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Journey through the impossible / by Jules Verne ; translated by Edward Baxter ; introduction by Jean-Michel Margot ; original artwork by Roger Leyonmark.
LIBRA PQ2469.V73 E5 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
- Standardized Title:
- Voyage à travers l'impossible. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Physical Description:
- 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- This is the first complete edition and the first English translation of a surprising work by a popular French novelist whose work continues to delight readers to this day.
- Contents:
- Synopsis of the Play 21
- Cast of Characters 25
- Act I The Center of the Earth
- Scene 1 Andernak Castle 33
- Scene 2 The Fallen Angel 47
- Scene 3 The Inn 49
- Scene 4 Five Hundred Leagues Underground 60
- Scene 5 The Central Fire 70
- Act II The Bottom of the Sea
- Scene 1 The Harbor at Goa 75
- Scene 2 The Platform of the Nautilus 84
- Scene 3 The Nautilus 86
- Scene 4 Underwater Navigation 90
- Scene 5 On the Ocean Floor 90
- Scene 6 An Underwater Forest 91
- Scene 7 The Coral Reef 94
- Scene 8 Atlantis 96
- Act III The Planet Altor
- Scene 1 The Gun Club 109
- Scene 2 The Cannon Shot 119
- Scene 3 The Planet Altor 125
- Scene 4 The End of a World 138
- Scene 5 The Explosion 140
- Scene 6 Andernak Castle 140
- Scene 7 Apotheosis 143
- Appendices 1882: Two Reviews of Journey Through the Impossible 145
- Arnold Mortier: Evenings in Paris in 1882 (November 25) 147
- The New York Times "A Jules Verne Piece" (December 19) 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1591020794
- OCLC:
- 51769172
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