The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle cast into the ocean by the captain himself after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland decide to launch a rescue expedition. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the...

One dark and stormy night, a stranger arrives in West Sussex at a village inn. He is heavily clad in an overcoat and his face is wrapped in bandages. He takes a room at the inn, but refuses to socialize with anyone. He stays cooped up in his room all day and night, working with strange chemicals and...

One of the first instances of science fiction, Wells’ classic tale published in 1986 examines various controversial philosophical issues active at the time of its publication, most notable being the implications of vivisection and degeneration. Narrated by its everyman protagonist Edward Prendick, t...

Jim l'Indien est paru sous la double signature de Gustave Aimard et Jules Berlioz d'Auriac Par une brûlante journée du mois daoût 1862 un petit steamer sillonnait paisiblement les eaux brunes du Minnesota. On pouvait voir entassés pêle-mêle sur le pont, hommes, femmes, enfants, caisses, malles, paq...

The story involves a German professor (Otto Lidenbrock in the original French, Professor Von Hardwigg in the most common English translation) who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth. He, his nephew Axel (Harry), and their guide Hans encounter many adventures, inclu...

Kidnapped is the story of a 16-year old young man who is searching for his true birthright and is determined to make a fortune after the death of his parents. This timeless tale by Robert Louis Stevenson follows the life of David Balfour who leaves his home in Scotland after the death of his parents...

King Solomon’s Mines is the story of the leader Allan Quatermain and his adventurous group of followers on their mission to find the lost brother of an aristocrat, Sir Henry Curtis. Considered similar to Robert Louise Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island, Haggard’s book proved to be another must-read a...

Le comte de Jumonville Peu de personnes le savent. Sous Louis XIV et sous Louis XV, la plus grande partie de l'Amerique du Nord appartenait a la France. Dans ces possessions se trouvait le vaste territoire connu aujourd'hui sous la denomination de Canada, jadis nomme: Nouvelle-France. De nos mains, ...

Le Pr Challenger pressent qu'une catastrophe dont l'origine serait une transformation de l'éther dans lequel flotte notre système planétaire, menace l'humanité. Déjà, une épidémie mystérieuse frappe les habitants de Sumatra. Le Pr Challenger invite ses amis de l'expédition dans Le monde perdu à le r...

"Le Feu !... Naoh apporte le Feu ! Ce fut un vaste saisissement. Plusieurs s'arrêtèrent, comme frappés d'un coup de hache. D'autres bondirent avec un rauquement frénétique - et le Feu était là." C'est sur la conquête du feu que s'achève ce roman préhistorique, prodigieux voyage imaginaire à l'aube...