 37m4.0 (25)$1.99 · $0.00
Kinderabenteuer KlassikerJules Verne, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, Carlo Collodi, James Fenimore Cooper, Ida Bindschedler, Selma Lagerlöf, Kapitän Frederick Marryat, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Rudyard Kipling, Johann David Wyss, Daniel Defoe, Karl May, Wilhelm Hauff, Johanna Spyri, Alexandre Dumas, Amalie Schoppe, Alois Theodor Sonnleitner, Charles Dickens484h 35m$1 · $0.00
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