Extraordinary voyages
Subtitle: Around the world in eighty days, Journey to the center of the earth, Twenty thousand leagues under the seas
By: Jules Verne ; introduction by William Butcher ; illustrations by Nate Pride
Contributors: Butcher, William, 1951-
Series: Library of wonder; Library of wonder
Publisher: Fall River Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781435137370; 9781435115552
Subjects: Translations into English; French Adventure stories; Voyages around the world; Fiction; Voyages autour du monde; Romans, nouvelles; FICTION; Classics
Other titles: Around the world in eighty days; Journey to the center of the earth; Twenty thousand leagues under the seas
Work titles: Novels
Description: In the nineteenth century, French author Jules Verne awed readers with astounding adventures that transported them to the ends of the Earth, plunged them into the ocean's depths, and dropped them into mysterious subterranean realms. Dubbed Voyages Extraordinaries, these unique blends of action, adventure, and science fiction offered prescient glimpses into the future and a level of scientific speculation unprecedented in imaginative fiction. The three novels collected here represent some of Verne's most innovative and entertaining adventures. Around the World in Eighty Days is the chronicle of irrepressible adventurer Phileas Fogg, whose wager to circle the globe involves him in one cliff-hanging escapade after another. Journey to the Center of the Earth tells of intrepid explorers who discover a subterranean world of prehistoric marvels and menaces at the Earth's core. In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, scientist hero Captain Nemo investigates the exotic mysteries of the deep in his space-age submarine, the Nautilus. Two of these novels (Journey and 20,000 Leagues) are presented here with new English translations, and all three are newly illustrated with the incomparable fantasy art of Nate Pride.
Notes: "Translation for Journey to the center of the earth by Ron Miller; translation for Twenty thousand leagues under the seas by Frederick Paul Walter."--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Around the world in eighty days; title: Journey to the center of the earth; title: Twenty thousand leagues under the seas.