The Greatest Children's Classics – Jules Verne Edition: 16 Exciting Tales of Courage, Mystery & Adventure (Illustrated)

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Greatest Children's Classics – Jules Verne Edition: 16 Exciting Tales of Courage, Mystery & Adventure (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaAround the World in Eighty DaysA Journey to the Center of the EarthAll Around the MoonAdrift in Pacific or, Two Years' VacationFive Weeks in a BalloonThe Mysterious IslandRobur the Conqueror or, The Clipper of the CloudsMaster of the WorldHector Servadac or, Off on a CometDick Sand, A Captain at FifteenEight Hundred Leagues on the AmazonThe Adventures of Captain HatterasThe Purchase of the North Pole or, Topsy TurvyIn Search of the Castaways or, The Children of Captain GrantThe Castle of the CarpathiansJules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who pioneered the genre of science fiction. A true visionary with an extraordinary talent for writing adventure stories, his writings incorporated the latest scientific knowledge of his day and envisioned technological developments that were years ahead of their time. Verne wrote about undersea, air, and space travel long before any navigable or practical craft were invented. Verne wrote over 50 novels and numerous short stories. Some of his most successful novels appeared as a series collectively known as Extraordinary Voyages.