The scion of an ancient noble family, the Marquis Anselm de Thiol has neither intelligence nor beauty. He is already twenty-seven years old, and the young ma...

A group of smugglers, under the command of the experienced and cunning captain San Carlos, is transporting the next batch of goods from Spain to France throu...

As a result of a cosmic catastrophe, earthly civilization dies, and the remaining people return to an almost primitive state. Only a few survivors are trying...

Maitre Zacharius was a famous watchmaker, and his watches were highly valued in many countries. Geneva watchmakers slandered that he sold his soul to the dev...

Almost a complete chapter excluded by Jules Verne from the novel Black India, at the request of the publisher.

Artist G. I. METCHENKO Published according to the publication: Jules Verne. Collection cit.: In 12 volumes. M., 1957. T. 10, 12.

The book by the great French science fiction writer includes the novels “The Floating Island”, “Upside Down”, the stories “Drama in the Air”, “Bluff. America...

French writer Jules Gabriel Verne was 34 years old when he found his true calling and turned from an author of comic plays into a scientific novelist. Over 4...

"Gil Braltar" was published in 1887. This is what the French call an “anecdote,” a colorfully told or imaginary incident presented in a manner characteristic...