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"Miguel Strogoff" es una de las cumbres de la novela de aventuras del autor Jules Verne. Junto con "La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días", supuso un éxito comercial sin precedentes para el autor. La historia, que se articula en torno a un corro del zar que debe atravesar Siberia en plena invasión tártara, llegó a marcar a varias generaciones de lectores jóvenes desde su publicación. Intriga, acción, amores, emociones a flor de piel y una historia inolvidable, que la han convertido en un clásico sin paliativos.

When the renowned and eccentric professor Otto Lidenbrock discovers a mysterious runic script in an Icelandic manuscript, he knows it’s important. But it’s only after his nephew, Axel, cracks the code that the two of them, along with their guide Hans, start on a treacherous, wonderful adventure that none of them will ever forget.

Philéas Fogg, gentleman anglais, parie avec les membres de son club qu'il fera le tour de la terre en 80 jours. Et aussitôt, le voilà parti, accompagné de son domestique Passepartout. C'est le début de la plus fantastique aventure autour du monde. Mais pour gagner, il devra être revenu à Londres le samedi 21 décembre à 20h45 précises !

After translating an ancient runic manuscript, he claims to have discovered a route that would allow a man to reach the center of the Earth, by descending into a volcano. Accompanied by his nephew, Axel, and a guide named Hans, they travel down the Icelandic volcano where they encounter many dangers, including prehistoric animals. Their journey is ultimately cut short when the three are put in a dangerous situation that may result not only in the end of the adventure, but also the end of their lives!

Il professor Otto Lidenbrock trova in un vecchio libro del '400 una pergamena che contiene un messaggio scritto in caratteri runici. Il messaggio viene decifrato da Axel, nipote del rinomato professore di mineralogia che insegna in un prestigioso ginnasio di Amburgo, dove vive. Il testo, tradotto in latino, contiene le indicazioni per raggiungere il centro della Terra attraverso il vulcano Snaeffels, in Islanda.

A story of constant action, fortitude and hope pitted against savagery and greed. A ruthless pirate hides in the southernmost part of Argentina and the world, with an audacious and horrific goal: to seize the only lighthouse and plunge Patagonia and his flight from justice into darkness. Verne takes masterful advantage of the dreadful remoteness of the location where the adventure unfolds, and the excitement of the struggle against time. An adventure story from the mind of the master, Jules Verne.

The essential novels of Jules Verne include the classics such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Enjoy all three novels in this enthralling science-fiction collection.

An eccentric geology professor acquires an old book and hidden within its pages finds an ancient parchment. On it is a coded message that reveals directions to a secret passageway that leads deep within the earth's interior. The professor immediately sets off on a daring journey to Iceland, where he and his companions enter into an extinct volcano and make their way to the center of the earth.

Michel Strogoff, courrier du tzar, est chargé d'une mission secrète et périlleuse, rallier Irkoutsk à 5000 kilomètres de Moscou pour déjouer les plans d'Ivan Ogareff, un traitre, instigateur de l'invasion tartare qui déferle sur la Russie. Incognito, le jeune officier se lance dans une course haletante à travers la Sibérie dévastée par les hordes de Feofar-Khan... Sur cette route pleine d'obstacles, il trouve la belle Nadia, ainsi que les journalistes Harry Blount, l'anglais et Alcide Jolivet, le français. Une aventure palpitante aux nombreuses péripéties.

`Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni' di Jules Verne è uno dei romanzi d'avventura più celebri e amati di tutti i tempi. Phileas Fogg, gentleman flemmatico e metodico ai limiti dell'ossessione, accetta la scommessa di poter compiere il giro del mondo in soli ottanta giorni. Fogg e il suo nuovo domestico Passepartout lasciano Londra la sera del 2 ottobre 1872. Da quel momento prende avvio una serie incessante di avventure che coinvolge i viaggiatori, in un susseguirsi di ostacoli (molti) e di colpi di fortuna (pochi).

Dvadcat' tysyach l'e pod vodoy (1870) - odin iz naibolee izvestnyh romanov populyarnogo francuzskogo pisatelya Zhyulya Verna - rasskazyvaet o neveroyatnom puteshestvii v morskih nedrah na udivitel'noy ehlektricheskoy podvodnoy lodke "Nautilus". Pered geroyami razvorachivayutsya chudesa Indiyskogo i Tihogo okeanov, yuzhnyh i severnyh morey. Oni vysazhivayutsya na Yuzhnyy polyus, puteshestvuyut po morskomu dnu, ohotyatsya v podvodnyh lesah i srazhayutsya so strashnymi predstavitelyami vodnoy stihii.

Jules Verne, maître incontesté de la science-fiction, nous plonge dans le fantastique monde sous-marin du Capitaine Nemo...

The Mysterious Island was published in 1874, and it is one of Verne's longest novels. The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. The novel describes their attempts not only to survive but also, with the aid of the scientific and technological know-how, to rebuild their world from the meager resources of the island. At the end, however, it is realized that Captain Nemo, from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has secretly been helping the settlers.

Pragmatic gambler Phileas Fogg has made a gentlemanly wager to the members of his exclusive club: that he can circle the world in just 80 days, right down to the minute. Fetching his newly appointed French valet, Fogg embarks on a fabulous journey across land and sea - by steamer, rail, and elephant - to win the bet of a lifetime.

When French scientist Professor Aronnax agrees to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster, he begins an incredible underwater journey, taking along his loyal assistant Conseil and master harpooner Ned. They eventually join Captain Nemo and traverse a distance of thousands of leagues throughout many seas, finding exotic settings, surprise encounters, and unforeseen dangers in their epic adventure, a tour-de-force of imagination.

When a volcano suddenly seems to erupt and threaten a mountain town of North Carolina, Inspector Strock is sent to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at many times the top speed of the entrants, Strock is again consulted. And when an odd-shaped boat is sighted moving at impossible speeds off the New England coast, Stock and his boss begin to wonder if the incidents are related.

Take a journey on a giant raft with Joam Garral down 800 leagues on the Amazon. Garral, a Brazilian, lives on a thriving fazenda (plantation) in the Peruvian frontier with his loving family. But his daughter's imminent marriage to a Brazilian army surgeon compels him to return to his homeland to face the dark secrets of his past. Will his love and dedication to his family help him in his struggle to right injustice? Will a strange encoded message be deciphered in time to save him?

The adventure begins in London on Tuesday, October 1st, 1872, when rich British gentleman Phileas Fogg gets in an argument with a group of friends. He enters a wager that sets him on a race to make it around the world in 80 days. Although the trip begins as planned with his valet Jean Passepartout, he is quickly mistaken as a bank robber by Scotland Yard detective Fix. Now being pursued on his journey, Fogg must quickly travel in order to win the wager, see the world, and avoid being apprehended for a crime he did not commit in the ultimate adventure story.

The American Civil War had ended, and the members of the American Gun Club tried to think of something else to interest them. At last they came up with the extraordinary idea of building the greatest cannon the world had ever seen and using it to launch a man-made "bullet" to the moon!

十九世纪六十年代中期，有人在海上见到了一只“海怪”，出于对航海安全的考虑，美国派遣了一艘战舰林肯号对“海怪”进行追逐…… 十九世紀六十年代中期，有人在海上見到了一只「海怪」，出於對航海安全的考慮，美國派遣了一艘戰艦林肯號對「海怪」進行追逐……