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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781438529776
ISBN: 1438529775
Label: Book Jungle
Manufacturer: Book Jungle
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 212
Publication Date: November 04, 2009
Publisher: Book Jungle
Studio: Book Jungle
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Jules Verne was born in 1828 in France. His dream was to write a new kind of novel, which combined scientific fact with fiction. Verne eventually wrote 40 novels in his Voyages extraordinaires series. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Among the Various Races and Countries of Central Asia: Being the Exploits and Experiences of Claudius Bombar is the story of Claudius Bombarnac, a reporter assigned to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. There are several interesting characters traveling with him and he hopes one of them will become a hero so he can write more than a boring travelogue. A train car is added to their train said to be carrying a great Mardarin. The trip is fraught with danger and a hero emerges.
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I love train stories - if you do too, this one will blow you away!
Funny thing about great foreign writers, Verne was French, but most of us grew up thinking of him as American, (sadly I admit I did). It's easy to, watching the old movies on TV, or new movies, all in English with US actors. And of course all the wonderful books we grew up with were in English. I hope that is considered a compliment as to his power and success, as he was just as enormously popular in France, and is the ... Read More
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This is one of the most amazing books ever written! For me, this is Verne at his best, using his fantastic imagination, but by confiding it to real life, and not science fiction, he could be unpredictable.
This is a story of a reporter on a train trip from Russia to China, where anything is possible, where not one is who they seem, and world changing events could take place (no spoiler coming). This is just one of those great train stories. I just loved it!
Verne did another ... Read More
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Verns books always have great titles, except this one - and this is one of his best, but least known, sadly. This book deserves to be read, is a darn good story.
Often labeled the "father of science fiction," Jules Verne was less concerned with the gadgets of science than with its effect of people. His fantasies explored the possibilities in a way that excited the imaginations of generations of readers and paved the way for the host of writers that followed in his footsteps. This is a magnificent ... Read More
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The story is classic Jules Verne and recommended for all fans. The Dodo Press edition is incorrectly printed. Book II is identical to Book I so the book is twice as long as should be (Book I is the complete story). The Dodo Press edition is a waste of paper and shelf space.
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