Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 72 Verne, Jules 1828 1905 Verne, Júlio Verne, Jules Gabriël Verne, Jules Gabriel Verne, Gyula Autour de la Lune Produced by John Walker, http://www.fourmilab.ch/ HTML version by Chuck Greif "Autour de la Lune" by Jules Verne is a science fiction novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows the audacious adventure of three men—President Barbicane, Captain Nicholl, and the bold Frenchman Michel Ardan—as they attempt an unprecedented journey to the Moon by being launched in a massive cannonball, the Columbiad. The narrative unfolds their intricate preparations and the potential challenges they face as they leave Earth behind. The opening of the novel introduces the ambitious project initiated by the Gun-Club, a society of artillery enthusiasts, aimed at communicating with the Moon through a projectile. President Barbicane leads the endeavor, meticulously calculating the cannon's specifications and the necessary measures for success. The story quickly escalates when Michel Ardan proposes to join the voyage by enclosing himself within the projectile, transforming the mission into a bold adventure with human participants. As the narrative progresses, the three men prepare for launch, navigating their excitement and trepidation, and ultimately experiencing the cataclysmic moment of takeoff, which propels them into the vastness of space toward their celestial destination. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Science fiction Space flight to the moon -- Fiction Moon -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Manned space flight -- Fiction PQ Text Science Fiction FR Littérature FR Science fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 414570 414565 2024-10-02T13:48:31.148401 2023-10-02T11:35:36.185019 text/html text/html 404995 2011-05-30T12:04:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 151225 2011-05-30T12:05:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 220750 2024-10-02T13:48:39.187357 application/epub+zip 226396 2024-10-02T13:48:33.401370 application/epub+zip 215934 2024-10-02T13:48:32.065402 application/epub+zip 426591 2024-10-02T13:48:43.332376 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413395 2024-10-02T13:48:38.223358 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369595 2022-09-03T04:02:56.127515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393266 393197 2024-10-02T13:48:30.146399 2023-10-02T11:35:35.247991 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 383146 2011-05-30T12:04:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 139334 2011-05-30T12:05:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21996 2024-10-02T13:48:43.466322 application/rdf+xml 12700 2024-10-02T13:48:32.647374 image/jpeg 3392 2024-10-02T13:48:32.352398 image/jpeg 215046 2024-10-02T13:48:31.191414 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia pt.wikipedia