This edition contains two of the most famous stories by 'The Father of Science Fiction' - Jules Verne. Around the World in 80 Days is a romantic tale recounting the adventurous travels of the hero, the Englishman Phileas Fogg, and his French valet, Passepartout. Fogg takes on a bet at his London club that he can circle the world in 80 days and there follows a series of fantastic adventures for the loyal servant and his resourceful and inventive master. Five Weeks in a Balloon vividly describes the adventures of an English scientist and his two companions as they cross Africa by balloon.
Author
Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules\_V...
