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Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Autor Jules Verne Editat de Peter Cogman Introducere de Jane Smiley Traducere de Frank Wynne
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iul 2009
Jules Verne's wild and riotous fantasyJourney to the Centre of the Earthdelves into the hidden mysteries of a vast, uncharted subterranean world. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the French by Frank Wynne with an introduction by Jane Smiley and notes by Peter Cogman.

Jules Verne's pioneering science fiction classic tells the story of the distinguished but eccentric Professor Lidenbrock, who finds a scrap of parchment in an old manuscript. A cipher written in runes, it tells of an entrance to another world - a world hidden beneath our own, illuminated by an electrified gas and populated by strange, prehistoric beings. So with his nephew reluctantly in tow, the Professor follows this cryptic clue down into a dormant volcano in Iceland, and the further they descend, the more extraordinary the discoveries and creatures that they encounter, the greater the dangers, and the more ancient the living past that surrounds them.

This new translation by Frank Wynne is accompanied by an introduction on the science of Verne's work and its influences. This edition also includes notes, a chronology and suggested further reading.

Jules Verne (1828-1905), the 'father of Science Fiction' was born in Nantes, developing from early childhood a romantic fascination for the ships and the sea. In 1848 he moved to Paris, ostensibly to become a lawyer, though his true ambition was to become a writer. His first book,Five Weeks in a Balloon(1863) was an immediate popular success, followed a year later byJourney to the Centre of the Earth; among the most popular of the fifty-four books published during his life areFrom the Earth to the Moon(1865),Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(1870) andAround the World in Eighty Days(1873).

If you enjoyedJourney to the Centre of the Earthyou might like H.G. Wells'The Time Machine, also available in Penguin Classics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141441979
ISBN-10: 0141441976
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Jules Gabriel Verne(1828-1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre. His novels includeJourney to the Center of the Earth(1864),From the Earth to the Moon(1865),Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(1869-1870), andAround the World in Eighty Days(1873).

Frank Wynnehas been a literary translator for more than a decade and has translated works by, among others, Michel Houellebecq, Ahmadou Kourouma, Petr Král and Almudena Grandes. He won the 2008 Scott Moncrieff Prize for his translation of Frédéric Beigbeder'sLove Lasts Three Years, the 2005 Independent Fiction Prize for Frédéric Beigbeder'sWindows on the Worldand the 2002 IMPAC prize forAtomisedhis translation of Michel Houellebecq'sLes Particules élémentaires.

Jane Smileyis the author of many novels, includingHorse Heaven,The Greenlanders,A Thousand Acres, andTen Days in the Hills, as well as a guide to the Novel, entitledThirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel.She has won the Pulitzer Prize and been short-listed for the Orange Prize. She lives in California.

Peter Cogmanwon a Scholarship to read Modern and Medieval Languages at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he subsequently gained a Ph.D. for research on the work of the 1900s poet and novelist P.-J. Toulet. He taught French at the University of Southampton, and is the author ofNarration in Nineteenth-Century French Short Fiction: Prosper Mérimée to Marcel Schwob(2002).

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Journey to the Centre of the Earth has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. It explores the prehistory of the globe, but can also be read as a psychological quest, for the journey itself is as important as arrival or discovery. Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel travel across Iceland, and then down through an extinct crater towards a sunless sea where they enter a living past and are confronted with the origins of man. A classic of nineteenth-century French literature, the novel's distinctive combination of realism and Romanticism has marked figures as diverse as Sartre and Tournier, Mark Twain and Conan Doyle.This new translation of the complete text is faithful to the lyricism, verve, and humour of the original. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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