Five Weeks In A Balloon - Jules Verne

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Résumé :
Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. Initially published in 1863, Five Weeks in a Balloon was the first novel in what would become the author's Extraordinary Voyages series. It tells the tale of a 4,000-mile balloon trip over the mysterious continent of Africa, a trip that wouldn't actually take place until well into the next century. Five Weeks in a Balloon is a 1962 American adventure film loosely based on the 1863 novel of the same name by Jules Verne filmed in CinemaScope. Balloonist Don Piccard acted as the film's technical advisor.

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Jules Verne (1828-1905) Jules Verne was a French author and is known for his fictions of adventure such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. Verne anticipated the skyscraper, the submarine, and the airplane, many other inventions, and he is regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction. Legendary science fiction and adventure author Jules Verne is remembered for his fascinating stories of travel and excitement. He wrote many fantasy stories and his combination of realism and romanticism exercised a lasting influence on many writers such as Mark Twain, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Jean-Paul Sartre. A pioneer of the science-fiction genre, Jules Verne, a French author, is known for his writings about cosmic, atmospheric and underwater travel which runs our imagination ahead of its time....