Publisher's Synopsis
Jules Gabrielle Verne is a French writer, classic of adventure literature, one of the founders of the science fiction genre, and a humanist. Member of the French Geographical Society. According to UNESCO statistics, Jules Verne's books are the second most translatable in the world, second only to the works of Agatha Christie. "Journey to the Center of the Earth is a science fiction novel by the French writer Jules Verne, which tells about a journey made by a group of researchers in the bowels of the earth. Deep underground, they discover colossal mushrooms, lower plants, living prehistoric animals, ancient man, natural disasters and, most importantly, a huge underground sea inhabited by lizards, called the Lydenbrok Sea. However, the heroes still fail to reach the "center of the Earth" ... "Around the World in Eighty Days" is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, which tells the story of the journey of the eccentric and phlegmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg and his French servant Jean Passepartout around the world, undertaken as a result of one bet. The novel describes in detail the means and conditions of transportation of that time: on packet boats, in steam locomotives and on schooners. In addition, the travelers had to use a sled with a sail and even an elephant. Content:1. Travel to the Center of the Earth (Translation: Marko Vovchok)2. Around the world in eighty days