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1Journey to the Interior of the Earth

By Jules Verne

Journey to the Interior of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the “center of the Earth”. They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. (Summary from Wikipedia.org)

2Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

By Jules Verne

Anglais flegmatique, enragé joueur de whist, Phileas Fogg, dont on ignore tout, mène une vie réglée comme une horloge. Jamais un mot, ni un mouvement inutiles.<br /> </br>Ce mercredi 2 octobre 1872, tout pourrait bien changer : contre l'avis de ses partenaires de jeu du Reform-Club, Phileas Fogg soutient qu'on peut maintenant parcourir la terre en quatre-vingts jours seulement.<br /> </br>Un pari est lancé. S'il n'est pas de retour le samedi 21 décembre, à huit heures quarante-cinq du soir, notre homme perd tout.<br /><br /> Avec Jean Passepartout, domestique français fraîchement engagé, il devra « sauter mathématiquement des railways dans les paquebots, et des paquebots dans les chemins de fer ».<br /> Mais sa route pourrait bien être parsemée d'embûches ...<br /><br /> A bet: Phileas Fogg, an English man, is to travel around the world in eighty days by land and sea. Will he make it? Let's follow his adventure through the writings of Jules Verne, in French.</br>(Summary by Ezwa)

3From the Earth to the Moon

By Jules Verne

From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre à la Lune) is a humorous science fantasy story written in 1865 by Jules Verne and is one of the earliest entries in that genre. It tells the story of three well-to-do members of a post-American Civil War gun club who build an enormous sky-facing columbiad and ride a spaceship fired from it to the moon. (Summary from Wikipedia)

4Around the World in Eighty Days (version 3)

By Jules Verne

Enigmatic Phileas Fogg accepts a wager about whether it's possible to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or under. The book charts his adventures on the way. (Alex Foster)

5Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

By Jules Verne

Captain Nemo, The Nautilus, and the mysterious depths of the ocean. Unforgettable. Come join an adventure that will roam among coral and pearls, sharks and giant squid, with wonders of biology and engineering that will thrust us from the Antarctic to Atlantis. Whether voyaging a yarn of the glorious unknown, a tale of the darkness that grips the heart of men, or a reinterpretation of Homer’s Odyssey, we’ll all enjoy the fantastic trip. Seasickness optional. (Summary by Marlo Dianne)<br /><br /> A German version is available: <a href="http://librivox.org/zwanzigtausend-meilen-unterm-meer/"> Zwanzigtausend Meilen unter’m Meer</a>

6Around the World in Eighty Days

By Jules Verne

<i>Around the World in Eighty Days</i> (French: <i>Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours</i>) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly-employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. (Summary from Wikipedia)

7Mysterious Island

By Jules Verne

A story of castaways, similar to Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, this book details the escape from Civil War-era Richmond, Virginia, of five Northern men who dared to go aloft in a balloon in the midst of a hurricane. Deposited on a lonely island in the Pacific, they make do with Yankee ingenuity where Chance has left them nothing. Only later do they find they have a hidden benefactor: Captain Nemo, of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, who resides, alone, secretly on the island. In time, the tiny colony becomes so prosperous that it is able to rescue another castaway from an island a hundred miles away. But all their work will come to naught - their island's volcano is about to awake! (Summary by Mark)

8Pays des fourrures

By Jules Verne

En 1959, des officiers de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson sont chargés d'aller fonder un fort au nord du 70e parallèle, au-delà du cercle polaire. <br />Le fort est établi sur le Cap Bathurst, qui semble être le lieu parfait.<br /><br />Malheureusement, ce cap n'est pas fait de terre, mais de glace, et lors d'une éruption volcanique, le cap se détache du continent et part à la dérive, emportant tous ses occupants avec lui. <br>Cela se gâte encore plus quand arrive le printemps et que le glaçon commence à fondre...<br />(Résumé de Wikipedia)

9Round the Moon

By Jules Verne

Around the Moon, Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, is a science fiction novel continuing the trip to the moon which left the reader in suspense after the previous novel. It was later combined with From the Earth to the Moon to create A Trip to the Moon and Around It. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Fem Uger i Ballon: Lydbog efter spændingsroman af Jules Verne. <br>Oversættelse efter den 23. af det franske Akademi prisbelønnede udgave. Andreas Schous Forlag, 1883.</br><br /> Hvis man skal sætte ord på hvad videnskaben geografi går ud på, er det at beskrive og analysere jordens overflade, dens landskaber, mennesker og dyreliv - at dykke ned i dens jordlag og at studere hvordan vindene blæser. For kun halvanden hundrede år siden var mægtige område i det indre Afrika næsten ukendt for europæerne. Man anede fra sporadiske kilder, at det vældige kontinent gemte på mystiske riger og lande, frodige vidtstrakte skove, endeløse savanner og søer så store som have. Men det var uhyre vanskeligt at udforske kontinentet og meget risikabelt for de som prøvede. Mange døde af sygdom og udmattelse i de uigennemtrængelige junglevildnis, andre tørstede ihjel i dets ørkener og igen andre blev myrdet på bestialsk vis af fjendtligt sindede indfødte.<br /><br /> Den ukuelige engelske globetrotter dr. Samuel Fergusson sætter sig for at gennemføre det risikable eksperiment at udforske Afrika fra øst til vest ved hjælp af sin luftballon, ledsaget af sin nære ven skotten Dick Kennedy og den tro tjener Joe. Romanen rummer ikke alene de tre opdigtede heltes enestående færd over det ukendte land, men giver også et indblik i de mange autentiske ekspeditioner, som dengang blev forsøgt foretaget i det indre Afrika; ikke sjældent med et tragisk endeligt.<br /><br /> Meget har ændret sig i vor viden om kontinentet og ikke mindst er vort syn på de afrikanske folkeslag blevet betydeligt mere nuanceret siden Jules Verne skrev romanen i 1863. Ikke desto mindre giver romanen et interessant og sjældent billede af et oprindeligt Afrika, fra før den tid hvor europæerne for alvor satte sit præg på kultur og landskab. (Forord af Kristoffer Hunsdahl)

11Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

By Jules Verne

First published in 1881, Eight Hundred Miles on the Amazon is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, having elements of codes and cryptography. Unlike many of his other stories, it is not a work of science fiction. Rather, it describes a voyage down the Amazon River on a large raft, or jangada). Many aspects of the raft, scenery, and journey are described in detail. - Summary by not.a.moose, adapted from Wikipedia.

12Fur Country

By Jules Verne

In 1859, officers of the Hudson's Bay Company travel through the Northwest Territories of Canada on a mission to found a fort at 70 degrees, north of the Arctic Circle. At some point, an earthquake occurs, and from then on, laws of physics seem altered (a total eclipse happens to be only partial; tides are not perceived anymore). They eventually realise that they are not where they are supposed to be. (Wikipedia)

13Antarctic Mystery, or The Sphinx of the Ice Fields

By Jules Verne

Edgar Allan Poe's telling of Arthur Pym's narrative is shown to be true as events come together that bring out clues that help Captain Len Guy trace the fate of his brother's ship the Jane; the very ship that Arthur Pym was on board at the time of his disappearance. Through the efforts of Mr. Joerling, the crew of the Halbrane is enticed to make the trip to Antarctica to search for any survivors of the Jane. (Summary from Wikipedia)

20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer ist ein Roman des französischen Schriftstellers Jules Verne. Der Roman ist vorgeblich ein Erlebnisbericht des französischen Professors Pierre Aronnax, Autor eines Werkes über „Die Geheimnisse der Meerestiefen“. Auf einer Expedition zur Klärung einer Reihe rätselhafter Schiffsunglücke, die von einem Unterwasserfahrzeug oder Seeungeheuer gekentert worden sein sollen, wird das fragliche Objekt gesichtet. Im Verlauf der anschließenden Verfolgungsjag werden Aronnax, sein Diener Conseil und der kanadische Harpunier Ned Land ins offene Meer gespült, finden aber letztlich auf der Oberfläche des vermeintlichen Seeungeheuers festen Boden unter den Füßen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass es sich tatsächlich um ein eisenbeschlagenes Unterseeboot handelt. Nach einiger Zeit öffnet sich eine Luke und die drei Männer werden von Mannschaftsangehörigen des Gefährts in eine Zelle geführt, später dem Kapitän vorgeführt, der sich dann als „Nemo“ − lateinisch für „Niemand“ – vorstellt. <br>Mit der Zeit erfährt Aronnax in Gesprächen mit dem mysteriösen Nemo Details über die technischen Fähigkeiten des Unterseeboots, der Nautilus, jedoch kaum etwas über ihren Kapitän und ihre Mannschaft. Die drei Gestrandeten sind gezwungen, an Bord der Nautilus eine Weltreise unter Wasser mitzumachen, und erleben allerlei Abenteuer; sie kämpfen gegen einen Riesenkraken und einen Hai, sehen die Ruinen des versunkenen Atlantis und sind an Bord, als Kapitän Nemo mit seiner Nautilus als erster Mensch den Südpol erreicht. <br>(Zusammenfassung von Sonja und Wikipedia) <br /><br />An English version is available: <a href="http://librivox.org/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-by-jules-verne/">Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea</a>

15Master of the World

By Jules Verne

Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volcanic Blue Ridge Mountains, Strock is posted to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle traveling at multiples of the top speed of the entrants, Strock is consulted. 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. And when Strock gets a hand-lettered note warning him to abandon his investigation, on pain of death, he is intrigued rather than deterred.<br /><br />Set in a period when gasoline engines were in their infancy and automobiles were rare, and when even Chief Inspectors had to engage a carriage and horses to move about, the appearance of a vehicle that can move at astounding speeds on land, on water - and as later revealed, underwater and through the air - marks a technological advance far beyond the reach of nations. It is technology invented by and for the sole benefit of a man who styles himself (with some justification) "The Master of the World." <br /><br />This book is a sequel to an earlier Verne novel, "Robur the Conqueror", but enough detail is given to fully appreciate this story without having first read the other. (Summary by Mark)

16Dick Sands the Boy Captain

By Jules Verne

Dick Sands, a youth of fifteen, must assume command of a ship after the disappearance of its captain. Nature’s forces combined with evil doings of men lead him and his companions to many dangerous adventures on sea and in Central Africa.

17In Search of the Castaways

By Jules Verne

The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle cast into the ocean by the captain himself after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland decide to launch a rescue expedition. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the wreckage are mostly erased, and only the latitude (37 degrees) is known.<br>Lord Glenarvan makes it his quest to find Grant; together with his wife, Grant's children and the crew of his yacht the Duncan they set off for South America. An unexpected passenger in the form of French geographer Jacques Paganel joins the search. They explore Patagonia, Tristan da Cunha Island, Amsterdam Island, Australia and New Zealand in their search for the castaways. (summary from Wikipedia)

18Cinq semaines en ballon

By Jules Verne

Un savant, Samuel Ferguson, accompagné de son domestique Joe et de son ami Dick Kennedy entreprend de traverser le continent africain — alors incomplètement exploré — à l'aide d'un ballon gonflé à l'hydrogène. Il a en effet inventé un dispositif qui, en lui évitant de perdre du gaz ou de devoir jeter du lest pour régler son altitude, autorise les plus longs voyages. Ce voyage est supposé relier les explorations faites par Burton et Speke en Afrique orientale à celles de Heinrich Barth dans les régions du Sahara et du Tchad. Partis de Zanzibar, les trois aéronautes réalisent effectivement la traversée, au prix de mille aventures au terme desquelles ils parviennent au Sénégal avant de retourner en Angleterre où ils reçoivent un accueil enthousiaste. <br/>(Résumé par Wikipédia) <br /><br />An English version is available / Une version anglaise est disponible : <a href="http://librivox.org/five-weeks-in-a-balloon-by-jules-verne/"><em>Five Weeks in a Balloon</em></a>. <br /> Findes på dansk / Une version danoise est disponible: <a href="http://librivox.org/fem-uger-i-ballon-by-jules-verne/"><em>Fem uger i ballon</em></a>.

19Around the World in Eighty Days (version 2)

By Jules Verne

Mysterious Phileas Fogg is a cool customer. A man of the most repetitious and punctual habit - with no apparent sense of adventure whatsoever - he gambles his considerable fortune that he can complete a journey around the world in just 80 days... immediately after a newspaper calculates the feat as just barely possible.<br /><br />With his excitable French manservant in tow, Fogg undertakes the exercise immediately, with no preparations, trusting that his traveling funds will make up for delays along the way. But unbeknownst to him, British police are desperately seeking to arrest him for the theft of a huge sum by someone who resembles him, and they will track him around the world, if necessary, to apprehend him.<br /><br />This is an adventure novel of the first water, with wholly unexpected perils, hair-breadth escapes, brilliant solutions to insoluble problems, and even a love story. And can this be? - That he returns to London just five minutes too late to win his wager and retain his fortune? (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

20Five Weeks in a Balloon

By Jules Verne

Join three intrepid explorers as they seek to cross and explore the continent of Africa from Indian Ocean to Atlantic Ocean, except they’re doing it by hot air balloon. Scholar and scientist Samuel Ferguson, his manservant Joe, and his friend Richard “Dick” Kennedy engage in this mighty scientific feat, as they face danger after danger, enjoy adventure after adventure, and experience the literal highs and lows of Africa from the view of a hot air balloon. (Summary by Alex C. Telander)<br /><br /> A French version is available / Une version française est disponible : <a href="http://librivox.org/cinq-semaines-en-ballon-by-jules-verne/"><em>Cinq semaines en ballon</em></a>.<br /> A Danish version is also available: <a href="http://librivox.org/fem-uger-i-ballon-by-jules-verne/"><em>Fem Uger i Ballon</em></a>

21Mont-Blanc-Besteigung

By Paul Verne

Paul Verne war der Bruder von Jules Verne. Er verfaßte für die Buch Reihe seines Bruders zwei Reiseberichte, die zusammen mit Jules Verne Romanen in Sammelbänden erschienen sind. Der vorliegende Bericht schildert die Mont-Blanc-Besteigung von Paul Verne im Jahr 1871. (Summary by Wassermann)

22Idee des Doctor Ox

By Jules Verne

Jules Vernes Roman führt uns in das fiktive Städtchen Quiquendone. Hier ticken die Uhren besonders langsam und es bedarf schon mal Jahrzehnte, bevor der Stadtrat eine Entscheidung fällt. Als Doctor Ox auftaucht, eine stadtweite Beleutungsanlage installieren, und auch die Kosten hierzu größtenteils übernehmen will, billigt der Stadrat das Vorhaben erstaunlich schnell. Aber ist dieser Doctor Ox nun wirklich so ein uneigennütziger Mensch, oder führt er nicht doch irgendetwas im Schilde? (Zusammenfassung von Wassermann)

23Kéraban-le-têtu

By Jules Verne

<b><em>Kéraban-le-Têtu</em></b> est un roman de Jules Verne paru en 1883, décrivant les tribulations d'un vendeur de tabac turc (Kéraban) et d'un de ses clients hollandais autour de la mer Noire. <br /><br /> Ce roman d'aventure est un des plus comiques et des moins connus de Jules Verne. L'auteur exploite avec talent la mollesse du commerçant batave et le caractère inflexible de Kéraban. <br /><br /> <em>Kéraban the Inflexible</em> is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne.<br />(from Wikipedia)

24Voyage au centre de la terre

By Jules Verne

Ayant découvert un manuscrit runique ancien, un savant, son neveu et leur guide entreprennent un voyage vers le centre de la Terre en y entrant par un volcan islandais éteint. (de Wikipedia) <br /><br /> A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, also translated as A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "centre of the Earth". (from Wikipedia)

25Chancellor

By Jules Verne

Der Chancellor ist eines von Jules Vernes ungewöhnlichsten Werken. <br><br>Es erzählt vom Untergang eines Schiffes in Form eines Tagebuches, das der Passagier J.-R. Kazallon führt, wird die letzte Fahrt des Dreimasters Chancellor geschildert, der irgendwo im Atlantik zwischen Charleston (South Carolina) und Liverpool untergeht, nachdem an Bord Feuer ausgebrochen ist, weil die Ladung (Baumwolle) Feuer gefangen hat. Die Situation wird noch dadurch erschwert, dass ein Passagier, der Kaufmann John Ruby, eigenmächtig hochexplosiven Sprengstoff mit an Bord gebracht hat. <br><br>Der Autor schildert die Umstände, die zur Katastrophe führen, die Versuche der Mannschaft, das Schiff noch zu retten und die Leiden der Überlebenden, die nach dem Untergang der Chancellor auf einem Floß über den Atlantik treiben. Die Überlebenden leiden Hunger, sie haben Halluzinationen. Einige Matrosen begehen Selbstmord, indem sie sich erhängen oder von Bord springen und sich den Haien, die das Floß umkreisen, zum Fraß vorwerfen. Allmählich blättert das Zivilisierte von den Schiffbrüchigen ab, Gier und Missgunst kommen zum Vorschein. Die Mannschaft lehnt sich gegen die Passagiere auf. Erst im allerletzten Moment wird durch eine "wunderbare Rettung" verhindert, dass die Schiffbrüchigen zu Menschenfressern werden. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Mengelilingi Doenia dalam 80 Hari mengisahkan seorang pria berkebangsaan Inggris bernama Phileas Fogg bertaruh uang sebesar £20.000 dengan teman-temannya di Reform Club. Pertaruhan ini adalah sebuah tantangan untuk mengelilingi dunia hanya dalam tempo 80 hari. Bersama pelayan barunya, Jean Passepartout, mereka mencoba mengelilingi dunia dalam waktu yang telah ditentukan.<br> ("Around the World in 80 Days" tells the story of an Englishman named Phileas Fogg betting £20,000 with his friends at the Reform Club. This gamble is a challenge to circumnavigate the globe in just 80 days. Together with his new man-servant, Jean Passepartout, they try to circumnavigate the world in a predetermined time.) - Summary by tarabatubara

27Adventures of Captain Hatteras, Part 1: The English at the North Pole

By Jules Verne

The novel, set in 1861, describes adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen and his obsession is to reach the place no matter what. Mutiny by the crew results in destruction of their ship but Hatteras, with a few men, continues on the expedition. ( Wikipedia)

28Reis om de Wereld in 80 Dagen

By Jules Verne

De held van het verhaal is Phileas Fogg, die een weddenschap aangaat dat hij in tachtig dagen om de wereld kan reizen. Vergezeld van zijn knecht Passepartout gaat hij van start, maar al vanaf de allereerste dag wordt hij tegengewerkt door inspecteur Fix van Scotland Yard.

Meister Zacharius ist ein Uhrmacher in Genf und berühmt für die Genauigkeit seiner Uhren. Eines Tages beginnen seine Uhren falsch zu gehen und mehr und mehr von ihnen bleiben ganz stehen. Trotz aller Mühe gelingt es ihm nicht, die Uhren wieder in Gang zu setzen oder die Ursache des Defekts zu finden. Gleichzeitig wird er ernsthaft krank und sein Verstand und seine Seele geraten aus dem Gleichgewicht. Es scheint ein Zusammenhang zwischen den stehengebliebenen Uhren und seiner Lebenszeit zu bestehen. (Summary by Hokuspokus)

30Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

By Jules Verne

Dans ce roman, le scientifique français Pierre Aronnax, son fidèle domestique Conseil et le harponneur canadien Ned Land sont capturés par le capitaine Nemo qui navigue dans les océans du globe à bord du sous-marin Nautilus. <br/>L'aventure donne l'occasion de descriptions épiques (dont un enterrement sous-marin, un combat contre des calamars géants, etc.) <br/>Œuvre d'anticipation, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers comporte plusieurs épisodes qui témoignent de l'imagination de son auteur : le Nautilus passe sous le canal de Suez avant sa percée officielle, et sous l'Antarctique, dont on ignorait à l'époque qu'il s'agissait d'un continent et non de glace flottante, comme l'Arctique. <br/>On notera avec curiosité que L'Île mystérieuse (autre roman de Jules Verne) constitue une suite à la fois à Vingt mille lieues sous les mers et aux Enfants du capitaine Grant. <br/>(de Wikipedia)<br /><br /> <a href="http://librivox.org/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-by-jules-verne/">une version anglaise</a> est disponible</small><br /> <a href="http://librivox.org/zwanzigtausend-meilen-unterm-meer/">une version allemande</a> est disponible</small><br /> <a href="http://librivox.org/20-000-mijlen-onder-zee-by-jules-verne//"> une version néerlandaise</a> est disponible

31Naar het Middelpunt der Aarde

By Jules Verne

Professor Lidenbrock ontcijfert een runentekst: ”Daal af in den krater van den Sneffels Yocul (Snæfellsjökull), dien de schaduw van den Scartaris treft vóór den eersten Juli, vermetele reiziger! en gij zult het middelpunt der aarde bereiken. Ik heb het gedaan. Arne Saknussemm.” De professor, zijn neefje Axel en de ingehuurde gids Hans gaan op pad.<BR>This is the Dutch translation of the book: Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne.

32Michael Strogoff

By Jules Verne

This is the account of the perilous mission of Michael Strogoff, courier for Czar Alexander II, who is sent from Moscow to the besieged city of Irkutsk, where the governor, brother of the Czar, has taken his last stand against a Tartar rebellion led by the fearsome Feofar-Khan. When telegraph lines are cut between the Russian Far East and the mainland, Strogoff must make his way through hostile territory to warn the governor of the return of the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a disgraced former officer who seeks vengeance against the Tsar’s family by the destruction of Irkutsk. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)

Michael Strogoff wordt door de tsaar gevraagd een boodschap naar diens broer, de grootvorst van het veraf gelegen Irkoetsk, te brengen. Hij krijgt een brief mee en de instructie zich aan niemand bekend te maken. Daaraan houdt hij zich stipt, zelfs tegenover zijn oude moeder, die in Omsk woont en hem op doortocht daar herkent. Dat is het begin van grote moeilijkheden. Gelukkig heeft de koerier hulp in de vorm van een jong meisje, Nadia, dat onderweg verliefd op hem is geworden. (samenvatting naar Wikipedia)<br /><br />This is a Dutch translation of the book: Michael Strogoff or, The Courier of the Czar by Jules Verne.<br />(Geen online versie van de tekst beschikbaar - laatste check Juli 2013)

34Doctor Ox's Experiment

By Jules Verne

An early, light-hearted short story, published in 1872 by Jules Verne. It takes place in the Flemish town of Quiquendone, where life moves at an extraordinarily tranquil pace. Doctor Ox has offered to light the town with a new gas, but actually has other plans in place. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd)

35Around the World in Eighty Days (version 4)

By Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. (Summary from Wikipedia)

36Underground City or the Child of the Cavern

By Jules Verne

Covering a time span of over ten years, this novel follows the fortunes of the mining community of Aberfoyle near Stirling, Scotland. Receiving a letter from an old colleague, mining engineer James Starr sets off for the old Aberfoyle mine, thought to have been mined out ten years earlier. Starr finds mine overman Simon Ford and his family living in a cottage deep inside the mine; he is astonished to find that Ford has made a discovery of the presence of a large vein of coal. Accompanying Simon Ford are his wife, Madge, and adult son, Harry. (Summary by Wikipedia)

37Blockade Runners

By Jules Verne

Writing at the end of the American Civil War, Verne weaves this story of a Scottish merchant who, in desperation at the interruption of the flow of Southern cotton due to the Union blockade, determines to build his own fast ship and run guns to the Confederates in exchange for the cotton piling up unsold on their wharves. His simple plan becomes complicated by two passengers who board his new ship under false pretenses in order to carry out a rescue mission, one which Capt. Playfair adopts as his own cause. This is going make the Rebels in Charleston rather unhappy with him.</p><p>Sure, his new ship is fast - but can it escape the cannonballs of both North and South? (Summary by Mark Smith)

Kapitein Nemo, de Nautilus en de mysterieuze diepten van de oceaan: Onvergetelijk. Kom mee op een avontuur langs de pracht van koraal en parels, de dreiging van haaien en reuze inktvissen, de wonderen van biologie en techniek, een reis van Antarctica naar Atlantis. Of we nu meegaan in een verhaal van het fantastische onbekende, een vertelling van het zwartste in de ziel van de mens, of een nieuwe interpretatie van de Odyssee van Homerus, we zullen allen genieten van een fantastische reis. Zeeziekte is optioneel. (samenvatting van Marlo Dianne) <br /><br /> Dit boek werd in het Nederlands in twee delen uitgegeven. Deel 1 (Oostelijk halfrond) bevatte de hoofdstukken 1 t/m 24 en in deel 2 (Westelijk halfrond) werden de hoofdstukken doorgenummerd: 25 t/m 47. Deze opname bevat alle hoofdstukken van beide delen. De vertaler is onbekend.

39Topsy-Turvy

By Jules Verne

Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889) . This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890). We meet our old friends Barbicane and J.T. Maston from “Earth to the Moon” who now give us their own approach to the topic of “global warming”. Although they are searching for coal and not oil, readers will find that the auction of the Arctic energy reserves has a definite 21st century ring. (Summary from the Gutenberg e-text.)<br /><br />This project was proof listened by stonie1914 and Betty M.

The rich and phlegmatic Kin-Fo loses his fortune and decides to die, but not before experiencing some strong emotions. He asks his friend Wang to kill him before a given date. Everything changes when Kin-Fo discovers he is not poor after all and he sets on a journey around China, trying to find his friend to cancel their deal. (Summary by Nadine)<br /><br />Proof-Listeners: Patrick Wells, Jeanie, Nadine Eckert-Boulet, stonie1914

41Tribulations d'un chinois en Chine

By Jules Verne

Kin-Fo est un jeune chinois riche, qui est indifférent à tout et ne connaît pas le bonheur. Un jour, il se retrouve ruiné. Ne voulant pas imposer à sa future épouse une vie misérable, il préfère mourir. Au moment de se donner la mort, il se rend compte qu'il ne ressent rien, et décide qu'il ne peut mourir sans connaître d'émotions au moins une fois dans sa vie. Il demande donc à son maître et ami, le philosophe Wang, de le tuer dans un délai imparti, ce qui, il l'espère, le fera redouter la mort et éprouver quelques émotions. Wang accepte, puis disparaît. Mais...<br />(Résumé modifié de Wikipedia par Nadine)

42Off on a Comet

By Jules Verne

The story starts with a comet that touches the Earth in its flight and collects a few small chunks of it. Some forty people of various nations and ages are condemned to a two-year-long journey on the comet. They form a mini-society and cope with the hostile environment of the comet (mostly the cold). The size of the 'comet' is about 2300 kilometers in diameter - far larger than any comet or asteroid that actually exists. (Summary by Wikipedia)

43Facing the Flag

By Jules Verne

Like The Begum's Millions, which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally overcome through the force of French patriotism. (Summary by Wikipedia)

44Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Version 2)

By Jules Verne

Professor Pierre Aronnax is an academic whose thirst for knowledge carries him out of his ivory tower and on the trail of a mysterious sea beast. His curiosity at last is satiated when he finds himself in the belly of the beast-- that is, on board the incredible submarine the Nautilus, courtesy of its mysterious pilot Captain Nemo and in the company of his servant Conseil and sailor Ned Land. (Introduction by Piper Hale)