Robur the Conqueror (Early Classics Of Science Fiction)
ISBN-13:
9780819577269
ISBN-10:
081957726X
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Jules Verne, Arthur B. Evans
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
Wesleyan University Press
Format:
Hardcover
324 pages
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Book details
ISBN-13:
9780819577269
ISBN-10:
081957726X
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Jules Verne, Arthur B. Evans
Publication date:
2017
Publisher:
Wesleyan University Press
Format:
Hardcover
324 pages
Summary
Robur the Conqueror (Early Classics Of Science Fiction) (ISBN-13: 9780819577269 and ISBN-10: 081957726X), written by authors
Jules Verne, Arthur B. Evans, was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2017.
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Description
At the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, a mob of zealous balloon enthusiasts plans to conquer the sky in a state-of-the-art dirigible. When a stranger, the mysterious Robur, declares that the future belongs not to balloons but to heavier-than-air flying machines, the Institute scornfully dismisses the idea. But Robur demands vengeance—and has a unique flying machine that will allow him to take it.By turns an impassioned argument for aviation, a wild proto-steampunk adventure, and a jubilant celebration of the dream of flight, Robur the Conqueror ranks among Jules Verne’s most iconic and influential works. Its technological speculations, including the unforgettable aircraft Albatross, are a vibrant snapshot of nineteenth-century scientific innovation. This, the first complete English translation of Verne’s 1886 novel, includes an insightful introduction, explanatory chapter notes, never-before-published glimpses of Verne’s original manuscript, all the first-edition illustrations by Léon Benett, and an up-to-date Verne biography and primary and secondary bibliography. It is an essential new edition of a seminal science fiction classic.
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