Book Excerpt o Emily, the under-housemaid, was always glad to see the children when it was that engaging damsel’s turn to take them for a walk. From him they learned one day that his Terriphone communicated with the one at home, quite three streets away.”It must be a long hole,” remarked Pip reflectively to his […]
Book Excerpt el piqued at his neglect, and to strive in many ways to attract his attention.John, who was ambitious, met her advances more than half way, and finally, encouraged by her father, offered her his heart and hand. Under other circumstances, Matilda would undoubtedly have spurned him with contempt; but having heard that her […]
Sent to investigate mysterious encounters that are disrupting international shipping, Professor Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and disgruntled harpooner Ned Land are captured when their frigate is sunk during an encounter with the “monster.” The submarine Nautilus and its eccentric Captain Nemo afford the professor and his companions endless fascination and danger as they’re swept along […]
Book Excerpt de triangle isocèle. La cassure de la tôle était d’une netteté parfaite, et elle n’eût pas été frappée plus sûrement à l’emporte-pièce. Il fallait donc que l’outil perforant qui l’avait produite fût d’une trempe peu commune — et après avoir été lancé avec une force prodigieuse, ayant ainsi perce une tôle de quatre […]
Book Excerpt d glance about him as he recovered his balance assured him that pursuit would be futile. The man had darted off down a narrow turning which had led into a maze of streets. Already his rapid footsteps had ceased to echo on the pavement; he was lost by this time in the busy […]
An extravagant but cleverly planned burlesque that works as a condemnation of Chivalry, one of Twain’s chief aversions.
When Maud Marsh flings herself into George Bevan’s cab in Piccadilly, he starts believing in damsels in distress.George traces his mysterious travelling companion to Belpher Castle, home of Lord Marshmoreton, where things become severely muddled. Maud’s aunt, Lady Caroline Byng, wants Maud to marry Reggie, her step-son. Maud, meanwhile, is known to be in love […]
First published in England by Griffith and Farran in 1871, this edition is not a translation at all but a complete re-write of the novel, with portions added and omitted, and names changed. A better translation is A Journey into the Interior of the Earth translated by Rev. F. A. Malleson.