Pioneering science-fiction writer Jules Verne is the second most translated author of all time (after Agatha Christie.) This translation of his short story A Voyage in a Balloon first appeared in Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art in a May 1852 edition, making it the first of the French writer's stories to be published in English. As Verne writes in this story: "e;May this terrific recital, while it instructs those who read it, not discourage the explorers of the routes of air."e;
| ISBN: | 9781775563976 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 2009 |
| Author: | Verne, Jules |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Format: | Ebook (PDF) |