作者: William Butcher

Journey to the Centre of the Earth has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. It explores the prehistory of the globe, but can also be read as a psychological quest, for …

Having assured the members of London’s exclusive Reform Club that he will circumnavigate the world in 80 days, Fogg – stiff, repressed, English – starts by joining forces with an irrepressible …

‘I am going to sink it.”You are not!”I am, ‘ he coldly replied. ‘Do not take it on yourself to judge me, monsieur.’French naturalist Dr Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster, …

‘I am going to sink it.”You are not!”I am, ‘ he coldly replied. ‘Do not take it on yourself to judge me, monsieur.’French naturalist Dr Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster, …

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“Verne was a master at taking us on intriguing journeys to far corners of our planet—and beyond.” —Arthur C. Clarke In the nineteenth century, French author Jules Verne awed readers with as …

Having assured the members of London’s exclusive Reform Club that he will circumnavigate the world in 80 days, Fogg – stiff, repressed, English – starts by joining forces with an irrepressible …