Around the World in Eighty Days has been a bestseller for over a century, but it has never before appeared in a critical edition. While most translations misread or even abridge the original, this s
"I am going to sink it.""You are not!""I am," he coldly replied. "Do not take it on yourself to judge me, monsieur."French naturalist Dr Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster, b
At the extreme tip of South America, Staten Island has piercing Antarctic winds, lonely coasts assaulted by breakers, and sailors lost as their vessels smash on the dark rocks. Now that civilization
Now available in a new translation, this classic of nineteenth century French literature has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew A
