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Jules Verne
Five Weeks in a Balloon

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Five Weeks in a Balloon

by Jules Verne

EN·~9 hours·46 chapters

Chapters

46 total

PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.

0:59

DETAILED CONTENTS.

10:06

CHAPTER FIRST.

14:29

CHAPTER SECOND.

6:29

CHAPTER THIRD.

13:54

CHAPTER FOURTH.

9:55

CHAPTER FIFTH.

10:13

CHAPTER SIXTH.

8:49

CHAPTER SEVENTH.

8:57

CHAPTER EIGHTH.

11:55

Description

Publisher's note: "Compiled in French by Jules Verne, from the original notes of Dr. Ferguson; and done into English by "William Lackland." Dr. Ferguson is the fictional protagonist. William Lackland is the pseudonym of the anonymous translator, used by the New York publisher for this 1869 edition, as archived at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, cf.: http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imagegalaxy_imageDetail.cfm?id_image=7666

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Full title

Five Weeks in a Balloon Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen

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Duration

~9 hours (530K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

New York: Appleton & Co., 1869

Release date

2002-11-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Science fiction Africa -- Fiction Adventure stories Travel -- Fiction Balloons -- Fiction

About the author

Jules Verne

1828–1905

A master of grand adventures and bold ideas, this French writer helped shape the way readers imagine science, travel, and the future. His stories mix wonder with careful detail, making impossible journeys feel just close enough to believe.

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